Joe Cooney Memorial Hurdle

Off time: 18:31 | Winning time: 6m 12.1s

Macgiloney¹⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 11-5| J: D G Hogan| T: D Hogan| OR: 121| CD

10/1

Best avoided. C&D winner. 40/1, respectable ninth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (22.5f, good to soft) 10 days ago.

Form: 33-4569

Tullybeg^t¹⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott| OR: 138| C

4/1

Useful chaser. Two wins from 5 runs last season. Below form fourteenth of 22 in handicap chase (40/1) at Galway (22.5f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 1P4-530

Mr Adjudicator^b¹⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 145

8/1

14/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, fifteenth of 17 in handicap at Galway (16.5f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Blinkers on for 1st time in this code.

Form: 1716P8/

Run For Oscar⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Philip Byrnes| T: C Byrnes| OR: 143

2/5

Useful hurdler. 5/1, respectable second of 7 in minor event at Galway (14.1f, soft) 8 days ago, unsuited by emphasis on speed. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Significantly up in trip. Hard to beat.

Form: 17330/2-

Non-Runners

Beaufort Scale¹⁵

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Jack Kennedy

Forecasts

Run For Oscar (2/5), Beaufort Scale (11/4), Tullybeg (4/1), Mr Adjudicator (8/1), Macgiloney (10/1)

RUN FOR OSCAR simply has the best form and shoulld be hard to beat if he's anywhere close to it. The Gordon Elliott-trained pair of Tullybeg and Beaufort Scale look the main concerns for the selection, with the latter open to improvement.