13:15 Leopardstown

Sunday 3 February 2019

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Tattersalls Ireland Spring Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1)

Off time: 13:16 | Winning time: 3m 52.60s

Chief Justice^t³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 124| D

12/1

Has won four of his last six starts and has been improving rapidly. Fair second here last time out in a Grade 2 but he has more on his plate here this time around and will need another sizable step forward.

Form: 111212

Gardens of Babylon^t²²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: B J Geraghty| T: J P O'Brien| D

5/1

Well bred sort who was impressive when winning on hurdles/yard debut at Punchestown. Narrowly denied in a follow up bid at Fairyhouse last time by re-opposing Surin. Needs more to be considered for win purposes but improvement on the cards.

Form: 12

Got Trumped²²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: R M Power| T: Mrs J Harrington

20/1

Seemingly going the right way before a backwards step last time out at Fairyhouse. Seems vulnerable to less exposed types here.

Form: 2134

Parisian^p¹⁴⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: E J O'Grady| D

66/1

Won a maiden hurdle at Roscommon but well beaten next time out at Listowel and that form looks levels below what is required in this contest.

Form: 14

Sir Erec³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Mark Walsh| T: J P O'Brien| CD

13/8

Very smart stayer on the Flat and he narrowly got the better of Tiger Tap Tap on hurdles debut last time out, the pair pulling a long way clear of the remainder. Will improve for that and has enough potential to be of interest here.

Form: 1

Tiger Tap Tap³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Ruby Walsh| T: W P Mullins

2/1

Flat winner in France and made an encouraging start for this yard when only narrowly denied by Sir Eric over C&D last time out. Expected to go well again but there's a suspicion he may struggle to reverse the form with that rival.

Form: 2

Surin²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| D

7/1

Reversed form with Gardens Of Babylon last time out and unlikely to be much between the pair again here but this is a tougher race and she will need another sizable step forward to have a say.

Form: 121

Non-Runners

Coeur Sublime³⁹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: D N Russell

Filon D'Oudairies³⁹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: J P O'Brien J: J J Slevin

Morning Skye¹¹⁷

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: D G Hogan

Lamarckise²⁹⁷

Weight: 10-7| Age: 4

T: W P Mullins J: Paul Townend

Forecasts

Sir Erec (13/8), Tiger Tap Tap (2/1), Gardens of Babylon (5/1), Coeur Sublime (6/1), Surin (7/1), Chief Justice (12/1), Lamarckise (16/1), Got Trumped (20/1), Filon D'Oudairies (25/1), Morning Skye (33/1), Parisian (66/1)

Former Aidan O'Brien inmate SIR ERIC has plenty of potential and he's expected to take a big step forward on just his second hurdles start. The son of Camelot can confirm the form with Tiger Tap Tap who represents last year's winning yard and wasn't beaten far by the selection last time. Coeur Sublime looked like the winner of a Grade 2 here last time before a fall at the last and his potential remains intact.