Limerick

I Carry You Home has the longest absence in the entire field — 326 days since its only race, a 10th-place finish at the Curragh as a young horse. Returning after nearly a year away to race on slightly soft ground it has never encountered before makes this a significant step into the unknown. However, the combination of Joseph O'Brien as trainer and Dylan Browne McMonagle as jockey — a partnership that has won together over 200 times — gives this outsider genuine intrigue at 5/1.

Camino Lad has never raced before, so there is no form to analyse — it is all about potential on debut. The trainer, G M Lyons, has won 5 from just 9 runners in the last two weeks, one of the sharpest records in this field right now, which is a meaningful pointer. Priced at 9/1 on debut, the market clearly thinks there is something here worth following.

Shorten The Winter makes its racecourse debut today with nothing on record and everything still unknown. The trainer, M D O'Callaghan, has won 1 from 4 runners in the last two weeks — a quiet but steady record. At 14.5/1, the market has this as one of the more interesting debutants in the field, sitting comfortably ahead of most first-timers in the betting.

Two races, two sixth-place finishes, and a 175-day absence make Stable Lane one of the harder horses to assess here. Both previous runs came on a different surface at Dundalk, so today's slightly soft turf at Limerick is completely new territory. With no wins and no places from either outing, there is very little to recommend confidence on the comeback.