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UNCLE JUNIOR can make a successful debut over fences in the Kenmare Timber Frame Homes Novice Chase at Killarney tonight.

A thorough stayer, he has proved a good money-spinner for connections and is a horse who might well have a real future at this game. The seven-year-old put up some decent efforts at the back-end of last year, winning three races in-a-row over flights, including dead-heating with the smart Earth Magic at Thurles, before going under by a short head to Parsons Pistol at Cork in December.

The selection had a run in France 23 days ago, in a Grade 1 over hurdles at Auteuil. He was out of contention when pulled up after the 14th, but the very soft surface then was a major minus.