5:18 Kilbeggan Tips

While yet to get his head in front FACILE OCEAN has run creditably on all three starts over hurdles and has looked to have been found a good opportunity here. Just failing to get home over trips further than this, today's quarter mile less should have the desired effect..

B. Hayes takes the ride for trainer Eamonn O'Connell. This six-year-old by Camelot was a high-class maiden on the flat and immediately translated that form to hurdles when finishing an excellent runner-up at Clonmel. He arrives at peak fitness on the back of a highly creditable flat effort at Tramore last month. The step back to 2 miles on good ground matches his exact flat-speed metrics.

She makes her hurdles debut today. However, she was an exceptionally unlucky third on the flat at Ballinrobe in May. Trainer Adrian Murray applies a first-time hood today. Sitting completely detached from the hot front-end burn, her natural flat cruising speed gives her a massive mathematical overlay to sneak into a top-3 spot.