Accord the answer

RHYL ACCORD is the nap choice to defy a long absence in the Holycross Maiden Hurdle at Thurles this afternoon.

Accord the answer

He hasn’t been seen finishing second in a winners’ bumper at Leopardstown last Christmas and, to boot, this will be his first venture over jumps.

But the selection is a promising sort, trained by a man in tremendous form, Willie Mullins, and can make light of such considerations. At Leopardstown, he was beaten a length and half by Sweeps Hill and that was a smart effort. Sweeps Hill has gone on to prove himself a decent horse and Rhyl Accord had a hard task trying to concede him 13lbs.

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