Last Week: Qualviro, 2nd at Evens
Year to date: -0.5
Leopardstown 1.50 - Follow The Plan
Having held a level of form through 4 starts this season, Follow The Plan is probably due a bad run but his likely price in the Irish Arkle allows for this and then some; his defeat of Tatenen (who received 11lbs) over today's course and distance was probably the best performance by a novice chaser around 2 miles this season and I was interested to see that Timeform have him well clear of his fellow 2 milers on a mark of 155.
It's thus hard to see why he can be a bigger price than Jayo and Forpadydeplasterer; the former has been impressive in his manner of travelling and jumping but beat a below-par Made In Taipan last time while Tom Cooper's horse looks a little tripless and has had an interrupted preparation having missed his Christmas engagement.
Follow The Plan has everything you'd want in a prospective Arkle horse - he jumps, travels and has plenty of stamina. What he doesn't have is high-profile connections and a lofty hurdles mark but these are factors that just help his price.
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