13:20 Down Royal
Saturday 4 November 2017
All12:4513:2013:5514:3015:0515:4016:10
Tayto Group Maiden Hurdle
- 4YO plus  |  2m  |  Soft (Yielding in places)  |  16 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 13:20Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 4m 2.5s
Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
First time tongue-tie for Beneficial gelding on hurdling debut. Well beaten on his only bumper start and others hold stronger profiles.
Modest 60-rated Flat handicapper for Natalia Lupini and has a first-time tongue-tie on for stable debut. Others preferred.
Well beaten on all five hurdle starts in 2017 and doesn't look to be making any progress despite what his finishing positions say. Others make more appeal.
Getaway gelding out of a Lord Of Appeal mare. Sire not producing the national hunt goods at the moment, though market likely to reveal expectations for powerful yard.
Modest 75-rated Flat handicapper for Karl Burke and last of 22 on hurdling and stable debut beaten 131L at 50/1.
Beaten a total of 102L on first two maiden hurdle starts. Vast improvement needed to play a role here.
Hasn't look the most straightforward in five trips to the racecourse, tailed off last month in four-runner maiden hurdle before a 76L defeat last month at Punchestown.
Sire Dutch Art not known for his national hunt progeny at this moment in time but has had limited success with Zamoyski and Robben. Worth a market check.
Flemensfirth gelding out of an Eagle Eyed mare. Well known sire of the likes of Tidal Bay, Imperieal Commander and The Last Samuri.
Slowly away on debut in a Punchestown bumper in April when finishing 14th of 23 in a second-rate performance.
Showed some very useful bumper form in the France provinces last autumn, winning twice on testing ground. Vast improvement last time out when second of 16 beaten a head in Thurles maiden hurdle. Progression expected.
70-rated Flat handicapper for Roger Varian and related to modest national hunt winner London Prize, Tocororo and Debdebdeb. Has joined powerful yard.
Impressive hurdling debut when finishing third of 19 beaten 12½L in a Gowran Park maiden over 2m on heavy ground. Worth a market check.
Pulled-up when the saddle slipped on hurdling debut in a Navan maiden over 2m. Rated 86 on the Flat and worth another look in the market.
Progressed to win two bumpers in convincing fashion at Ballinrobe and Bellewstown in the spring. Likely to be a warm order here on hurdling debut.
Has shown nothing in two career bumpers with heavy defeats here and last time out at Ludlow last month.
Non-Runners
17
Cheval Place255
Weight: 11-2|Â Â Age: 4
T: C A McBratney  J: A W Short
NR
Forecasts
Dis Donc (2/1), Tower Bridge (2/1), Ten Ten (9/2), Gemmattymoll (13/2), Falak (14/1), Suitor (16/1), Colwinston (20/1), The Mouse Doctor (25/1), Benefit North (33/1), Cracking Up (50/1), Curious Times (50/1), Bracka Lily (66/1), Cheval Place (66/1), Kinnagoe Boy (100/1), In Our Blood (100/1), Broderick Falls (100/1), Hernandoshideaway (100/1)
In Our Blood and Suitor could be the pair to take the field along in the early stages of a contest that could easily produce a number of future winners. Gordon Elliott debutante Falak is interesting, while Tower Bridge and Gemmattymoll will be of market interest but preference is for the experience of DIS DONC who can continue his improvement here.
- Dis Donc
- Tower Bridge
- Gemmattymoll
Prize Money
1st: €9,239.002nd: €2,865.003rd: €1,365.004th: €615.005th: €240.00
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