14:10 Limerick

Friday 28 December 2018

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Future Ticketing.ie Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:24 | Winning time: 4m 10.6s

Accidental

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Katie O'Farrell⁽⁵⁾| T: Ms M Mullins

20/1

Miguel Angel gelding out of a Shantou mare. Market likely to be the best guide from a yard who are a paltry 7% with hudlers this term.

Form:

Annamix⁸³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

4/6

Gelding by Martaline out of a Doyoun mare. Second of 11 when in the care of Guillame Macaire over two years ago. Likely to be a warm order on stable debut.

Form: 2/

Aonghus Song¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: A W Short⁽³⁾| T: P G Kelly

66/1

Maiden point-to-point winner on debut finished third next before joining this yard. Well held at Punchestown earlier this month and vast improvement needed to play a role here.

Form: 138

Big Nick³⁶⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D Robinson⁽³⁾| T: H De Bromhead

7/1

Gelding by Sea The Stars out of a Unbridled's Song mare. Second of eight in a promising 2m bumper here over 12-months ago. Off since and worth a market check on hurdling introduction.

Form: 2-

Classic Concorde¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: A McNamara

100/1

Placed in a Bumper but has shown little in three starts over hurdles and will do better when handicapping after this.

Form: P-U209U

Cool Getaway⁷⁶⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: J S McGarvey| T: G Elliott

7/1

Gelding by Getaway out of a Saddlers' Hall mare. Last seen winning a point-to-point over two years ago. Market likely to reveal expectations on return to action.

Form: 1/

Need For Gold²⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: E Cawley

100/1

Home-bred gelded son of Gold Well out of a mare who was placed over hurdles. Well held on a couple of bumper starts in the spring and likely to need the education here.

Form: 0-8

Press Conference¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: N P Madden| T: Mrs J Harrington

3/1

Point-to-point winner who ran well on debut for this yard at Naas when second but failed to build on that with a couple of disappointing defeats at Punchestown since.

Form: 3/127-7

The Shunter³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J M Moore| T: J O Clifford

20/1

Three-times placed in six bumper races despite meeting several high class performers. Disappoined on hurdling debut last month finishing 56L adrift of the winner in a Punchestown maiden. Improvement needed.

Form: S373-40

Too Much To Ask¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: R P Treacy⁽³⁾| T: Mrs J Cashin

150/1

Ask gelding out of a Supreme Leader mare. No impression on dour hurdling debut when beaten 99L at Cork before pulling up when tailed off at Tramore earlier this month. Hard to fancy.

Form: 0P

West Is Best²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: R Loughran| T: W J Lanigan

100/1

Has made the frame in point-to-points, but jumped poorly when tailed off on both hurdle starts to date, and makes no appeal on the back of those efforts.

Form: P3-4300

William Wolf⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: M J Bolger| T: G Hussey

100/1

Wolf Tone gelding out of a Hubbly Bubbly mare. Overall record in a couple of starts to date casts doubt on her ability to get competitive here.

Form: 00

Brindabella¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: C A Landers⁽⁵⁾| T: W J Austin

100/1

Daughter of Getaway from a decent family but has toiled in two career maiden hurdle starts at Punchestown and Navan. Unlikely to play a part in the finish.

Form: 00-0

Gameasapebble¹⁰⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: E O'Connell⁽⁵⁾| T: F Costello

100/1

17-race maiden who is without success in three hurdle starts to date. Form doesn't warrant support here.

Form: 865-707

Georgia Grace^p¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: D F O'Regan| T: Miss H McLoughlin| OR: 80

100/1

Unplaced in seven starts to date including a 101L defeat at Tramore earlier this month. Others preferred.

Form: P0904-0

Forecasts

Annamix (4/6), Press Conference (3/1), Big Nick (7/1), Cool Getaway (7/1), The Shunter (20/1), Accidental (20/1), Aonghus Song (66/1), West Is Best (100/1), Brindabella (100/1), Georgia Grace (100/1), Need For Gold (100/1), William Wolf (100/1), Gameasapebble (100/1), Classic Concorde (100/1), Too Much To Ask (150/1)

It is hard to see past the opportunity for ANNAMIX to get off the mark for trainer Willie Mullins, given how highly thought of the Martaline gelding is in certain circles. The five-year-old can get his head in front of Big Nick from the in form Henry De Bromhead yard and the J P McManus-owned Cool Getaway.