Irish trainer sends one horse on the 900-mile round trip to Carlisle on Sunday
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ROYAL MANDATE is bred to appreciate both the step up in trip and this softer ground which he encounters for the first time. Add to the mix first time headgear and he looks massively overpriced given the potential upside after just four career starts. Spectator should be competitive on his runner-up effort to Barrys Jack back in October, while Haulani could be thrown in on his flat form as he starts out in handicaps over hurdles.