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Willie Mullins has won the last two runnings of this and it is the unreliable Asterion Forlonge rather than the ultra-reliable Energumene who spearheads his challenge.
This was the scene for the first of Al Boum Photo s three Grade 1 wins. He was the Willie Mullins second string that day when seeing off Shattered Love, while Voix Du Reve led home a 1-2 for the stable the last time this race was run in 2019.
So, where do we stand with Asterion Forlonge? The giant grey looked to have the world at his feet when brushing aside Conflated on his chasing debut at Punchestown in November. So impressive there that he was 4-6 to win a Grade 1 next time at Limerick over Christmas.
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NOLAN STAR LATEST EXHIBITION HOPEFUL OF GETTING BACK INTO THE WINNERS ENCLOSURE AT FAIRYHOUSE
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Davidstown Trainer Paul Nolan plans to run Latest Exhibition in either Monday’s Irish Grand National or in Sunday’s Grade 1 Novice Chase.
The horse was well beaten by Monkfish at the Dublin Racing Festival after running him close at Christmas.
Having bypassed the Cheltenham Festival, Nolan is hopeful that Latest Exhibition is back to himself:
NUBE Negra (7/1) can cause a minor surprise in the Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase, today s feature race at the Cheltenham Festival. Backing against Chacun Pour Soi (10/11) may prove folly, of course, but as yet the big-race favourite still needs to prove his appetite for the Cheltenham hill. While Willie Mullins hotpot has been beaten just once in Ireland since his move from France in 2016, in all that time we have only seen him in action seven times. Nevertheless, as a nine-year-old he should be at his peak now - although there is obviously a fragility about him, which reared its head 12 months ago when he was ruled out on the morning of the race.
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