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Athlacca Rated Novice Hurdle

Off time: 15:06 | Winning time: 4m 16.12s

Cotteemcavennigoal²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Donagh Meyler| T: S Crawley| D

5/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. 1 win from 3 runs this season. Career best when winning 17-runner novice hurdle (8/1) at Navan (16f, soft) 24 days ago.

Form: 5-8F1

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Grange Walk¹⁸⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 111| D

14/1

Fair hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Tramore in September. 7/2, fourth of 6 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, soft). Off 6 months. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 621264

The Broghie Man⁷⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Kevin Sexton| T: P G Fahey| OR: 111

9/2

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 13 hurdle runs. 33/1, respectable ninth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.7f, heavy) 74 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Padraig Roche.

Form: 356609

Scalor^h,t¹⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss E Doyle| OR: 110| D

20/1

Fair hurdler. Eighth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.2f, heavy, 16/1) 151 days ago. Hood back on. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 739648

Hazran^t¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Miss M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan| OR: 109| D

14/1

Fair chaser. Winner in hurdle at Wexford in October. Bit below form eighth of 16 in handicap hurdle (9/1) at Cork (16f, good to soft) 10 days ago, racing closer to pace than ideal. Not taken lightly.

Form: 17FP28

Jody Ted²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mark McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: E Griffin| OR: 108| D

11/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Winner in hurdle at Wexford in March. 7/1, seventh of 11 in handicap hurdle at Navan (16f, soft) 24 days ago.

Form: 46017

Joeswayornoway¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: E Sheehy| OR: 107| BF| D

18/1

Fair hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Clonmel in March. 5/4, last of 8 in handicap hurdle at this C&D (heavy) 18 days ago, possibly amiss. Others more persuasive.

Form: U69318

Different Strokes²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: A W Short| T: Mrs C O'Leary| OR: 102

33/1

Once-raced winner over hurdles. 28/1, won 8-runner claiming hurdle at Clonmel (18.5f, soft) on NH debut 23 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Gerard Kelleher. Plenty to find on form.

Form: R/8-6451

First Touch²³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: D J McInerney| T: W J Burke| OR: 105

10/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Career best when winning 14-runner novice hurdle (13/2) at Clonmel (18.5f, soft) 23 days ago, going with enthusiasm. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 14F671

One Cool Poet^b,t³⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Keith Donoghue| T: M J Smith| OR: 104| BF| C

13/2

Fair hurdler. 13/8, creditable fourth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good) 38 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Blinkers back on. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 55/42-54

Son Of Hypnos¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: C A Landers⁽⁵⁾| T: K Smith

10/3

Fairly useful Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. 12/1, fifth of 14 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 545

Little Brother⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 109| D

18/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. 20/1, fifteenth of 18 in handicap at Gowran (13.7f, soft) 7 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Creditable on last hurdle outing. Has work to do.

Form: 6153

Bulldoze⁷⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 107

22/1

Fair hurdler. Fifteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.7f, heavy, 25/1) 74 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter. RESERVE.

Form: 04-3970

Non-Runners

Trump Card⁴⁸

Weight: 11-5| Age: 8

T: C O'Dwyer J: Ricky Doyle

Gallowglass¹⁰⁷

Weight: 11-2| Age: 8

T: S Ryan J: K J Brouder

Saeer⁴⁶

Weight: 10-6| Age: 4

T: Mrs D Foster J: Reserve 2

Majavango²

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: T Gibney J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Son Of Hypnos (10/3), The Broghie Man (9/2), Cotteemcavennigoal (5/1), One Cool Poet (13/2), Saeer (8/1), First Touch (10/1), Jody Ted (11/1), Gallowglass (12/1), Majavango (12/1), Grange Walk (14/1), Hazran (14/1), Trump Card (16/1), Joeswayornoway (18/1), Little Brother (18/1), Scalor (20/1), Bulldoze (22/1), Different Strokes (33/1)

A chance is taken on SON OF HYPNOS, who appears to have been brought along steadily in this sphere with handicaps in mind. Indeed, his latest effort in a Clonmel maiden was encouraging and he scored on the Flat under similar conditions at Tipperary last year. One Cool Poet wasn't disgraced in a competitive Leopardstown handicap when returning from a break and is second choice ahead of Grange Walk.