Horse & Jockey Hotel Hurdle (Grade 3)

Off time: 13:35 | Winning time: 3m 53.6s

Chosen Mate^t⁸¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 143| D

10/3

Smart chaser, including Grand Annual win at Cheltenham in March. Also won on Flat at Killarney (14f, good) in July and successful at graded level over hurdles earlier in career.

Form: 03411-0

Djingle^h¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: J Queally| OR: 137| D

13/2

Useful chaser. 10/3, career best when winning 3-runner chase at Listowel (20f, good) 14 days ago, easily. Switches from chase to hurdles. More needed.

Form: 1F46-51

Saint Roi²⁰⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Mark Walsh| T: W P Mullins| OR: 151| D

4/7

French recruit who made a very promising start for new yard last term, readily winning County Hurdle at Cheltenham Festival in March. Very smart prospect who is likely to be hard to beat.

Form: 3/511-

Tigris River^p,t⁶³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: J S McGarvey| T: A A Howard| OR: 131| D

50/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 7/1, good second of 10 in conditions event at Cork (24f, good to soft) 63 days ago, no match for winner. Significantly down in trip. Fair bit to find her.

Form: 0759-42

Wonder Laish⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Jack Kennedy| T: C Byrnes| OR: 143| D

14/1

Useful hurdler but ran poorly at Listowel only a week ago.

Form: 110/300

Non-Runners

Beacon Edge²¹⁰

Weight: 11-2| Age: 6

T: N Meade J: Sean Flanagan

Chatham Street Lad⁴⁵⁰

Weight: 11-2| Age: 8

T: M Winters J: L P Dempsey

Forecasts

Saint Roi (4/7), Chosen Mate (10/3), Beacon Edge (6/1), Djingle (13/2), Wonder Laish (14/1), Chatham Street Lad (25/1), Tigris River (50/1)

SAINT ROI was seriously impressive when running away with the County at Cheltenham on only his fourth hurdle start and should prove very hard to beat on his return with progress likely. Beacon Edge has quickly reached a very useful level over hurdles himself and may provide the chief threat ahead of Grand Annual winner Chosen Mate.