PLENTY of impetus was brought to the juvenile hurdling division over the Festive period, starting with a notably strongly run Knight Frank Juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown on St Stephen’s Day.

Bapaume ran his race significantly quicker overall than Bunk Off Early in the opening maiden hurdle or Aeglos in the closing bumper (in which there were no obstacles, of course) but was slower in the closing stages than that pair.