Milsean can make amends on Thurles return
The Willie Mullins-trained six-year-old, winner of two bumpers and a creditable second to the useful No More Heroes in his only other outing in that sphere, was beaten by stable-companion Measureofmydreams over two miles and six furlongs on this track last month. Having made the running and sent about his business by Bryan Cooper at the second last, the Milan gelding found little when tackled by his Ruby Walsh-ridden rival and was ultimately beaten two lengths.
Dropping back to two and a half miles, and likely to be ridden with more restraint, Milsean, who beat subsequent winner Snow Falcon in a two-mile Navan maiden on his hurdling debut, is Bryan Cooper’s choice ahead of Sub Lieutenant, whose form includes a second to Sizing John in a Grade One at Leopardstown before finishing a well-beaten sixth behind Nichols Canyon in the Deloitte last time.
