€140,000Y: half-brother to smart winner up to 1m Alexios Komnenos (2-y-o 7f winner, by Choisir): dam French 12.5f winner who stayed 15f: fairly useful performer: won maiden at the Curragh (by ¾ length from Young Ireland) in 2023: in first-time blinkers, 33/1, raced too freely when 10 lengths tenth of 12 to Clear Quartz in minor event at Galway in September: stays 1¼m: best form on soft/heavy going: often in hood: fairly useful hurdler. Denis Hogan, Ireland

Good-topped gelding: fairly useful on Flat (stays 1¼m) for J. A. Stack: similar form over hurdles: 12/1, step back in right direction when 5¾ lengths third of 12 to Eagles Reign in listed handicap at Listowel last time: raced around 2m: best form on soft/heavy going: sometimes in cheekpieces. Denis Hogan, Ireland