Naas Racecourse Business Club Limestone Lad Hurdle (Grade 3)

Off time: 14:02 | Winning time: 4m 8.5s

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Beacon Edge^b²⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott| OR: 146| D

16/1

Very smart chaser. 14/1, 28¾ lengths seventh of 8 to Home By The Lee in Christmas Hurdle at Leopardstown (23.4f, good) 29 days ago. Significantly down in trip and blinkers back on.

Form: 245137

Anzadam^h⁵⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| D

1/10

Promising sort. First run since leaving A. Chaille-Chaille when won 7-runner Mullinan Hurdle (5/2) at Fairyhouse (16f, good) on IRE NH debut 57 days ago by 6½ lengths from Kala Conti, impressively. Exciting prospect.

Form: 11-1

Laafi³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Philip Byrnes| T: W Durkan| D

15/2

Useful winner at 10f on the Flat. First run since leaving William Haggas when winning 18-runner novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft) on NH debut 31 days ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 1

Forecasts

Anzadam (1/10), Laafi (15/2), Beacon Edge (16/1)

It's very difficult to look beyond ANZADAM, who was 2-2 for previous connections in France and duly maintained his unbeaten record when impressively dispatching with market leader Kala Conti in a Grade 3 at Fairyhouse on debut for Willie Mullins. The sky could be the limit for this hugely promising 5-y-o. Laafi made the perfect start to his hurdles career at Limerick and he is taken to edge our Beacon Edge in the race for second-place prizemoney.