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Off time: 13:41 | Winning time: 4m 24.50s

Total Look⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 12-1| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 123| BF| D

3/1

Twice-raced winner over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 10f on the Flat. 11/8, third of 7 in juvenile hurdle at Cheltenham (16.8f, good to soft) 44 days ago. Makes handicap debut in this sphere.

Form: 13

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Slurricane⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 115

4/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 8f on the Flat. 7/2, creditable second of 14 in juvenile hurdle at Fairyhouse (16.5f, good to soft) 44 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut and has to be high on the shortlist.

Form: 3232

Out For A Stroll^p³²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Mark Walsh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 112| D

5/2

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. 9/4, off the mark in a Limerick maiden hurdle (2m, soft) with first-time cheekpieces enlisted (retained here) on Boxing Day. Merits respect on handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 5541

Space Warrior¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Danny Mullins| T: T Mullins| OR: 111| D

40/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Thrice-raced winner over hurdles. 13/2, last of 6 in juvenile hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, good to soft) 16 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 156

Lakota Blue^b1⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| OR: 110

5/2

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, respectable third of 11 in handicap hurdle at Navan (20f, soft, 16/5) 9 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time and should make his presence felt.

Form: 152373

Bid Up³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Danny Gilligan| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 104

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Respectable seventh of 13 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft, 9/1) 31 days ago. Opposable.

Form: 57757

Non-Runners

Maxios Prime³²

Weight: 10-0| Age: 4

T: P J Rothwell J: Simon Torrens

Forecasts

Out For A Stroll (5/2), Lakota Blue (5/2), Total Look (3/1), Slurricane (4/1), Bid Up (14/1), Maxios Prime (33/1), Space Warrior (40/1)

A deserved first taste of success over hurdles beckons for SLURRICANE, who again found just one too good in a Fairyhouse maiden last month and his opening mark in this sphere could be a handy one. Out For A Stroll had Lakota Blue back in third when landing a Limerick maiden hurdle during the Christmas period and she is feared most ahead of that re-opposing rival and top-weight Total Look.