12:45 Cork

Sunday 18 November 2018

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Matchbook Betting Podcast EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:49 | Winning time: 4m 7.70s

Betterask Jj^t⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: J J Walsh

66/1

Well beaten on two career starts to date sent off at no less than 50/1 on each occasion and running accordingly. Others preferred.

Form: 60

Getaway John²⁰⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott| D

1/2

Getaway gelding winner of two of his five bumper starts, both wins coming over this trip. Definite promise on hurdling debut and likely to be well fancied.

Form: 3/2110-

Laverteen³³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade| OR: 120| D

3/1

Distance winner of a Navan bumper in March 2017. Without a win in five hurdle starts since but plenty of promise on latest start at Thurles when last seen in December. Market to be informative for powerful connections.

Form: 1/32402-

Presented Well²⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: B J Cooper| T: H De Bromhead

6/1

Oscar gelding who finished second of five beaten 9L on sole rules start to date in a Gowran Park bumper in March. Likely to be well prepped for hurdling debut.

Form: F22-

Rippon Lodge^t1²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: T N Brett⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan

33/1

Scorpion gelding out of a Good Thyne mare who cost €10,000 as a three-year-old. Poor in the point-to-point ranks of late and will need to improve to figure on hurdling introduction.

Form: 3P

Tibetan Gold^t1¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: I J McCarthy| T: W J Burke

50/1

Stowaway gelding who was pulled up on sole point-to-point start in April before heavy defeats at Tipperary and Clonmel on a couple of hurdle starts recently. Very little to be positive about.

Form: P-06

Amber And Black⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: J J Walsh

66/1

Daughter of Oscar out of a Shernazar mare well down the field when in rear throughout on hurdling bow in a Galway maiden last month. May find this a tough assignment.

Form: 70

Kate Van Hall²²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: M A Enright| T: Miss H McLoughlin

33/1

Lightly raced mare who finished well down the pack on return to action following a hiatus of over two years at Galway last month. Unlikely to play a part in the finish.

Form: 14308/0

Papal Parade^t¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: E O'Connell⁽⁷⁾| T: E O'Connell

20/1

57-rated winning Flat handicapper who lost ground at the start on hurdling debut at Thurles earlier this month. Appears to be better than that display and worth another look here.

Form: 9

Non-Runners

Anywayyoulookatit⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: J P O'Brien J: J S McGarvey

Forecasts

Getaway John (1/2), Laverteen (3/1), Presented Well (6/1), Anywayyoulookatit (16/1), Papal Parade (20/1), Kate Van Hall (33/1), Rippon Lodge (33/1), Tibetan Gold (50/1), Betterask Jj (66/1), Amber And Black (66/1)

Winner of two of his five bumper starts, GETAWAY JOHN looks another smart hurdler of the future for leading trainer Gordon Elliott. The five-year-old can see off the attention on hurdling debut of the returning Laverteen, Papal Parade, who is better than last run suggests and the Henry De Bromhead-trained Presented Well who can battle for the places in this contest.