14:30 Thurles

Thursday 29 November 2018

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Holycross Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:32 | Winning time: 3m 51.10s

Another Cyclone^p¹²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: J J Hanlon

6/1

Placed in a couple of bumpers but held on hurdling debut and pulled up in a 2m5f maiden event at Galway (yielding-to-soft) last time. Others make more appeal.

Form: 42/9-35P

Ballinlongig¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: M P Burke⁽⁵⁾| T: J M Burke

66/1

Failed to complete on two of his three starts since going hurdling. Probably best watched having fallen over C&D last time out.

Form: 6/0-U7F

Classic Escape¹⁹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D G Hogan| T: D Hogan

28/1

Placed in a point-to-point on yielding ground at Necarne in May. Probably best watched on Rules and debut for this yard.

Form: F4F-F2

Extrapolate¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott

9/2

Placed twice in bumpers here including over 2m4f on good ground last time out. Top jockey booked to ride and represents leading connections on hurdling debut.

Form: PP/525-2

Generalisation⁵⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

5/4

Promising fourth in a 2m maiden hurdle at Gowran Park (good) on Rules debut early last month. Repeat of that can see him play a hand in the finish.

Form: 4/4

It's Frightening²⁰⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell

100/1

Struggled in a Down Royal (2m, good) maiden hurdle in May on second start over jump. Probably best watched on his return from a break.

Form: P0

Kilcolgan Rocket¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S J Mahon

100/1

Beaten 61L when finishing last of 11 in a maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse (good) on debut recently. Others hold stronger claims.

Form: 0

Mountain Fox²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Ricky Doyle⁽⁵⁾| T: F Oakes

25/1

Placed twice from 15 starts so far. Held in an AW handicap at Dundalk (1m) last time and probably best watched on his hurdling debut.

Form:

No Show Jones⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: T N Brett⁽⁷⁾| T: Charlie Keegan

100/1

Failed to figure in three maiden hurdles so far. Finished 39L last of 19 over 2m at Gowran Park (good) last weekend.

Form: 080

Jackdaws Lane

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

50/1

Unraced Arakan gelding out of a mare who ran twice in bumpers. Likely best watched on first visit to the racecourse.

Form:

Yarraman¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: J S McGarvey| T: P J Flynn

10/1

Stepped up on hurdling debut when finishing runner-up in a C&D maiden hurdle on good going earlier this month. Interesting if repeating that effort.

Form: 92

Currig's Girl²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: D Leahy

66/1

Placed three times in point-to-points but struggled in two starts over hurdles so far and likely to be of more interest once tackling handicaps.

Form: 333-605

Iamastartoo^t¹⁹

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

4/1

Placed three times in bumpers including over 2m at Roscommon (good) in July. Held in three subsequent starts however and probably best watched on hurdling bow.

Form: 44-2088

Non-Runners

Touch Of Oscar¹⁸⁷

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: J P O'Brien J: J J Slevin

Forecasts

Generalisation (5/4), Iamastartoo (4/1), Extrapolate (9/2), Touch Of Oscar (6/1), Another Cyclone (6/1), Yarraman (10/1), Mountain Fox (25/1), Classic Escape (28/1), Jackdaws Lane (50/1), Currig's Girl (66/1), Ballinlongig (66/1), Kilcolgan Rocket (100/1), No Show Jones (100/1), It's Frightening (100/1)

Gigginstown House Stud boast a strong hand in this maiden hurdle and preference is for their EXTRAPOLATE who has run well in a couple of bumpers so far. In the same ownership Generalisation performed well when debuting over hurdles and he can finish runner-up ahead of Yarraman who improved on previous efforts when placed here last time.