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Preview tipperary 4th Oct

A high quality mixed card at Tipperary features the Istabraq Hurdle, in which Thousand Stars bids to roll back the years.

There would be no more popular winner of the Grade Two contest than the Willie Mullins-trained veteran, who has been a permanent fixture at the top level in recent years, but he is out to prove age isn't catching up with him after flopping in Italy last weekend.

The opposition is headed by Tony Martin duo Ted Veale and Thomas Edison, with the latter making his first outing since a crashing last-flight fall when looking likely to land his second consecutive Galway Hurdle.

Mullins opts to give top-class prospect Bachasson his next step up the ladder in the Grade Three Dolores Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle.

After arriving from France with a big reputation, he has won all three starts on these shores with minimal fuss and is currently prominent in the betting for the Supreme and Neptune.

Prince D'Aubrelle is on a three-timer and will be a warm order for the County Carlow handler in the Jim Laffan Memorial (Pro/Am) Flat Race.

Gordon Elliott saddles half of the six runners in the Grade Three Like A Butterfly Novice Chase, with Ruby Walsh booked for The Game Changer as the six-year-old bids to follow up Monday's Roscommon success.

However, that Grade Three triumph means he has to concede weight all round, most notably to the Mouse Morris-trained Rule The World and the hat-trick seeking Viconte Du Noyer.

The pick of the Flat action is the Coolmore Stud Home Of Champions Concorde Stakes and Dermot Weld is double-handed as he bids to win the race for the fifth time in six years.

Tested looks his main hope following a comfortable victory over this course and distance in August, although stablemate Stormfly has mixed in good company.

Aidan O'Brien has a good chance to get on the scoresheet with Cole Porter in the opening Athassel House Stud E.B.F. Maiden at 2.00, while Strait Of Zanzibar goes for the hat-trick in the Tote Jackpot Races 3 To 6 Handicap.