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The first Grade 1 of the four-day Leopardstown Christmas Festival is now the Grade 1 Racing Post Long Distance Novice Chase over three miles on St Stephen's Day.
Gordon Elliott is responsible for a dozen of the 27 entries in the newly-sponsored race with last season's Martin Pipe winner Better Days Ahead and recent Drinmore Novice Chase winner Croke Park among them.
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Willie Mullins has entered last season's star staying novice hurdler Dancing City, who has yet to jump a fence in public, as well as Impaire Et Passe and Lecky Watson.
Perhaps the most interesting entry of all is Slade Steel, winner of the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival who has yet to try further than two and a half miles.
Racing Post Long Distance Novice Chase
3m, €100,000 guaranteed
27 entries
Going:
NO. FORM HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY
1 /1350- An Tobar 7 11-10 Henry De Bromhead
2 4213-1 Better Days Ahead 6 11-10 Gordon Elliott
3 24-134 Buddy One 7 11-10 Paul John Gilligan
4 /1611- Chapeau De Soleil 6 11-10 W P Mullins
5 1294-F Cleatus Poolaw 6 11-10 Gordon Elliott
6 17P-11 Croke Park 6 11-10 Gordon Elliott
7 11311- Dancing City 7 11-10 W P Mullins
8 -01F14 Gorgeous Tom 6 11-10 Henry De Bromhead
9 9/F13- Hiddenvalley Lake 7 11-10 Henry De Bromhead
10 111P2- High Class Hero 7 11-10 W P Mullins
11 2311-1 Impaire Et Passe 6 11-10 W P Mullins
12 12355- Lecky Watson 6 11-10 W P Mullins
13 11P32- Loughglynn 6 11-10 W P Mullins
14 15526- Mahon's Way 6 11-10 Henry De Bromhead
15 /212-2 Mossy Fen Park 5 11-10 Henry De Bromhead
16 /2121- My Trump Card 6 11-10 Gordon Elliott
17 /1131- Quai De Bourbon 5 11-10 W P Mullins
18 15-1F3 Rainbow Trail 6 11-10 Gordon Elliott
19 417-12 Search For Glory 7 11-10 Gordon Elliott
20 8215-2 Shannon Royale 6 11-10 Gordon Elliott
21 1213-2 Slade Steel 6 11-10 Henry De Bromhead
22 122P-2 Staffordshire Knot 6 11-10 Gordon Elliott
23 2414-1 Stellar Story 7 11-10 Gordon Elliott
24 /223-3 Three Card Brag 7 11-10 Gordon Elliott
25 1124-F Twoohthree 5 11-10 Gordon Elliott
26 1122P- Waterford Whispers 6 11-10 Henry De Bromhead
27 211115 Shecouldbeanything 7 11-3 Gordon Elliott
