Kerry Group Stayers Novice Hurdle (Grade 3)

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 6m 38.90s

Commandingpresence⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Phillip Enright| T: H De Bromhead| BF

7/1

Punchestown debut winner. Looked set to follow up in 21f Limerick listed next time, narrow lead when fell last. More to come.

Form: 2-1F

Ragnar Lodbrok³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott| BF

11/2

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Creditable 7 lengths second of 7 to Darrens Hope in listed hurdle over C&D (heavy, 15/8) 35 days ago. Should have more to offer.

Form: 34-12

Darrens Hope³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Paul Townend| T: R Murphy| OR: 127| CD

11/8

Fairly useful hurdler. 2 wins from 3 runs this season. Career best when winning 7-runner listed hurdle (5/2) at this C&D (heavy) 35 days ago by 7 lengths from Ragnar Lodbrok, keeping on well.

Form: 633-211

No Memory¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: A McCurtin| T: W C O'Brien| OR: 115| D

33/1

Fair hurdler. 2 wins from 5 runs this season. 13/2, creditable sixth of 13 in handicap hurdle at this course (20f, heavy) 14 days ago, left with too much to do. Others preferred.

Form: 5-51716

Fairyhill Run¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 111

80/1

Fair hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Ballinrobe in September. 9/2, last of 6 in novice hurdle at Thurles (22.9f, soft) 17 days ago.

Form: 132566

Sayce Gold¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M Winters| D

7/4

Bumper winner and impressive when following up on 23f Thurles hurdle 9 days later. Might well be capable of taking this step up in class in her stride.

Form: 4/P13-11

Non-Runners

The Getaway Star²³

Weight: 10-9| Age: 5

T: D Queally J: Sean O'Keeffe

Forecasts

Darrens Hope (11/8), Sayce Gold (7/4), Ragnar Lodbrok (11/2), Commandingpresence (7/1), The Getaway Star (8/1), No Memory (33/1), Fairyhill Run (80/1)

SAYCE GOLD created a good impression on her Thurles debut and looks good enough to cope with the step up to Graded company. Commandingpresence probably would have won a listed race last time had she not come down at the last and can provide the chief threat ahead of last month's C&D listed 1-2 Darrens Hope and Ragnar Lodbrok.