See You In April At Festival 2025 Flat Race

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 4m 45.30s

Cholo

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Michael Kenneally⁽⁷⁾| T: J Halley

12/1

Maxios gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler Our Champ, stays 21f. Dam, fell sole start in points, half-sister to fair hurdler/chaser (stayed 2¾m) Nolans Pride.

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Hillstar Blues

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: S Aherne

33/1

Hillstar gelding. Dam unraced sister to very smart hurdler (winner around 2m) Shadow Leader.

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Lord Tobin

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Josh Williamson⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

5/1

€85,000 3-y-o, Jeu St Eloi gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Halligator. Dam unraced. 1 of 2 for top yard with a very good record in this race. Bold show likely.

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Santo Sospir

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr H C Swan| T: G Elliott

4/1

€60,000 3-y-o, Motivator gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser Tyre Kicker and fairly useful hurdler in France La Remontada. Big player for a top trainer with a strong record in this race.

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The Wager

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: P M J Doyle

9/4

Califet gelding. Brother to fair hurdler Wudya, and half-brother to useful dual bumper winner/fairly useful 17f hurdle winner You Oughta Know.

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Top Coeur

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr D G Lavery| T: G P Cromwell

2/1

Choeur Du Nord gelding. Dam ran once over hurdles in France. Stable 5-21 in bumpers this season. Would enter the reckoning if the betting vies are strong.

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Tradonthebay³²

Weight: 11-10| Age: 4

T: P J Gilligan J: Mr O T Gilligan

Forecasts

Top Coeur (2/1), The Wager (9/4), Santo Sospir (4/1), Lord Tobin (5/1), Cholo (12/1), Tradonthebay (14/1), Hillstar Blues (33/1)

Gordon Elliott has won the last 4 runnings of this bumper so it's probably best to narrow this down to his pair SANTO SOSPIR and Lord Tobin, with narrow preference for the former before any betting clues are known. Top Coeur is another newcomer from a good stable.