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The proof of the pudding about Lossiemouth’s state of festival readiness will come on Tuesday where she faces 10 opponents. Her stable companion Jade De Grugy is rated her most likely threat by bookmakers. Henry de Bromhead’s July Flower is also prominent in betting. That 2024 figure confirmed a sharp trend from the first post-Covid pandemic in 2022 which attracted a record tally of over 280,000 people through the gates.
Separately, he added: “If you look at the changes that have been implemented since last year, there’s some quite significant ones. The racing programme is moving in the right direction of creating more competitive racing and bringing the best horses up against each other.” It also emerged on Sunday that Kopek Des Bordes will sport a first -time hood in Tuesday’s opener, for which the Mullins team will have half of the 12-strong field. The Supreme is named in memory of the late Michael O’Sullivan.
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