dunlaying

Gabrial 0
Firmament 0
Kynren +2
Master Merion +2
Whats The Story +2
Keyser Soze +3
Escobar +3
Afaak +3
Raising Sand +3
Tony Curtis +4
Burnt Sugar +5

Katchy 0+P
Battaash 0
Lady Aurelia +3
Washington D C +5
Finsbury Square +7
Mabs Cross +7


Lady Aurelia has to be taken on and why not Battaash as well . Lay them at 9/4 and get 8/5 .
If there is any rain then dear old Finsbury Square could make the frame .
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Wootton 0+
US Navy Flag +2
Romanised +2
Tip Two Win +4
Chilean +5+
Kings Shield +7
Gustav Klimt +9
Threeandfourpence +11
Without Parole +12+
Gabr +13

This favourite is at a false price . Yes it can win and might be a very good horse but it is not in the book yet .
Chilean could be interesting . 20/1 for a horse that has the scalp of Study Of Man looks fair .
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Limato 0
Benbatl +1
Century Dream +1
Lightning Spear +1
Rhododendron  +1
Beat The Bank +2
Lord Glitters +2
Zonderland +3
Yoshida +3
Deauville +3
Seudois +4
Recoletos +4
Accidental Agent +5
So Beloved +6
Oh This Is Us +6

On paper it looks impossible . We must take Rhododendron on as she is too short . Gird up your loins . It's only money!

Roaring Lion 0
Saxon Warrior 0
Hazapour +3+
Masar +3
Knight To Behold +4+
Delano Roosevelt +4
Kew Gardens +5
Zabriskie +5
The Pentagon +5
Rostropavitch +6
Nelson +6
Sevenna Star +6
Young Rascal +7+
Dee Ex Bee +8

Zabriskie is high up for a 66/1 shot . A late April foal he might find more . He has form on testing ground but what it is worth I am not sure .
Kew Gardens would appreciate some cut .
Saxon Warrior is no odds-on shot . Take him on early as they will want to get him Saturday .
The ground looks like being fine for Roaring Lion and 9/1 is too big .

Shanahans Turn 0
Kilcrea Vale +3 ?
Theatre Territory +6
Minella On Line +6
Flying Eagle +6
Deauville Dancer +7
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Take a good look at the form for Childrens List . When he beat Edwulf Bentelimar was a well beaten third . Mullins' charge has been let in light on Saturday . 80/1 is too big .

Road To Riches -5
Childrens List 0
Lord Windermere 0
Carlingford Lough +1
Virgilio +4
Seeyouatmidnight +4
Houblon Des Obeaux +5
Valseur Lido +7
Regal Encore +7
St Are +7
Shantou Flyer +8 p
Gas Line Boy +8
Maggio +8
Double Ross +8

I have backed plenty of these at big odds but cant find one to really tackle . One horse that has been somewhat overlooked is Valseur Lido . Some idiots are claiming he is a good ground horse but arguably his best effort was when unseating his rider at the last on bottomless ground , a race won by Carlingford Lough . He looked a cracker that day until the last fence .
Childrens List is a most interesting runner , we hope . Accepted wisdom is that he is too inexperienced with just four chases in the book . The horse is not cannon fodder . A promising 8 y o with G2 races in front of him would not be sent here unless he was ready for the job . Mullins is a shrewd cove so if he thinks Childrens List is good enough so do I .

p = penalised
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Definitly Red 0
Balka Des Flos +2
Tea For Two +2
Might Bite +2
Bristol De Mai +5++

The value is to take on Might Bite  .
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Doctor Phoenix 0
Un De Sceau +5

Road To Riches 0
Childrens List +5
Lord Windermere +5
Carlingford Lough +6
Henri Parry Morgan +7 LHR
Bellshill +8+
Virgilio +9
Seeyouatmidnight +9
Wounded Warrior +9
General Principle +10 STR
Relentless Dreamer +10 LHR
Houblon Des Obeaux +10
Valseur Lido +12
Regal Encore +12
Saint Are +12
Shantou Flyer +13
Gas Line Boy +13
Maggio +13
Double Ross +13

We should be able to thin that lot out soon . I have put the LHR up as there is a body of opinion that thinks there will a mass exodus .
Take a look at Virgilio . He has come up trumps several times after a long lay-off . Stamina has to be taken on trust and would prefer Spring ground but he has Spring form .
I think I will have a small punt .
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Tiquer 0
Plaisir D'Amour +3
Seeyouatmidnight +3

Tully East 0
Shanahans Turn 0
Traffic Fluide 0
Kilcrea Vale +1
Plaisir D'Amour +4
Viconte De Noyer +4
The Storyteller +6
Pougne Bobbi +7
Movewithetimes +7
Ballyalton +7

Frodon 0P  Assuming STD rides if Frost rides +3P
Cue Card +2
Djakadam +2
Balka Des Flos +5
Un De Sceaux +6

Take on Un De Sceaux
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Definitly Red 0
Killultagh Vic 0P
Might Bite +2
Our Duke +2
Tea For Two +2P
Djakadam +2?
Road To Respect +3
Native River +4
Edwulf +6+
Double Shuffle +6

Don't rule out Edwulf . To all intents and purposes his Irish Gold Cup win was his first run back . He stays forever and the winner will need to .