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Wednesday 7 February 2024

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Book Your Advanced Tickets Now Rated Novice Hurdle

Off time: 15:03 | Winning time: 4m 37.6s

El Champo³²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 120| D

17/2

Fairly useful hurdler. 3 wins from 10 runs this season, the latest at Galway (2m) in October. 6/1, fourth of 7 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 32 days ago. Should give it a good go once more.

Form: 611944

Miss Pronunciation^h⁸³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Mark Walsh| T: P Roche| OR: 117| D

3/1

Promising sort. Career best when winning 16-runner handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.5f, soft, 10/3) 83 days ago by 1½ lengths from Lazer Wolf, pushed out. Worth considering in hat-trick bid.

Form: 63/50-11

Starman^h³²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽³⁾| T: A McCann| OR: 113| D

14/1

Fair hurdler. 3 wins from 15 runs this season. Latest win in hurdle at Limerick in December. 6/1, fifth of 7 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 32 days ago.

Form: 226015

Lazer Wolf^t1⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 112

15/8

Fairly useful hurdler. Run probably best excused when twelfth of 23 in handicap hurdle (6/1) at Leopardstown (2m) 43 days ago, not lasting home having raced prominently. Better showing expected.

Form: 443240

Camino Mission¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: B P Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: S Fahey

200/1

Once-raced maiden. Eighth of 15 in novice hurdle (150/1) at this C&D (heavy) on NH debut 14 days ago, weakening straight. Easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: 8

Don't Talk^t¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Danny Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: K Thornton| OR: 108| CD

5/1

Back-to-back winner of handicaps here around the turn of the year and produced another good display when third of 7 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) 13 days ago. A little more needed here.

Form: 0-P8113

Purse Price^p,t¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 110| D

4/1

Fair hurdler. Career best when winning 10-runner novice hurdle (7/4) at Thurles (15.6f, heavy) 17 days ago, clear when jumping left last. This tougher but she comes here with yard in good form.

Form: 4-74U31

Non-Runners

Glen Kiln¹⁴

Weight: 11-10| Age: 5

T: D H Kelly J: Brian Hayes

Lark In The Mornin²³

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: J P O'Brien J: J J Slevin

Forecasts

Lazer Wolf (15/8), Lark In The Mornin (11/4), Miss Pronunciation (3/1), Purse Price (4/1), Don't Talk (5/1), Glen Kiln (7/1), El Champo (17/2), Starman (14/1), Camino Mission (200/1)

A low-mileage winner on the Flat, LARK IN THE MORNIN matched the pick of his hurdles form and may well have finished closer still but for a late error when third at Punchestown 23 days ago, noted finishing with running left. Open to further improvement, he's very much of interest in receipt of weight all round. Miss Pronunciation has returned a much-improved model and is a big threat in her hat-trick bid. Lazer Wolf is also in the mix.