Raven’s Run can spring a surprise

RAVEN’S RUN could surprise a couple of horses with much bigger reputations in the Byrne Group plc Novice Hurdle at Punchestown tomorrow.

There seems little doubt both Captain Cee Bee and Sophocles are better than the selection, but the ground is going to be very testing and that can be a great leveller.

Michael Cunningham’s six-year-old has won two bumpers on such surfaces and the ground was too quick when he finished a creditable sixth in the handicap won by Streets Of Gold, controversially demoted to second, in a Leopardstown handicap at Christmas.