Ladbrokes Committed To Safer Gambling Hurdle

Off time: 14:26 | Winning time: 5m 9.9s

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Bapaume^t⁴¹

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: B Hayes| T: W P Mullins| OR: 152| C

6/5

Very smart chaser. Course winner. 11/8, didn't need to improve to win 5-runner minor event chase at Tramore (21.6f, good to soft) 41 days ago, well on top finish. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 6P0121-

Festival D'ex^t1⁴⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: J S McGarvey| T: Mrs D Foster| BF| C

16/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. 11/4, last of 8 in novice hurdle at Navan (22.4f, heavy), finding little. Off 14 months.

Form: 1148/

Lethal Steps^t⁴⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: J C Gainford⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 129

40/1

First run since leaving Richard J. Hendriks when bit below form thirteenth of 24 in handicap hurdle at Cheltenham (16.8f, good to soft, 50/1). Off 14 months.

Form: 728350/

Bleu Berry²⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: D E Mullins| T: W P Mullins| OR: 140

9/4

Useful hurdler. 66/1, creditable twelfth of 24 in handicap hurdle at this course (20f, good to soft) 28 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Can make presence felt.

Form: 43078/0-

Robin Des Foret¹⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-8| J: S D Torrens⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 142| D

33/1

Useful chaser. 23¾ lengths fifth of 7 to Samcro in Gr 3 chase (12/1) at Killarney (20f, good) 19 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving W. P. Mullins.

Form: 2641P-5

Snow Falcon^p¹⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-8| J: S W Flanagan| T: N Meade| OR: 157| D

9/2

Smart chaser. 9/1, third of 8 in minor event hurdle at Killarney (20f, good) 19 days ago.

Form: 0/6330-3

Wrong Direction¹³

Age: 11| Weight: 11-4| J: D F O'Regan| T: S Spillane| BF

12/1

Fairly useful chaser. Winner in chase at Cork in April. Bit below form second of 12 in handicap chase (10/3) at Wexford (25.2f, heavy) 13 days ago, finding little. Makes hurdles debut. Down in trip.

Form: 2/2612-2

Non-Runners

Largy Trix¹⁶

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: S R B Crawford J: J J Slevin

Forecasts

Bapaume (6/5), Bleu Berry (9/4), Snow Falcon (9/2), Wrong Direction (12/1), Festival D'ex (16/1), Largy Trix (25/1), Robin Des Foret (33/1), Lethal Steps (40/1)

BAPUAME remains capable of smart form over hurdles and fences and was nicely on top when adding to his tally in minor company at Tramore in April. This looks another sound piece of placing, with Snow Falcon and stablemate of the selection Bleu Berry expected to fight it out for minor honours.