Red Mills Trial Hurdle (Grade 3)

Off time: 15:07 | Winning time: 4m 8.2s

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Rashaan⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Sean Flanagan| T: C Kidd| OR: 139

14/1

Career-best effort when beating Apple's Jade and Petit Mouchoir at Down Royal in November over timber, race fit from AW win at Dundalk recently and primed to give another good account. Unenviable task conceding weight to these rivals.

Form: 052135

Jezki²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-1| J: Mark Walsh| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 167

2/5

Champion Hurdler returned to win at Naas last month, didn't need his best to win there and shouldn't need it to win this and book Cheltenham return.

Form: 341/1-12

Rory O'Moore⁴²

Age: 12| Weight: 11-1| J: Mr J W O'Neill| T: R O'Neill| OR: 117

50/1

Fair enough hurdler but will take a monumental leap forward to win this if rivals are on their games.

Form: 46357-P

Tombstone²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: B J Cooper| T: G Elliott| OR: 147

9/4

Fourth in the Supreme at Cheltenham last March, no match for returning Jezki last month and likely to play second fiddle to that rival again.

Form: 24-3103

Rock On Rosie^h¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: Jack Kennedy| T: A B Joyce| OR: 102

100/1

Formbook suggests something will need to go drastically wrong for the others if the mare is going to come home first in this line-up.

Form: 91122F-

Forecasts

Jezki (2/5), Tombstone (9/4), Rashaan (14/1), Rory O'Moore (50/1), Rock On Rosie (100/1)

This revolves around 2014 Champion Hurdle winner JEZKI, victory in pleasing style here and he looks destined for another crack at that race next month in the Cotswolds. He had little trouble making a winning return last month and won't need his absolute best to win this race. Tombstone was behind the selection at Naas and may be forced to play a supporting role once more, something he has become increasingly accustomed to. Rashaan ruffled some feathers with his Down Royal win in November, beating a subsequent Grade One winner and last month's Irish Champion Hurdle winner. Conceding weight all around in this company ought to anchor him for now however. 1. Jezki 2. Tombstone 3. Rashaan