Easter Festival April 19th - 21st Rated Novice Hurdle

Off time: 13:05 | Winning time: 5m 18.7s

Palamon^b1,t⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 122

4/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Pulled up in novice hurdle (14/1) at this course (20.2f, good) 47 days ago. Will be a danger to all if responding well to the addition of blinkers.

Form: P2-102P

Heroes Rise²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| OR: 117| D

11/10

Fairly useful hurdler. 16/1, very good second of 9 in novice hurdle at Thurles (23.2f, good) 26 days ago. Solid claims. Yard also saddles Find A Fortune.

Form: 316482

Find A Fortune²³⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott| OR: 116

10/3

Fairly useful hurdler. 10/3, respectable third of 14 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (22.6f, good). Off 7 months but he will surely have a part to play if fully tuned-up.

Form: 4223-23

Goody Four Shoes³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 114

4/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 150/1, sixth of 19 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (19.1f, soft) 37 days ago. Sizeable step forward required.

Form: 756

Non-Runners

Rockymountainbleu³⁷

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: P J Rothwell J: Tiernan Power Roche

Forecasts

Heroes Rise (11/10), Find A Fortune (10/3), Palamon (4/1), Goody Four Shoes (4/1), Rockymountainbleu (13/2)

A Gordon Elliott 1-2 could be on the cards, with HEROES RISE, who took a step firmly back in the right direction when a clear second at Thurles last month, prefered to stablemate Find A Fortune. If the first-time blinkers help perk Palamon up he could also take a hand in the finish.