The key selling point here is not the recent form — two runs producing 47 and 52 rated performances are modest — but the trainer. John A. Linehan operates at an impressive 40% win rate, which is among the best strike rates of any handler sending runners to Curraheen Park. When a trainer of that calibre places a relatively lightly-raced dog in a specific grade, it often signals an informed decision. The speed rating of 59 is the highest in the field, suggesting raw pace that the recent performances may not fully reflect. Only two runs in the record provides very little to work with analytically, but those two runs were both at this 525 metre distance and both produced placed finishes. The question is whether the talent justifies the faith of a top trainer at this grade. Trap 4 at A2 wins 14.56% here — below average — but the trainer edge is the real argument.