2.10 RSA INSURANCE NOVICES’ CHASE MONA GLEE..SIR

HAVING gone for two ‘easy’ races yesterday — and found one winner in Summerville Boy — we are upping the ante on the second day.

We will have a go at the 26-runner Coral Hurdle (2.50) first, followed by 22 starters in the Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle (4.50).

In the Coral Cup you should avoid:

Horses with more than nine hurdle runs

Anything trained by Willie Mullins.

We can also eliminate several potential sorts because of their yard being out of form.

On the plus side, second-season hurdles tend to do well, while those running after a break of at least 32 days dominate.

The race is sure to be strongly run, so you need months ago had to settle for second behind Penhill in the Albert Bartlett, created a good impression on his chase bow, scoring by six lengths at Punchestown in November.

Sent off evens favourite for a Grade 1 rookie event at Leopardstown over Christmas, the seven-yearold bay made an uncharacteristic mistake and crashed out at the 10th.

But there were no such errors in the top-level Flogas Novice Chase at Leopardstown last month, in which Monalee led from the tapes, showing true grit to repel by three-quarters of a length, with Dounikos another three-parts away in fourth.

There’s more to come from Monalee, who can better last year’s silver medal.

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danger, while has progressed all season and his jumping will stand him in good stead.

Monalee and Noel Fehily score at Leopardstown

HEAD BOY De Bromhead