14:32 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle

Race preview

TROUBLED TIMES is taken to make a winning return. She wouldn't want the ground to get too deep, though, as she was scratched from a Grade 3 novice hurdle in Limerick this month due to soft ground. Her form really stacks up. She won her bumper on debut at Killarney last May and signed off in September with a Listed bumper victory (on yielding ground) at Gowran Park. In between those runs, she posted a runner-up berth over hurdles at Ballinrobe in July. Chautuaqua brings a solid level of form to the contest. A mistake at the last did her no favours in Navan as she dropped to fourth. That's a finishing berth she is getting accustomed to. Something Abouther has had her Limerick bumper win of November 2021 well endorsed in more recent times. She could show improvement on her third start over hurdles. Gordon Elliott's Emotional Damage is a newcomer to note.