The only Irish horse in the field, will look to upset his three UK rivals by taking this prize back over the Irish sea. Like Ahoy Senor this horse has been a slight mixed bag this season, finishing second on his chase debut then a decent 3rd in a Grade 1 at Fairyhouse last November, before going on to win the Grade 1 Neville Hotels Novice Chase at Leopardstown, winning in fantastic fashion by 8 lengths.
He then lined up in the Ladbrokes Novices Chase behind odds on favourite Galopin Des Champs, where he finished 5th of 8 runners and did slightly disappointed when he was well beaten and looked a tired horse.
He is a winner over 3 miles, however, so can clearly stay, it might be best to put a line through his last run as that isn’t the usual horse we see running, but he would need to really step up his form to another level to land a blow in this against three of the UK’s top Novice Chasers this season.