Horse & Jockey Hotel Rated Novice Hurdle

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
2nd	1	—	He Can't Dance (G) FAV T Useful winner at 16f in bumpers. 4/1, good third of 14 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (21.9f, soft) 27 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Likely has more to offer yet.	332211	Jack Kennedy G Elliott	5	76.2kg	3.50 5/2
—	2	—	Minella Supreme (G) Pulled Up T Fairly useful hurdler. 2 wins from 5 runs this season. 8/1, below form sixth of 13 in novice hurdle at Cheltenham (24f, good to soft) 56 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Others more persuasive.	1F16P6	Dylan Kidd J C McConnell	5	76.2kg	23 22/1
—	3	—	Some Song (G) Pulled Up Once-raced winner over hurdles. 7/2, won 7-runner novice hurdle at Down Royal (22.5f, good to soft) on NH debut 50 days ago, driven out. Trainer going well. Remains open to improvement.	11P/6-	Darragh O'Keeffe H De Bromhead	5	76.2kg	5 4/1
6th	4	—	William Tell (G) T Promising type. Back from 4 months off when taking 8-runner novice hurdle at this course (22.5f, good to soft) 30 days ago, keeping on well. May well do better yet.	6-972U5	Cian Quirke D H Kelly	6	76.2kg	5 4/1
4th	5	—	Reiki Revolution (G) HT Disappointed at Navan latest but had opened account over hurdles at Punchestown (20f) previously and must enter calculations here.	1P4-UU4	Keith Donoghue G P Cromwell	5	74.8kg	8 7/1
3rd	6	—	Alpha Zeta (M) Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 6/1, fifth of 12 in bumper at Naas (16f, heavy) 41 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Significantly up in trip. Work to do.	353-35	R Deegan Liz Doyle	5	71.7kg	67 66/1
5th	7	—	Jisco Du Brem (G) Modest hurdler. Winner in bumper at Kilbeggan in June. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable eighth of 18 in novice hurdle (20/1) at Clonmel (19.4f, heavy) 18 days ago. Up against it.	8533-51	Alan O'Sullivan Jonathan Sweeney	6	71.7kg	41 40/1
—	8	—	Obey The Order (G) Pulled Up Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Ninth of 14 in novice hurdle (50/1) at Punchestown (21.9f, soft) 27 days ago. Looks competitive on form.	0349P/P	Tiernan Power Roche P J Rothwell	5	70.8kg	7 6/1
1st	9	—	Long Branch (G) Lightly-raced maiden. Good fourth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Cork (24.2f, soft, 11/1) 27 days ago. Booking of Kenneally a plus. Not out of things.	413U24/	Michael Kenneally S Neville	5	69.4kg	7 6/1

Betting forecast: He Can't Dance (5/2), William Tell (4/1), Some Song (4/1), Long Branch (6/1), Obey The Order (6/1), Reiki Revolution (7/1), Minella Supreme (22/1), Jisco Du Brem (40/1), Alpha Zeta (66/1)