








REXEM (3) is starting to race consistently with one win and two placed efforts past four starts including losing out by 0.75L when second in the Auld Reekie Handicap Chase. May go one better. SAMMY SMART (6) improved from a second in a Thurles handicap to be coming out on top by a short-head attempting a Punchestown handicap chase on New Years Eve. Will be thereabouts. KELCE (5) bounced back from finishing seventh in a Cheltenham handicap chase to place second at Aintree on Boxing Day. Expected to challenge. SPECIAL RATE (4) cannot be discounted running second tackling track and trip previously.



