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Monday 10th May

Having suggested backing Easy Game to win the Grade Two contest at Fairyhouse on Irish Grand National Day at a shorter price, I cannot resist putting him forward to win a cracking contest at Killarney. While at risk of repeating myself, the key to this horse is getting his optimum conditions, two and a half miles on decent ground, which he should get here again. He took his form figures when granted those conditions over fences to 121121 with his Fairyhouse win. The two defeats coming at the hands of Faugheen in an epic renewal of the Grade 1 Flogas at Leopardstown and a respectable effort behind a fresh Battleoverdoyen at Down Royal. In the latter contest, he had Samcro a neck back in third and they are weighted the same in this contest. While there are some showers forecast, soft ground would be fine and unless the weather is completely wrong, it is hard to envisage it getting any worse than that. It was actually officially soft ground when he beat Allaho over this sort of trip at Leopardstown during the Christmas meeting in 2019. It is easy ignore his latest effort at Punchestown as he has never been as good over a longer trip. I expect him to go very close and would not putting anyone off the each-way bet to (almost) nothing but I will advise win only. He has been supported too as the 11/2 disappeared while writing but I have him a bet at anything above 3/1 so plenty of value still in his price.


1pt win Easy Game (9/2 General) Killarney 6.40

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