Thatch Bar And Restaurant Novice Hurdle

Off time: 20:25 | Winning time: 3m 53.2s

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Park Paddocks¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: K M Donoghue| T: G Elliott| OR: 128

5/1

Back-to-back winner over timber in April, latest in a handicap at Punchestown. Back to form from stiff mark at Down Royal last time, and faces an easier task back in novice company.

Form: 6211-85

Count Simon^p¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 117| D

9/4

Solid efforts when placed in maiden hurdles at Downpatrick and Tramore prior to winning at former track in first-time-cheekpieces last time. Better to come, and look's yard's first string on jockey bookings.

Form: 7-321

Dravid¹³³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: C D Maxwell| T: E D Delany

66/1

Poor maiden on Flat, and out of sorts in that discipline at present. Well held on completed start over hurdles, and out of his depth here, it appears.

Form: F8-

Room To Roam¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: K C Sexton| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 118

2/1

Second to Mr Adjudicator on hurdles bow, and has run close to that form on all three subsequent runs, latest returning from a break at Gowran last month. Sets the standard in receipt of weight from main rivals.

Form: 233-2

Pearl Of The West^t¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: D J McInerney⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell| D

11/4

Useful on Flat and improved from hurdles bow when scoring comfortably at Carlisle in March. Needs to brush up her jumping, but open to significant improvement if doing so.

Form: 41-

April Shadow^t³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: P E Corbett⁽³⁾| T: D H Kelly

66/1

Well held over hurdles at Punchestown and Ballinrobe to date, and will make more appeal when handicapping at a modest level.

Form: 07

Canford Lady¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: C A Landers⁽⁷⁾| T: S Fahey

25/1

Well held on first two starts over timber, but improved when fourth of 15 to Torcello in maiden at Tramore last month, and not without a squeak if improving again with good claimer booked.

Form: 8-04

Zinat^t²³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Katie O'Farrell⁽⁵⁾| T: J F O'Shea

33/1

Better effort in this sphere when ninth of 25 to Timetoget in mares maiden at Punchestown last time, but plenty more required if she's to be competitive here.

Form: 09

Forecasts

Room To Roam (2/1), Count Simon (9/4), Pearl Of The West (11/4), Park Paddocks (5/1), Canford Lady (25/1), Zinat (33/1), Dravid (66/1), April Shadow (66/1)

ROOM TO ROAM can take advantage of the fact that his main rivals are penalised, and he's been running well enough to make a race like this a formality. Count Simon looks the pick of a pair from the Gordon Elliott yard, and Pearl of The West would be the best of these on the Flat, and will make them all go if she can jump better than she has to date.