12.19 Goggin Buckley Mares Maiden Hurdle 2m 4f

The three top yards are represented here in what could be an informative mares maiden hurdle. Both Gordon Elliott’s Pallas Athene and Henry de Bromhead’s Garde La Peche are point-to-point winners, but the form of both their races is average at best. That may a moot point given they’ve had plenty of top-class conditioning since, but perhaps the Willie Mullins-trained Judicieuse Allen is best equipped for now. She was second in a conditions hurdle at Pau, where she showed her aptitude to handling heavy ground, which could be useful come Wednesday. She has since changed hands for €100,000 and may be able to make a winning start for the champion trainer.