I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Novice Hurdle

Off time: 14:21 | Winning time: 5m 59.00s

Awbeg Prince^t⁸⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr M C O'Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: M J O'Connor| OR: 121| C| D

9/2

Bumper and maiden hurdle (2m4f, good) winner. Well held on soft last time, but can't write him off after that.

Form: 1/13-18

He's No Molly⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade

7/4

Visually impressive 23L maiden hurdle winner at Downpatrick (2m6½f, soft) on his second start in this discipline. Looks nailed on to get this slightly longer trip on that evidence and is very much the one to beat.

Form: 2/5-1

Optical Confusion^t²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: D J Mullins| T: M Butler| OR: 118

4/1

Won a 2m4f Down Royal maiden hurdle on fast ground in August. Improved on that again at Navan last time. Further step up in trip could help him do better still. Enters calculations.

Form: 0-74612

Presentingprincess^h,t¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Mark Walsh| T: Mrs D A Love| OR: 112| D

7/2

Came good over hurdles at the sixth attempt when scoring at Galway (2m5½f, soft) in September. Went close to following up in a handicap (3m, good) at Clonmel last time. More needed here, but unexposed and not ruled out.

Form: 135312

Roman Rock¹³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: M F Morris

20/1

Has produced two similar efforts to be third on both starts so far, showing promise each time. Takes a big step up in trip here, but pedigree suggests that he can probably improve for that. Interesting,

Form: 33

Famous Day^t²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: B Browne⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 100

14/1

Off the mark at the 17th attempt last time out in a handicap at Navan (2m6f, good to firm). Hard to see her being quite up to winning this, however.

Form: 967241

Non-Runners

Jack Fiasco¹⁶

Weight: 11-10| Age: 5

T: Mrs J Harrington J: R M Power

Forecasts

He's No Molly (7/4), Presentingprincess (7/2), Optical Confusion (4/1), Awbeg Prince (9/2), Jack Fiasco (12/1), Famous Day (14/1), Roman Rock (20/1)

Roman Rock, who steps up markedly in trip, is perhaps the most interesting runner going into this. He may be able to find significant improvement for that and is considered, but the suggestion is HE'S NO MOLLY, who can also probably find a bit more than when a wide margin winner last time, although may not need to improve. Optical Confusion and Presentingprincess are not ruled out.