Randox Health Rated Hurdle

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 4m 25.50s

Play The Game^h,t¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Simon Torrens⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 130

8/1

Useful chaser. Third of 5 in minor event hurdle (11/2) at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) 1 day ago.

Form: 3B16-03

Run For Oscar^p1⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: C Byrnes| OR: 127

6/5

Useful winning hurdler. 9/2, didn't enjoy best of runs when eleventh of 19 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.7f, good) 9 days ago. Cheekpieces on now and no forlorn hope.

Form: 221-630

Scheu Time^t¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 125

20/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 14/1, below form eleventh of 20 in handicap chase at Galway (18.2f, good) 11 days ago. Switches to hurdles with work to do.

Form: 0206-40

Gevrey¹⁰²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: B J Cooper| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 122

5/2

Useful hurdler who comes here on the back of excellent third of 18 in conditions event at Punchestown (20.6f, good to soft) 102 days ago. Has leading claims on form.

Form: 13U523-

Humm Baby⁷⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-12| J: Mark McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: M Hourigan| OR: 121

11/2

Fairly useful hurdler/chaser. Good second of 6 in handicap hurdle (4/1) at Ballinrobe (18.2f, heavy) 76 days ago so she ought to be competitive again here.

Form: 32474-2

Dollar Value¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T G McCourt| OR: 116| CD

14/1

Latest win in hurdle at Kilbeggan in May but pulled up in handicap chase at Galway (18.2f, good) 11 days ago. Back over hurdles now but unreliable sort.

Form: R6-197P

Espion Du Chenet⁹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: R P Treacy| T: Louise G Lyons

66/1

Fair hurdler. 13/2, below form fifth of 16 in handicap chase at Tipperary (17.3f, good to soft) 94 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Difficult ask at these weights.

Form: 1U525-5

Forecasts

Run For Oscar (6/5), Gevrey (5/2), Humm Baby (11/2), Play The Game (8/1), Dollar Value (14/1), Scheu Time (20/1), Espion Du Chenet (66/1)

GEVREY looks the way to go here given he arrives on the back of a career-best third at Punchestown and is favoured by these weights too. Humm Baby rates the chief threat on the back of her good Ballinrobe second with Run For Oscar not ruled out either, especially if the fitting of cheekpieces ekes out some improvement.