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Book Your Early Bird Tickets For The Winter Festival Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 17:06 | Winning time: 4m 4.8s

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Berliet Express^t⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 95| D

4/1

Career best when winning 16-runner handicap hurdle at Gowran (16f, soft, 6/1) 8 days ago by 6 lengths from Unlaoised, travelling strongly. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 224651

Grand Cru Chatho²¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: P T Enright| T: E Cawley| OR: 95

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fell in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft, 25/1), might have been placed. Off 7 months.

Form: 0/090F-

Trishknowsbest^h,t¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J Dunne⁽⁷⁾| T: P Griffin| OR: 95

3/1

Winner in hurdle at Downpatrick in September. Respectable third of 14 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (17.8f, good to soft, 9/2) 1 days ago, left with too much to do. Not taken lightly.

Form: 659513

Brooklyn Balance²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-13| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Flavin| OR: 94

40/1

Fourteenth of 16 in novice hurdle (66/1) at Navan (15.8f, good) 21 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 3752/8-0

Thegooseiscooked¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: S F O'Keeffe| T: A Mullins| OR: 91

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 17/2, eighth of 13 in handicap at Down Royal (10.3f, good to soft) 12 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Should have more to offer.

Form: 07-9

Blackstone Cliff²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: D J O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 90

10/1

Fair Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. 25/1, seventh of 16 in novice hurdle at Navan (15.8f, good) 21 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 087

Millies Dream²⁰⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: K M Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 90

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eleventh of 12 in juvenile hurdle at Limerick (16.2f, heavy, 200/1). Off 6 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Likely to improve.

Form: 900-

Bidentime¹³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: B Hayes| T: L P Cusack| OR: 86

20/1

33/1, thirteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (19f, good to soft) 135 days ago.

Form: 0890-00

Hello Dolley⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: S Slevin| OR: 85

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Ninth of 13 in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Clonmel (19.9f, good to soft) 9 days ago.

Form: 8P50-09

Invivo¹⁵⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: C D Maxwell| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 86

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fifteenth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (16.4f, good to soft, 33/1) 159 days ago.

Form: 000-0

Unlaoised⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: N Slevin| OR: 85

13/2

Unreliable sort. Creditable 6 lengths second of 16 to Berliet Express in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Gowran (16f, soft) 8 days ago. Booking of Blackmore a plus. Bold bid expected.

Form: 0-RU722

Maggie Walsh⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: C M Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Bowe| OR: 84

14/1

Unseated rider in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, soft, 16/1) 7 days ago.

Form: 5-0667U

Carols Wish³²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: S W Flanagan| T: Miss Jennifer Anne Lynch| OR: 83

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 18 in novice hurdle (33/1) at Navan (22f, good), unable to sustain effort. Off 15 months. Down in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 0976-

Halcyon Spirit¹³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: K E Buckley⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 84

25/1

25/1, fifteenth of 17 in claimer at Gowran (9.4f, soft). Switches from Flat to hurdles. Poor on last hurdle outing.

Form: 007P00-

Hard Target^t⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: D E Mullins| T: D H Kelly| OR: 83

4/1

11/2, good third of 12 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.9f, good to soft) 9 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: F7-0633

Nomadic Star^p¹³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Jack Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: L Young| OR: 80

14/1

Twelfth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (19f, good to soft, 13/2) 135 days ago.

Form: 7076-70

Forecasts

Trishknowsbest (3/1), Hard Target (4/1), Berliet Express (4/1), Unlaoised (13/2), Blackstone Cliff (10/1), Grand Cru Chatho (12/1), Maggie Walsh (14/1), Nomadic Star (14/1), Bidentime (20/1), Halcyon Spirit (25/1), Hello Dolley (25/1), Invivo (33/1), Thegooseiscooked (33/1), Brooklyn Balance (40/1), Millies Dream (40/1), Carols Wish (40/1)

BERLIET EXPRESS arrives on the back of a career-best win having beaten Unlaoised by 6 lengths at Gowran last week and is taken to follow up. Unlaoised may emerge as the biggest threat again ahead of Hard Target.