Sunday Racing Tips: Timeform's three to back including two at Leopardstown

15:42, Leopardstown - 'large P' Come What May to improve past rivals

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Come What May (Ire)

• J: W. M. Lordan
• T: Aidan O'Brien, Ireland
• F: 1

• SBK 11/8
• EXC 2

An open-looking renewal but plenty of eyes will be on Come What May, who couldn't have been much more impressive first time up at the Curragh just over three weeks ago and Aidan O'Brien's colt falls firmly into the 'could be anything' category.

The brother to high-class Derby winner Desert Crown made a highly promising start to his career last month, travelling smoothly and well on top at the finish despite briefly looking green earlier in the straight. That performance earned him the Timeform 'large P' symbol attached to his rating which denotes "expected to show significant, major improvement next time out".

Sure to benefit from the experience, he looks like one to follow both for the rest of this season and as a four-year-old next year.

16:30, Limerick - Hashtag Pretender should appreciate smaller field

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Hashtag Pretender (Fr)

• J: Sean Flanagan
• T: Barry Connell, Ireland
• F: 213/23-F14

• SBK 13/2
• EXC 5.7

Hashtag Pretender has few miles on the clock over fences for his age and can gain compensation for a promising run last time; his Kilbeggan fourth could easily have been better had he not lost his chance when badly hampered between the last two.

The Barry Connell-trained nine-year-old has not always looked a natural over fences, but his best runs in this sphere have come when taking on fewer rivals, so he should be at home in this single-figure field.

He remains unexposed over this trip and can get back to winning ways.

16:42, Leopardstown - eye-catching Naas third Sir Jeremy to strike

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Sir Jeremy (Ire)

• J: Reese Holohan
• T: Noel Meade, Ireland
• F: 71951533

• SBK 11/2
• EXC 1.1

The vote goes to Sir Jeremy, who's been catching the eye in similar events of late.

Noel Meade won this race in both 2022 and 2025 and has leading claims once more with this four-year-old who was a last-gasp winner over this sort of trip at Galway earlier in the season.  

The blinkers seemed to have worked as he has held his form well from his new marks since, including when running on well at Naas last time. He was short of room at a crucial stage that day, and a bigger run is still in the offing, with a return to shorter here unlikely to inconvenience.

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