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Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 4m 15.0s

Butter Fingers¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 115| D

4/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. 14/1, fourth of 6 in novice hurdle at this C&D (soft) 17 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 1F44

Chortal^t⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott| OR: 112

6/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Fifth of 14 in juvenile hurdle (14/1) at Punchestown (16.4f, soft) 40 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 495

Kaptain Bay^t⁹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Donagh Meyler| T: N Meade| OR: 109

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable fifth of 21 in juvenile hurdle (15/2) at Punchestown (16.7f, soft) 91 days ago. Tongue strap back on. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 3245

Lakota Blue^b²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Carl Millar⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 109| BF

11/4

5/2 and blinkered for 1st time, fourth of 6 in juvenile hurdle at Punchestown (16.2f, heavy) 26 days ago, finding little. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 523734

Janes Harbour^h,t1¹¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Mark Walsh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 105

10/3

Promising type. Third of 7 in juvenile hurdle at Down Royal (16.9f, good to soft, 7/2) 112 days ago, not knocked about. Hood back on and first-time tongue enlisted for this handicap debut.

Form: 733

Set The Tone^t1⁵⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D M O'Brien| OR: 98

22/1

Thirteenth of 16 in juvenile hurdle (100/1) at Limerick (16f, soft) 58 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time for this handicap debut. Others more persuasive.

Form: 784360

Maxios Prime⁵⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 93

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 40/1, fell in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (17.2f, good to soft) 58 days ago (would've been placed at least had she stayed on all fours). Open to improvement.

Form: 000F

Forecasts

Lakota Blue (11/4), Janes Harbour (10/3), Butter Fingers (4/1), Kaptain Bay (11/2), Chortal (6/1), Maxios Prime (9/1), Set The Tone (22/1)

With the likelihood of improvement now going down the handicap route, JANES HARBOUR looks the way to go. Maxios Prime held every chance when exiting late on at Down Royal last time and, provided that she is none the worse for that tumble, a bold show could be on the way. Chortal could be the pick of the Gordon Elliott-trained duo and he also enters calculations.