Sunday tips: four picks for Punchestown

He makes plenty of appeal here.

With the hood taken off on chasing debut last time, Lecky Watson put up a useful performance to beat Slade Steel and found plenty when challenged despite having raced freely to win going away at Naas. 

His Race iQ jump index of 6.9 out of 10 indicates just an average round of jumping but he was much better than all of his rivals on the day, while improvement looks likely here in addition to the possibility of an easy lead.

Willie Mullins is likely to have the favourite here in Salvator Mundi, but I prefer his other runner Kel Histoire. 

This expensive purchase won impressively on hurdles debut at Cork, travelling well in that maiden and jumping better as the race progressed to score very easily. 

This step up into Grade 2 company is a big jump in class, but he has the potential to make a very useful hurdler.

This two-time Grade 1 winner did not jump well enough on his hurdling debut at Fairyhouse last time where he finished fifth. He recorded a below average jump index of 5.0 and lost 4.18 lengths on the field with his erratic jumping. 

That experience will not be lost on him and, as long as he jumps better, he ought to be able to beat these maidens given that he was a far superior in bumpers than all of them. 

He responded positively to the application of blinkers last time at Limerick where he travelled smoothly and cruised to a 13-length success. 

Beggars Rock has been raised 10lb by the handicapper, but such was the authority of that success that he looks capable of defying the rise providing the blinkers work again.