McGrady Financial Services Rated Novice Hurdle

Off time: 14:32 | Winning time: 4m 42.6s

Nonbinding²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott

9/4

Promising sort. 1 win from 3 runs this season. 7/2, career best when winning 16-runner novice hurdle at Navan (15.8f, good) 20 days ago, pushed out. Has good chance on form.

Form: 250-2B1

Black Hawk Eagle¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: B J Cooper| T: N Meade

7/2

Fair maiden on the Flat. Once-raced winner over hurdles. 1 win from 1 run this season. 7/1, won 13-runner novice hurdle at Roscommon (15.4f, good) on NH debut 11 days ago. Up in trip. Should progress.

Form: 1

No Trouble^t¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Kieren Buckley⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 107

11/2

Fair hurdler. Eleventh of 13 in handicap at Down Royal (12.8f, good to soft, 66/1) 11 days ago, slowly away. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Good on last hurdle run. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 0-37322

Mr Sundancer³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Danny Mullins| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 106

50/1

Modest hurdler. Very good sixth of 12 in novice hurdle (40/1) at Wexford (16f, good to soft) 34 days ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 20-3666

Backing Band⁹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: K C Sexton| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 104

25/1

Lightly-raced winner under Rules. 1 win from 3 runs this season. Winner in hurdle at Kilbeggan in May. 14/1, below form eleventh of 19 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16.9f, good to soft) 91 days ago.

Form: 9/0-U10

Betty Dutton¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 102

2/1

Lightly-raced winner under Rules. Career best when winning 16-runner novice hurdle at Roscommon (20f, good, 2/1) 11 days ago, driven out. Should improve.

Form: 32631

Prince Zaltar²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: J B Foley| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 100

10/1

Fair hurdler. Winner at Tramore in April. Fell in novice hurdle at this course (21.5f, good, 9/1) 21 days ago.

Form: 31-3P7F

Forecasts

Betty Dutton (2/1), Nonbinding (9/4), Black Hawk Eagle (7/2), No Trouble (11/2), Prince Zaltar (10/1), Backing Band (25/1), Mr Sundancer (50/1)

BETTY DUTTON raised her game when accounting for 15 rivals in a Roscommon maiden recently and she could be the answer with further progress on the cards. None of the others can be safely discounted, though Nonbinding, who got off the mark in good style at Navan last month, and Black Hawk Eagle, winner of his sole start in this sphere to date, stand out as the main dangers on account of recent form and their potential.