12:25 Limerick
Thursday 27 December 2018
All12:2513:0013:3014:0514:4015:1515:45
Goggin Buckley Maiden Hurdle
- 4YO only  |  2m  |  Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places)  |  18 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 12:25Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 4m 12.50s
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Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
Pair of AW wins in Britain last month, both off a mark of 52. Well beaten for former yard in a couple of maiden hurdles in May when sent off a 100/1 on both occasions. Market likely to be best guide.
Promising runs in defeat when hitting the frame on each of his four hurdle starts since last month. Yard have had five winners at this meeting in the last three years and overall boast a 49% win and place strike rate.
Modest 63-rated handicapper on the Flat and unlikely to play a part in the finish on hurdle introduction here.
Winning handicapper on the Flat for trainer Ed Walker before joining current connections. Yard have had three winners at this meeting in the last three years and overall boast a 50% win and place strike rate.
Point-to-point winner over 3m in April. Market to reveal expectations on hurdling debut for yard who are just five from 86 this season.
Outran 33/1 odds when third in a heavy ground Limerick bumper in March on debut. That showed he has the ability to win races but may find this a tough assignment here.
Plenty to take out of a fifth of 20 beaten 27L on the geldings hurdling debut last month before disappointing at the same track earlier this month when 81L adrift of the winner over 2m. Vast improvement needed.
Aizavoski gelding, cost £195,000 earlier this year after point-to-point win. Needs to rediscover the form of his short-head defeat at Naas last month.
Mahler gelding, half-brother to 2m hurdle/chase winner Eyesopenwideawake. Beaten 88L on debut in a Fairyhouse bumper earlier this month. Very little to be positive about.
Beat Hollow gelding out of a Danehill mare. Cost €36,000 as a three-year-old. Nothing of note in a couple of maiden hurdle starts to date and others preferred.
Well beaten and no impression on maiden hurdle debut at Navan earlier this month. First time tongue-tie unlikely to bring about the required amount of improvement needed to play a role here.
By Scorpion out of a Fourstars Allstar mare. Beaten over 100L on debut at Clonmel earlier this month in a 2m4f maiden hurdle. Hard to fancy.
Gelding by Hannouma out of a Kris mare. Failed to finish in a couple of point-to-point starts in the spring before being tailed off on maiden hurdle debut at Cork earlier this month.
Son of Arcadio out of a mare who ran three times under rules, unfancied and never much of a factor on both starts to date. Looks a tall order on form shown.
Plenty to like about the geldings two starts at Thurles and more recently here last month brings him in to the equation. Yard have had three winners at this meeting in the last three years and overall boast a 50% win and place strike rate.
Filly by Yeats out of a Shernazar mare. Yard have had four winners at this meeting in the last three years and overall boast a 19% win and place strike rate. Worth a market check on debut.
Milan filly out of a Definite Article mare. Yard have a good record at this meeting since 2015 boasting a 19% win and place strike rate.
San Frontieres filly out of a Arctic Lord mare. 62L adrift of the winner on debut in a Ballinrobe bumper when last seen in May. Any market move should be noted.
Non-Runners
19
Helly Hansum32
Weight: 10-9|Â Â Age: 4
T: D Hogan  J: Reserve 1
NR
20
Diol Ker25
Weight: 11-2|Â Â Age: 4
T: N Meade  J: Reserve 2
NR
21
Automatic18
Weight: 11-2|Â Â Age: 4
T: W J Burke  J: Reserve 3
NR
Forecasts
Envious Editor (11/10), Eclair De Beaufeu (5/2), At The Acorn (6/1), Vinnwarr (10/1), Diol Ker (10/1), Poseidon (16/1), Drifting Back (25/1), Encore Lui (25/1), Automatic (25/1), Lovely Carrig (33/1), Johanna Yeats (33/1), Helly Hansum (33/1), Earl Of Bunnacurry (40/1), Romella (40/1), Keep Believing (50/1), Skypunch (100/1), Soft Focus (100/1), Salsomajory (100/1), Trogir (100/1), Mcgill (100/1), Felicity's Choice (100/1)
Trainer Gordon Elliott looks to have found an ideal opportunity for the Gigginstown House Stud-owned ECLAIR DE BEAUFEU to open his account in the opener here. The four-year-old can build on his four solid starts since last month and see off the attentions of Envious Editor from the Jessica Harrington yard and the Charles Byrnes newcomer, Poseidon.
- Eclair De Beaufeu
- Envious Editor
- Poseidon
Prize Money
1st: €8,316.002nd: €2,579.003rd: €1,228.004th: €554.005th: €216.00
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