Paddy Power Hurdle

Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 4m 19.9s

Andy Dufresne^p1,t⁶⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Mark Walsh| T: G Elliott| OR: 145| C

11/1

Course winner. Five wins from 19 NH runs. Twelve runs since last win in 2020. 7/1, last of 5 in minor event chase at Galway (22.5f, soft) 65 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 788U-U5

Run For Oscar^v¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Philip Byrnes⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 143| D

1/1

Useful hurdler. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Visor back on. Useful hurdler, bit below form on last hurdle run. Creditable 7½ lengths third of 6 to Trueshan in Prix du Cadran (66/10) at Longchamp (19.9f, good to firm) 10 days ago.

Form: 117/330-

Zanahiyr^p,t¹⁶⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 157| D

10/11

Very smart hurdler. Eleven runs since last win in 2021. 16¾ lengths fifth of 6 to State Man in Punchestown Champion Hurdle (22/1) at this course (16f, good to soft) 165 days ago. Obvious claims.

Form: 7P5335-

Forecasts

Zanahiyr (10/11), Run For Oscar (1/1), Andy Dufresne (11/1)

A good opportunity for the very smart ZANAHIYR to make a winning return. Run For Oscar is fit from the Flat so may make more of a race of it than he is entitled to on form.