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Nichols Canyon the chosen one with stars absent

Nichols Canyon, pictured beating Identity Thief in last year's Ryanair Hurdle, is back to defend his crown
Nichols Canyon, pictured beating Identity Thief in last year's Ryanair Hurdle, is back to defend his crownCredit: Patrick McCann

Nichols Canyon leads our team for the StanJames.com Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown on Sunday (2.20) in the absence of Faugheen and Annie Power, who were under consideration for the race at the start of the week.

However, Faugheen has a bruised foot and it hasn't come right in time for him to run this weekend and we'll have to wait a bit longer before starting him off.

Annie Power worked moderately a couple of times during the week. She has worked disappointingly in the past but when she did it twice we decided there was no point in declaring her. We'll wait and see what sort of form she's in this coming week before making a plan for her first race of the season.

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