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STAR IN NEED OF A STAYER’S CHANCE

Jeremy Grayson brings news from the weather-battered country tracks

EXETER, January 9 (Good to soft, soft in places) 2m161yds National Hunt Maiden Hurdle (class 4)
LIMERICK STAR had looked all about stamina when running one of last month’s picks, the now 141-rated chaser Moon Rocket, to 5l in an Irish point in April 2024 (3m, yielding). Starting him off under Rules around Exeter - like Curraghmore a galloping right-hander, if rather less flat – made plenty of sense, but the inadequacy of the trip soon made itself keenly felt, the son of Idaho needing driving as soon as ...

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