Great National Ballykisteen Golf Hotel Hurdle

Off time: 14:36 | Winning time: 6m 9.4s

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Selected odds by:

Cap D'Aubois¹⁸²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Ruby Walsh| T: W P Mullins| OR: 140

4/7

Finished runner-up in a three runner Listed hurdle over 2m here last December. Well held in a handicap contest the following month and upped in trip on his return from an absence today.

Form: 1/520-

Bay Of Freedom¹⁷⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: K C Sexton| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 114

4/1

Completed a chase double when winning a Listed event over 2m7f at Wexford (good) in October. Well beaten in Graded contests twice since and returns to hurdles today.

Form: 6P114P-

Gladiator King^p1,t⁴⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: John J Fitzpatrick⁽⁷⁾| T: A J Martin| OR: 122

16/1

Only victory so far came when dead-heating in a 2m maiden hurdle at Leopardstown (yielding) in January 2015. Well held the last twice and wears cheekpieces for the first time today.

Form: 0/06850-

Thanks For Tea^h¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Paul Townend| T: E Kent| OR: 115

4/1

Finished runner-up on two of her last three starts over fences including in a Grade 3 mares contest last November. Returning from a lay-off when runner-up over 3m at Limerick earlier this month and reverts to hurdles here.

Form: F2325-2

Old Meadow³²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-1| J: L P Dempsey| T: I Madden| OR: 84

100/1

Pulled up on two of his last three starts and a maiden after eight career outings. Likely to struggle in this contest.

Form: 9P4-P5P

Rock Road¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: C A Landers⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Bowe

66/1

Maiden after six starts and beaten 111L in a bumper at Wexford (good) earlier this month. Steps up in trip here.

Form: 90474-0

Non-Runners

Prince Garyantle¹

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: M J Smith J: A E Lynch

Forecasts

Cap D'Aubois (4/7), Thanks For Tea (4/1), Bay Of Freedom (4/1), Prince Garyantle (8/1), Gladiator King (16/1), Rock Road (66/1), Old Meadow (100/1)

CAP D'AUBOIS has been contesting better races than this contest in recent runs and can take this upped to 3m for the first time today. The selection was well beaten off a mark of 140 in January but is rated a fair bit higher than his rivals in this and can get the better of Prince Garyantle who has been in decent form so far this year with Thanks For Tea taken to finish third.