18:05 Kilbeggan

Friday 11 May 2018

All17:3518:0518:4019:1019:4520:1520:45

Irish Farmers Journal Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 18:05 | Winning time: 4m 9.60s

Glorious Legend^h1²⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D J Mullins| T: W P Mullins| BF

16/1

Soft ground Flat winner at Salisbury (1m6f) for Ed Walker in September 2016 and ran well when fifth on hurdles and stable debut at Wexford (2m, good) last September. Wears a hood for the first time in this.

Form: 5-

Niven^t¹¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade

12/1

Three time Flat winner and placed over hurdles at Wexford (2m, soft) in October. Held on soft surfaces the last twice and interesting in this contest.

Form: 30/3245-

Around The Block⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J S McGarvey| T: F J Flood

50/1

Sent off big prices and failed to figure in both starts so far. Probably best watched in this contest. Also declared 17:30 Tipperary Thursday.

Form: 00-

Ballybrowney Jack^t²²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien

10/1

Career best effort came when finishing a close third at Clonmel (2m1f, soft) in September last year. Unraced since and one for the shortlist on his return from a break. .

Form: 97643-

Dia Del Sol¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: B J Cooper| T: P Nolan

33/1

Successful on the Flat in Germany but beaten 20L when making his hurdling and stable debut over C&D last time and others have a more obvious chance in this.

Form: 7

Minella Times¹⁷³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mark Walsh| T: H De Bromhead

9/2

Still in front when falling in a point-to-point last spring and made a promising debut under rules when fourth of 23 in a maiden hurdle at Cork (soft-to-heavy) in November. Likely to run well once more.

Form: F/4-

The Holy One¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: R M Power| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 125

1/2

Point-to-point winner and placed in bumpers and over hurdles. Beaten 1L into third in a novice contest at Punchestown (2m, soft) last time out and likely to prove hard to beat if reproducing that effort.

Form: 1/22353-

Duke's Girl^h⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: C A Landers⁽⁷⁾| T: J Nash

10/1

Placed on the Flat for Michael Bell and finished second of three at Sligo (2m, yielding) last time out. This looks much more competitive.

Form: 40-2

Josephina⁹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Phillip Enright| T: A Mullins

50/1

Never involved when finishing eighth of 11 in a bumper on debut at Thurles (2m, soft-to-heavy) in February. Probably best watched on hurdles debut. Second reserve.

Form: 8-

Non-Runners

Storm Rising¹¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: D Hogan J: D G Hogan

Drakensberg¹³⁵

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: A J Martin J: P E Corbett

Harlow⁸³

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: A J Martin J: A E Lynch

Earl Of Bunnacurry³⁶⁹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: Eoin Barry J: C D Maxwell

Tenth Amendment⁹⁶

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: K H Clarke J: Robbie Colgan

Zinat²⁹¹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 4

T: J F O'Shea J: C Brassil

Jezarus

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: T M Walsh J: Reserve 1

Murphys Oscar

Weight: 10-11| Age: 5

T: Peter Fahey J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

The Holy One (1/2), Minella Times (9/2), Tenth Amendment (8/1), Duke's Girl (10/1), Ballybrowney Jack (10/1), Storm Rising (10/1), Niven (12/1), Jezarus (14/1), Glorious Legend (16/1), Murphys Oscar (20/1), Drakensberg (25/1), Dia Del Sol (33/1), Earl Of Bunnacurry (33/1), Zinat (33/1), Josephina (50/1), Around The Block (50/1), Harlow (50/1)

BALLYBROWNEY JACK ran well to finish third in a similar race to this last autumn and he can make a winning return to action in this competitive maiden hurdle. The son of Martaline is likely to have improved for that hurdling debut and he can take this at the chief expense of The Holy One who can record his third placing in four starts over hurdles. Of the remainder Minella Times ran well on his rules debut in November and he can claim third.