Kennedy's Bar Sligo Rated Novice Hurdle

Off time: 15:22 | Winning time: 5m 11.9s

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Force Of Forces¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: D J Mullins| T: W P Mullins| OR: 120| D

4/1

Maiden hurdle winner at Fairyhouse (2m4f, heavy) in February but struggled in two starts since and reverts to novice company having pulled up on handicap debut over 2m last time.

Form: F8/413P-

Causey Arch⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 118

5/1

Maiden hurdle winner over 2m at Clonmel (heavy) at the end of March but disappointed in a novice contest at Punchestown (2m, soft) a month later. Interesting stepping up in distance.

Form: 10-

Uisce Beatha^t³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: M P Walsh| T: J P O'Brien

9/4

Placed in a bumper at Thurles (2m, yielding) in November and made a winning debut over hurdles when victorious at Fairyhouse (2m, soft-to-heavy) last month. One for the shortlist stepping up in distance.

Form: 21-

Cluan Dara¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: T N Brett⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 109

8/1

Broke his maiden at the 16th time of asking when winning over 2m7f at Fairyhouse (soft) last time out. More needed in this company.

Form: P48F31-

Heroesandvillains⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade| OR: 113

5/2

Victorious in a maiden hurdle at Kilbeggan (yielding-to-soft) over an extended 2m3f recently. One to note for a useful stable on this occasion.

Form: 1/4U55-1

Our Native Land¹⁹⁷⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 11-0| J: A E Lynch| T: B T Murphy| BF

33/1

Placed in a Wexford maiden hurdle in December 2012 but unraced since finishing fourth in a bumper eight days later and returning from well over five years off the track.

Form: 4424/

Non-Runners

Last Man Standing³⁵

Weight: 11-3| Age: 5

T: M F Morris J: Jack Kennedy

Monatomic²¹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: D N Russell

Forecasts

Uisce Beatha (9/4), Heroesandvillains (5/2), Force Of Forces (4/1), Causey Arch (5/1), Last Man Standing (7/1), Cluan Dara (8/1), Monatomic (8/1), Our Native Land (33/1)

CAUSEY ARCH proved a disappointment last time out but he can put that behind him with a victory in this novice hurdle. The selection has run well on good-to-soft ground on the Flat and he can get the better of Heroesandvillains who comes into this contest on the back of a recent maiden hurdle success. Uisce Beatha another to have won in maiden company last time out can finish third in this contest.