Group Discounts On 6+ Tickets For Winter Festival Rated Hurdle

Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 5m 33.01s

Air Of Entitlement¹⁹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 139| D

6/5

Low-mileage mare who opened her hurdles account in a Down Royal maiden (20f) last December and much improved when landing Grade 2 Dawn Run at the Festival in March, powering up the hill to get up late on. Below best in Grade 1 here a month later but no doubting she remains with plenty of potential.

Form: 117/117-

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Bacchanalian²⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: D Queally| OR: 134| C

4/1

Useful form in juvenile hurdles, winning 3 of his 6 starts, including 5-runner Winning Fair Juvenile Hurdle at Naas (15.5f, heavy) by 11 lengths in February. Highly likely there's more to come from this lightly-raced 4-y-o and he's on the shortlist.

Form: 421611-

Kainsbourg^p,t²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Mark Walsh| T: G Elliott| OR: 131| D

9/4

Fairly useful hurdler. 2 wins from 4 runs this season. Good 4 lengths second of 8 to Sticktotheplan in Persian War Novices' Hurdle at Chepstow (19.4f, good to firm, 20/1) 25 days ago. Respected once more.

Form: 43-1412

Fad Eadrainn^t²³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Simon Torrens| T: P T Foley| OR: 124| D

13/2

Fairly useful hurdler. Latest win in maiden at Clonmel (19.9f) in April. 4/1, possibly failed for stamina when last of 4 in novice hurdle at Cork (24.2f, good to soft) 23 days ago, weakening before 2 out. This test rates more suitable but more needed in any case.

Form: 54214-4

Non-Runners

Jabbar⁵⁴

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: Gerard O'Leary J: Thomas O'Connor

Forecasts

Air Of Entitlement (6/5), Kainsbourg (9/4), Bacchanalian (4/1), Fad Eadrainn (13/2), Jabbar (14/1)

A winner of the Dawn Run at the Festival back in March, AIR OF ENTITLEMENT wasn't in the same form tackling Grade 1 company here a month later. However, there's no doubting Henry de Bromhead's mare remains one to be positive about on the back of just 3 hurdle runs and she's selected to make a successful reappearance. Bacchanalian built up a good strike rate in juvenile hurdles last term and is next best ahead of recent Chepstow second Kainsbourg.