CONNACHT Hotel Handicap winner Teed Up was trading as favourite for the €600,000 Friends of the Curragh Irish Cesarewitch (4.10) once declarations came through, but his trainer was finding that summation hard to fathom.

The Annette Mee-owned six-year-old ran three times at Galway, taking the Monday feature before finishing second in the Guinness Handicap off a 7lb penalty and then winning over hurdles on the final day of the meeting. He will take on tomorrow’s two-mile contest off his new rating of 100 now.

“He didn’t miss a day since Galway and he’s been in good form,” Emmet Mullins told The Irish Field. “ It’s going to be a huge ask to win off 12lb higher than he was in the GPT. He’s already been beaten off 95, so he’s 5lb higher again, so the maths doesn’t add up to him having a winning chance.

“He is entitled to take his chance and the softer ground will help him, so hopefully he can take home some prize money. We have The Shunter in there as well. He had a nice pipe opener at Gowran a few weeks ago and has had a clean run since. He won’t mind the ground too much and he’ll be there at the finish I hope to run a nice race.”

Another towards the top of the betting is Joseph O’Brien’s Dawn Rising, the Irish St Leger third, who is officially 7lb well in at the weights now.

“Absolutely on paper, he has the right type of profile,” O’Brien said. “He has run well at the Curragh in the past, he has good draw and he’s in good form so we’re very hopeful of a big run.”

O’Brien has four other runners and summarised their chances here: “Nusret is in good form. He won over course and distance in the past. He hasn’t been given a good draw, unfortunately. St Vincent’s Garden has a progressive profile, hopefully he can improve. Powerful Aggie ran well in the race last year. Magellan Strait is inconsistent but might be able to get some of the prize money.”