Lisburn And Castlereagh City Council 3-Y-O Hurdle

Off time: 12:26 | Winning time: 4m 11.6s

Albali^t1¹⁷⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: J S McGarvey| T: N C Kelly

150/1

Down the field in 2 maidens on Flat for Andrew Oliver.

Form:

Lakota Blue¹²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott

4/1

Comfortably won 5-runner bumper at Corlay (11.4f, soft) in June and has since joined Gordon Elliott. Interesting on hurdle debut, particularly if strong in the betting.

Form: 1

Slurricane¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| BF

11/2

Fairly useful Flat winner who made an encouraging start over hurdles when third of 7 in juvenile at Punchestown (15.8f, good) on NH debut 18 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 3

Prairie Angel^p¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-11| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P O'Brien| D

11/10

Made a successful hurdling debut at Ballinrobe in August and has since won a pair of 1½m handicaps on the Flat. Surely more to come.

Form: 1

Billie Frechette^t¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 10-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: N Meade| BF

14/1

Fair maiden on Flat (stays 1¾m), creditable effort in handicap last time. In good hands and should have a future over hurdles.

Form:

Capellina¹³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 10-5| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: R K Watson

200/1

Modest form in varied events on Flat for Michael Dods. Others preferred on hurdle bow.

Form:

Janes Harbour²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 10-5| J: Mark Walsh| T: J P O'Brien

7/2

Modest maiden on the Flat who improved on hurdling debut form in a first-time hood when third of 7 in juvenile at Cork (16.1f, good) 20 days ago. Yard having good spell. Open to further improvement.

Form: 73

Forecasts

Prairie Angel (11/10), Janes Harbour (7/2), Lakota Blue (4/1), Slurricane (11/2), Billie Frechette (14/1), Albali (150/1), Capellina (200/1)

PRAIRIE ANGEL has been successful on her last 2 Flat starts and surely has plenty more to offer back over hurdles, so she shades the vote. Janes Harbour, Lakota Blue and Slurricane are all interesting rivals, though.