Willie Mullins’ Un De Sceaux out to bounce back at Fairyhouse after shock Cheltenham Festival defeat

UN DE SCEAUX bids to bounce back from a shock defeat at the Cheltenham Festival when he runs in the Devenish Chase at Fairyhouse on Monday.

Willie Mullins' chaser had no answer to Balko Des Flos in the Ryanair Chase when he was sent off the odds-on 8-11 favourite.

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Part-owner Colm O'Connell said: "I don't want to give any excuses, on the day he wasn't good enough in the Ryanair. He had his ground, he had everything.

"I've looked at it a couple of times, but the result is still the same. Tomorrow is a way of looking forward, we can forget the past.

"He's giving weight away, but he still comes out top on the figures. We'll go there confident, but after what happened with respect of the opposition."

Eddie Harty's Coney Island is the second highest-rated runner in the race and will also have to bounce back from a poor run after his defeat at Ascot behind Waiting Patiently.

"Nothing ever came to light for Ascot, it was just one of those things," said Harty.

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"We're running here not because I think we've got a really good chance of beating Un De Sceaux over this trip and in very soft ground, but because we need to get him going again and there aren't very many other options.

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"The horse seems well and he needs to run, so hopefully we can leave Ascot behind and move on,"

Gordon Elliott runs Doctor Phoenix and A Toi Phil, while the Harry Fry-trained Kylemore Lough is the sole British representative.