Leopardstown 28th

[jtw1]

2.35 LEXUS CHASE This Grade 1 chase has been plundered by UK raiders for 4 of the last 10 years , inc the last 3 , considering they only had runners in 6 of the last 10 thats a pretty good stat . 10/10 had finished in the 1st 3 LTO 10/10 had previously won a race over 3m 10/10 started at 7/1 or shorter 10/10 had won a Grade 1 or 2 Chase 9/10 had ran within the past 50 days Let the market talk and we'll lose ARAN CONCERTO / CANE BRAKE / CLOUDY LANE / IN COMPLIANCE / MONEY TRIX / SCHINDLERS HUNT and J'Y VOLE. The furthest VOY POR USTEDES has won over is 22f , and that was a 4 horse race so i'm discounting his chance here. WHAT A FRIEND has never won a graded race at all therefore i have to discount him COOLDINE has not been seen since April when he finished 4th , it will be a bis ask forhim to win here imo. There's no getting away from the fact that NOTRE PERE ran a stinker at Haydock last time and that surely can't have been his true form .. maybe he one who doesn't like the journey over from Ireland?? Ignore that run and he would have a good shout with a G1 win under his belt . Might be the suggestion he would want it on the Softer side than it is . Everything , therefore , points to the probable Fav JONCOL who has won both a G1 and G2 Chase , is a 6 yo who won LTO . He has won a 3m PTP and the Yielding / Soft going should be spot on for him. He could be the one to break the recent trend of UK winners .

[peteg40]

Re: Leopardstown 28th Think this will take the World of beating today, not a great price but IMHO should take this before going onto better things. Pandorama 1.30 Pandorama only defeat came at the hands of Mikael D' Haguenet at Navan last year and he is quietly progressing into one of the best Novice Chasers around. He went the wrong way around at Fairyhouse (appears to prefer going left handed) yet took the Grade 1 Drinmore Novices Chase by 7 lengths. Sure to keep improving and is an intriguing contender, come March, at Cheltenham, probably in the RSA Chase. Taken the 5/4 with paddypower :ok