TREATING end-of-season form literally from the Punchestown Festival when assigning a pecking order for next season can be a dangerous perspective to take.
For example, only a third of the 12 Grade 1 winners from last year’s meeting managed to win in Grade 1 company again this season (Majborough, Teahupoo, Final Demand and Lulamba the four to repeat the dose).


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