12.00 Irish Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle 2m

Blackbow has an absence of 563 days to overcome but such a time interval isn’t a concern for representatives from his yard. He was a top-class bumper horse a couple of seasons ago when winning a Grade 2 and reaching the frame in a Grade 1 at the Punchestown Festival. He should make a high-class novice hurdler and he can see off Embittered whose form in bumpers last term included an excellent third to Envoi Allen and a close fourth in a Grade 1 at Punchestown.