Last year's winner worth a second look
No. 2
Pairofbrowneyes
2.10 Limerick
1pt win at 4-1 with BoyleSports, Paddy Power, Ladbrokes and Betfair
Still quite lightly raced after 18 starts and that gives hope he is open to enough improvement to defy a mark 16lb higher than when landing his last victory, which came in this race last season.
Barry Murphy's gelding was beaten only by the classy Sub Lieutenant when second over course and distance in October and stepped up on that effort when dropped to 2m at Cheltenham last time, finishing a head behind winner Un Beau Roman with the pair nearly four lengths of the third.
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