12:50 Wexford

Monday 28 October 2019

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County Wexford Vintners Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:50 | Winning time: 4m 17.60s

Cayd Boy²²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mark Walsh| T: Miss E Doyle| D

11/10

€12,000 French bred gelding, dam won over both hurdles and fences in France. Easy winner of 2m heavy-ground Limerick bumper in March on first start. Should be plenty more to come and big player.

Form: 1-

Comporta¹⁸¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Richard Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

66/1

Best Flat effort came last year in a mile contest on good-firm ground at York; not the most consistent and question marks about ability on heavy ground on hurdling debut for new connections.

Form:

Arthur Fonzarelli^t²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

11/4

Ran well in late September when possibly in need of the race at Roscommon; should certainly improve on that effort and if settling better looks to have a leading chance.

Form: 0F2

Coolbane Boy

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Darragh O'Keeffe⁽³⁾| T: W J Burke

33/1

Debutant; yard not especially well known for sending out winners in hurdles races and may only become of interest if market smiles upon him.

Form:

Friary Rock¹⁹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Phillip Enright| T: M F Morris

8/1

Showed some promise in his only racecourse appearance in a bumper at Fairyhouse in April; entitled to improve but breeding suggest he will be a better prospect over further in time.

Form: 5-

Irish Agent²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Brian Hayes| T: R P Cody

20/1

Not disgraced on on hurdles debut at Clonmel earlier this month where he showed up for a long way; can certainly improve for that outing and not one to be written off too quickly.

Form: 05

Kingdom Brunel³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: P E Corbett| T: P Fenton

14/1

Has steadily improved on both his hurdles appearances with a pleasing effort last time out at Navan when a never nearer fifth of 25 over two miles; has the potential to improve again and one for the shortlist.

Form: 75

Mr Manhattan^h²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: J J Slevin| T: T Cooper

20/1

Well-bred and fairly expensive purchase as a youngster; made fair hurdles debut at Tipperary earlier this month and can come on for that experience; may find a few too good but should run his race.

Form: 0-4

Rightplacerightime^p1⁸⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁷⁾| T: K F O'Donnell

50/1

Three dismal bumper performances was followed up with finishing last of 18 on his hurdling debut at Galway in August; hard to make a positive case for unless first-time cheekpieces perk him up.

Form: 9080

Round The Buoy^h1⁶³³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Kevin Sexton| T: D P Dunne

66/1

Hurdles debut; showed very little on three Flat appearances and worrying that he begins his hurdle career in headgear; best watched unless market speaks highly.

Form:

Zambezi Fix¹⁸¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott

10/1

Zambezi Sun half-brother to useful hurdlers Fixe Le Kap and A Mi Manera; no real show on his racecourse debut at Punchestown in April; obviously open to improvement and market likely to provide clues.

Form: 0

Aurora Sunrise²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: A W Short⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell

66/1

No real show when well beaten on only race course appearance at Roscommon on heavy ground in late September; should be fitter here and entitled to improve but likely to find a couple too strong at the moment.

Form: 4

Birdie Blitz²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: N P Madden| T: A A Howard

20/1

Improved on September introduction at Galway to finish a promising 6/16 at Roscommon last time out; should be able to improve on that and difficult to write off.

Form: 76

Endless Days¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Reserve 1| T: J J Hanlon

50/1

Reserve 1 Failed to make it to the track for the Godolphin organisation. Last of eight on bumper debut; hard to make a case for.

Form: 8

Non-Runners

Front View¹⁸¹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 4

T: J P O'Brien J: Mark Walsh

Keep The Peace

Weight: 10-9| Age: 4

T: G P Cromwell J: Reserve 2

Charlie Siringo¹²

Weight: 11-2| Age: 4

T: N Meade J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Cayd Boy (11/10), Front View (6/5), Arthur Fonzarelli (11/4), Friary Rock (8/1), Zambezi Fix (10/1), Kingdom Brunel (14/1), Mr Manhattan (20/1), Birdie Blitz (20/1), Irish Agent (20/1), Keep The Peace (25/1), Coolbane Boy (33/1), Rightplacerightime (50/1), Endless Days (50/1), Charlie Siringo (50/1), Round The Buoy (66/1), Comporta (66/1), Aurora Sunrise (66/1)

KINGDOM BRUNEL might be able to put his good recent hurdles form to good use and go well at a decent price in this fairly competitive maiden hurdle. He followed a pleasing hurdles debut at Listowel with a much better effort last time at Navan; as long as he handles the heavy ground he could go close. Cayd Boy will certainly win a maiden at some point and there was plenty to like about the way he won his bumper at Limerick in March but lack of experience tempers his chance here. Another bumper winner who will be popular in the market will be Front View who won third time of asking and may need this seasonal reappearance.