The variety of racehorse-owning syndicates that have proliferated in recent years in Ireland has called for much imagination in the selection of names. In this regard no one can accuse the owners of Which Is Which of undue optimism.

Charlie Swan's mount in the Hewlett Packard (Ireland) Computer Maiden Hurdle carries the colours of the Sorry Ever After Syndicate but she is already three times a winner on the flat. Her last outing was in the Leopardstown November Handicap when she finished fifth to Tryphaena.

Tara Sound won with a lot in hand from China Tealeaf at Fairyhouse this month and is napped in the handicap hurdle.

The Cushroad has put together back-to-back wins, a bumper at Wexford and a handicap hurdle at Naas. Now he has a rated hurdle in his sights, and while he is not the best treated as compared to a handicap, he appears to be improving rapidly.

As so often happens, the biggest purse of the day has the smallest field, but even with nine runner only the £10,000 Karl Casey Handicap Chase is a tricky one. Jimmy Dan, fourth to Miles Byrne at Clonmel, can make his weight advantage tell with the two top weights, Sea Fisher and Hardiman, both owned by J P McManus.

All year long Pat Flynn has been finding it hard to get a winning sequence running but the engagement of Philip Fenton underlines the stable confidence behind Independence Day in the bumper.