Manoir De Mirande heads this Ballinrobe staying contest on an 18-furlong trip on good ground, narrowly ahead of Houndsworth on form figures and looking the class act of the field, with the others well strung out beneath him. Houndsworth is the chief threat and has the ability to make life interesting, while O'Grady Cracker and William F Browne cannot be entirely dismissed if anything goes wrong in running. On his merits over this marathon trip, however, Manoir De Mirande should have too much for his rivals, and the selection is Manoir De Mirande.