12:45 Down Royal

Saturday 3 November 2018

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Value Cabs 3-Y-O Hurdle

Off time: 12:45 | Winning time: 4m 4.30s

Ashqar⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: D J McInerney⁽³⁾| T: G T Lynch

33/1

Flat maiden who showed little on sole hurdling start. Has since produced a career best in a valuable Leopardstown handicap and hard to be sure that form can be trusted.

Form: 0

Balgowlah⁷²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: D F O'Regan| T: C A McBratney

66/1

Poor Flat maiden makes hurdling debut for new yard having been bought for £7,500. Others have much stronger claims.

Form:

Coeur Sublime¹⁹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: B J Cooper| T: G Elliott

8/11

Off the track since beating subsequent St Leger third Southern France on debut in April. Has moved to a powerful yard and one which has taken two of the last three renewals of this race.

Form:

Far Reach^t¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien

12/1

Took a heavy fall here on hurdling bow when supported beforehand. Had a confidence boosting clear round at Punchestown 18 days ago and no surprise if he built on that here.

Form: F4

Future Proof¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade

15/2

Landed a Leopardstown maiden for Ger Lyons and achieved an official rating in the 80s. Stable are 2-5 in this contest so one to take seriously.

Form:

Here In The Dark⁷³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: C D Maxwell| T: T G McCourt

66/1

Modest Flat maiden for Keith Dagleish who joined this yard for £6,000 in September. Suited by cut in the ground and likely to find a few of these too quick.

Form:

Let It Go Papa^t¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: R Loughran| T: A Keatley

66/1

Low grade Flat handicapper who has had a couple of runs over timber which show he is comfortably held by a couple of these.

Form: 38

Monkeylou⁴³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott

11/2

Dual Flat winner who has the size to make his mark under NH rules. Has the benefit of an eyecatching hurdles debut and stable have a good record in this contest.

Form: 3

Our Legend^h¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: D J Mullins| T: T Mullins

7/1

First two runs over hurdles show he has the ability to win a small race. That experience counts for a lot, but there are some promising types in this who showed a lot more on the Flat.

Form: 42

Viscount Wilson⁶⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

18/1

Average Flat maiden who did not jump fluently on hurdles debut in August. Interesting Jack Kennedy opts for this one ahead of two stable companions with stronger claims. Yard have won two of the last three runnings of this event

Form: 4

Highway To Heaven²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-5| J: A E Lynch| T: T G McCourt

50/1

Moderate 14-race Flat maiden makes hurdling debut for a yard with a 2-111 record with jumpers over the past five seasons.

Form:

Sun A Rye²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-5| J: Robbie Colgan| T: T G McCourt

100/1

Poor Flat maiden with an official rating of just 39. Hard to envisage the switch to hurdling making enough of a difference.

Form:

Forecasts

Coeur Sublime (8/11), Monkeylou (11/2), Our Legend (7/1), Future Proof (15/2), Far Reach (12/1), Viscount Wilson (18/1), Ashqar (33/1), Highway To Heaven (50/1), Here In The Dark (66/1), Balgowlah (66/1), Let It Go Papa (66/1), Sun A Rye (100/1)

Gordon Elliott has won two of the last three renewals and also had the runner-up 12 months ago. He saddles three this time and with Davy Russell opting for Monkeylou and Jack Kennedy going for Viscount Wilson. The former was the pick of these on the Flat but stable companion Coeur Sublime looked a useful sort when beating a Ballydoyle runner on his sole start. Our Legend has valuable experience but FUTURE PROOF gets the vote given his yard's 2-5 record in this race and and a useful level of form on the Flat for Ger Lyons.