Exeter

Irish challengers for Gavin Cromwell have come up short in this race in the last two seasons. Now Willie Mullins has a go and although his Fun Fun Fun has not been at her best in her two runs this term, those were over shorter trips, the Doncaster run last time still needs respect and her form last spring would make her hard to beat. BLUE LAS, with further improvement in her, looks a serious rival nevertheless. Della Casa Lunga should have learned something from her recent chase debut but is very much third choice.[Richard Austen]