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BoyleSports Faugheen Novice Chase (Grade 1)
2m 3f
Going: Heavy
Surface: Turf
Draw Advantage: NoneGABYNAKO is ideally suited by this distance and was a slightly unlucky second in the Drinmore. Grade 1-placed over hurdles, he has shown smart form over fences and while a final-fence error was costly at Fairyhouse, it was a fine effort and he also operates on testing ground. Farouk D'Alene is a smart type who returned following a 341-day absence to win on chase debut at Navan. He beat Vanillier by three-parts of a length in a Grade 2 hurdle here last Christmas and is better suited by this trip than Vanillier, who subsequently won at the Cheltenham Festival and while he has also done well over fences thus far, would prefer a stiffer stamina test. Lifetime Ambition has a little to find on Drinmore form, while Fire Attack and Lieutenant Command both step up from recent wins and have a little to find on previous hurdles form.
GABYNAKO is ideally suited by this distance and was a slightly unlucky second in the Drinmore. Grade 1-placed over hurdles, he has shown smart form over fences and while a final-fence error was costly at Fairyhouse, it was a fine effort and he also operates on testing ground. Farouk D'Alene is a smart type who returned following a 341-day absence to win on chase debut at Navan. He beat Vanillier by three-parts of a length in a Grade 2 hurdle here last Christmas and is better suited by this trip than Vanillier, who subsequently won at the Cheltenham Festival and while he has also done well over fences thus far, would prefer a stiffer stamina test. Lifetime Ambition has a little to find on Drinmore form, while Fire Attack and Lieutenant Command both step up from recent wins and have a little to find on previous hurdles form.