Horse & Jockey Hotel Rated Novice Hurdle

Off time: 15:14 | Winning time: 5m 57.1s

Grand Soir⁶³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Simon Torrens| T: J C McConnell| OR: 125

9/4

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. 6/1, career best when winning 7-runner minor event hurdle at Cork (24.2f, soft) 63 days ago, staying on well. Has more to offer. Player.

Form: 127-711

L'or Des Roses²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr B W Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: D Harvey| OR: 119| C

9/4

Promising type. 9/2, career best when winning 15-runner handicap hurdle at this course (20.7f, soft) 24 days ago, heavily eased down. Open to improvement.

Form: 534211

Level Neverending^p¹²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 117

9/2

Unreliable type who ran poorly when fourth of 6 in novice hurdle at Killarney (22.8f, good to soft, 5/1) 121 days ago. Yard having good spell so could bounce back.

Form: 224-134

Starzov³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 116

7/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 25/1, below form tenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Naas (20f, soft) 36 days ago. Can give a good account if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 321580

Camino Rock^t²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M F Morris| OR: 112

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 50/1, creditable fifth of 13 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (21.4f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Needs to step forward though.

Form: 356-45

Silver Gazette²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽³⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 109

18/1

Fair hurdler. Remote sixth of 9 in minor event hurdle (12/1) at this course (23.1f, soft) 24 days ago. Has plenty to find on form.

Form: S63256

Forecasts

Grand Soir (9/4), L'or Des Roses (9/4), Level Neverending (9/2), Camino Rock (11/2), Starzov (7/1), Silver Gazette (18/1)

GRAND SOIR is quickly making up into a useful stayer so John McConnell's 6-y-o is fancied to complete a hat-trick at the chief expense of L'Or des Roses who also has better days ahead of him and rates a big threat. Level Neverending has the form to play a part too if on his A-game.