Irish Stallion Farms EBF Academy Hurdle

3YO only | 2m 1f | 10 Runners | Turf

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Daniel King| T: J M Barrett

Blue Bresil gelding. Dam, winner over jumps in USA, half-sister to smart hurdler/very smart chaser (stays 23f) Allmankind and fairly useful hurdler (2m winner) Opec.

Chief Josef^t1

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Eoin Walsh| T: Ciaran Murphy

Valirann gelding. Dam, unraced, closely related to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 3¼m) Butler's Brief. Wears tongue strap.

I'm All In¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

11/2, booked for second when unseating at last in a similar race on Cork debut (17f, soft) 13 days ago. Open to progress and the one to beat for a leading yard in excellent form.

Form: U

Lynches Knock

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott

Kessaar gelding. Dam, 2-y-o 7f winner, half-sister to fairly useful 2m hurdle winner Hollywood Road. Interesting to see what the betting makes of her but I'm All In has to be considered the yard first string before any market clues are known.

Trocadero Trouble³²

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: N Stokes

50/1, ninth of 14 in juvenile hurdle at Fairyhouse (17.1f, soft) on debut 32 days ago.

Form: 9

Baby Pearl

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

Jukebox Jury filly. Dam, bumper/2m hurdle winner (stayed 2½m), half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 3m) Rockadare. Debutante from a leading stable. Respected if the betting speaks in her favour.

Coole Cafe

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Conor Stone-Walsh| T: G P Cromwell

Kodi Bear filly. Dam unraced half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 2¾m) Hawkhill. In good hands and would need considering if the betting suggests she's fancied.

Copper Rocker²³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Tom Buckley| T: E Buckley

25/1, ninth of 14 in juvenile hurdle at Punchestown (18.6f, heavy) on debut 23 days ago.

Form: 9

Kilbarry Lizzy²³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Danny Mullins| T: C O'Keeffe

Promising sort. 8/1, 27 lengths third of 14 in juvenile hurdle at Punchestown (18.6f, heavy) on debut 23 days ago. Reopposing Ritz Plan was 13 lengths ahead of her in second.

Form: 3

Ritz Plan²³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien

Promising individual. 4/1, no match for subsequent Newbury listed scorer Highland Crystal when second on Punchestown debut but it still rates a good start to her hurdle career. In the right hands to progress.

Form: 2

Forecasts

Ritz Plan (9/4), I'm All In (5/2), Lynches Knock (6/1), Baby Pearl (8/1), Kilbarry Lizzy (8/1), Coole Cafe (8/1), Chief Josef (16/1), Champ Young (25/1), Copper Rocker (33/1), Trocadero Trouble (100/1)

I'M ALL IN would have been second on his recent Cork debut but for unseating at the last and can strike at the second time of asking for Gordon Elliott, probably at the expense of Ritz Plan, who bumped into the very promising Highland Crystal on her debut. Baby Pearl and Coole Cafe are newcomers to monitor in the betting.,