Norman Colfer Winning Fair Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 3)

Off time: 13:10 | Winning time: 4m 18.9s

Teahupoo⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: R M Power| T: G Elliott| CD

4/9

Promising type. First run since leaving Gabriel Leenders when won 8-runner juvenile hurdle (4/1) at this C&D (heavy) on IRE debut 42 days ago. Obvious claims.

Form: 11

Buzz Light

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: D J Hand| T: M Mulvany

300/1

Leading Light gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner/fairly useful 2½m hurdle winner Meridian City. Dam ran once over hurdles/once in bumper. Up against it.

Form:

Crassus⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade| OR: 121| BF| D

22/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Winner in hurdle at Limerick in December. 3/1, good third of 10 in handicap hurdle at this course (16.5f, heavy) 55 days ago. Bit to find.

Form: 2F213

Farout¹²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: D E Mullins| T: W P Mullins

12/1

Fairly useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. 15/1, fourth of 15 in handicap at Saint-Cloud. First run for yard after leaving Francis-Henri Graffard. One to note debuting for top yard.

Form:

Tax For Max^h1¹¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

11/4

55/1, 5¾ lengths fifth of 11 to Sunny Queen in Grosser Preis von Bayern at Munich (11.9f, soft). First run for yard after leaving H. Grewe.

Form:

Scholastic⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 118| D

22/1

Fairly useful hurdler, pulled up early at Aintree when last seen in this sphere. 4/1, improved to win 12-runner handicap at Dundalk (16f) 50 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Not discounted.

Form: U3212P

Forecasts

Teahupoo (4/9), Tax For Max (11/4), Farout (12/1), Crassus (22/1), Scholastic (22/1), Buzz Light (300/1)

TEAHUPOO might have been losing the battle with Youmdor when left clear at the last on Irish debut, but he was well clear of a subsequent winner and is open to further improvement, so he's an obvious choice to follow up despite the presence of two potentially promising Willie Mullins recruits in Tax For Max and Farout.