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Sizing Europe will be going for two miles on Boxing Day
"The novice chasers take centre stage on day one in the Grade 1 343E Bord Na Mona with Nature Novice Chase over an extended two miles, where both Sizing Europe and Osana look to further their Arkle credentials..."
The big racing story on Boxing Day is undoubtedly at Kempton, where Kauto Star bids for a historic fourth straight King George, but St Stephen's day also marks the start of a very busy period of racing in the Emerald Isle with both Leopardstown and Limerick holding four-day festivals, the former in particular playing host to some top-class action.
The novice chasers take centre stage on day one in the Grade 1 343E Bord Na Mona with Nature Novice Chase over an extended two miles, where both Sizing Europe and Osana look to further their Arkle credentials, whilst Captain Cee Bee steps up his comeback after winning at Naas earlier this month. However, with a supporting cast which includes Rite of Passage and Alaivan, both of whom are prominent in the markets for Cheltenham, who is your banker for Leopardstown?
If the Boxing Day card is strong at Leopardstown, the racing on the 27th is arguably better still, the card containing two Grade 1 contests and one of the biggest betting races of the week, the Paddy Power Handicap Chase. At the time of writing Lochan Lacha is ante-post favourite for the shrewd Tony Martin stable, but it's a fiercely competitive race as always, including a strong team from champion trainer Willie Mullins, so is there value to be found elsewhere?
