14:50 Naas

Saturday 9 November 2019

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Cavan Developments Home Builders Supporting St. Marys GAA Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:52 | Winning time: 4m 59.90s

Beating The Odds⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Kevin Sexton| T: W J Austin

100/1

Moderate form in four point-to-points (pulled up twice); unfancied and beaten 50L in maiden hurdle at Clonmel in October; hard to get excited about.

Form: PP2-57

Column Of Fire²⁵⁸

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

6/1

Fell on hurdles debut before being sent back to bumpers to restore some confidence; likely to be ready on seasonal reappearance and looks a leading contender.

Form: 2/13B2-

Davy's Dilemma¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade

8/1

Son of Sixties Icon, achieved a rating of 86 on the Flat in England before joining Noel Meade; creditable effort after absence at Galway last month; should be fitter and stronger here and looks to have an excellent chance.

Form: 3

Elixir D'Ainay³⁰⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mark Walsh| T: W P Mullins

13/8

French bumper winner at Lyon Parilly as a three-year-old and made an encouraging enough start behind Vision D'Honneur at Punchestown in January; aimed at Grade 1 events and should be able to take this in his stride.

Form: 61/2-

Exciting Oscar³²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Mullins| T: D Ahern

66/1

First foal; related to some useful staying types; no real sign of immediate brilliance on three point-to-point starts in 2018; difficult to see him being good enough.

Form: 54/2-

Falkland Castle^h1,t¹⁵³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: P D Kennedy| T: Miss S Barkley

100/1

Gelding by Kalanisi out of a Linamix mare; dam won a couple of novice hurdles over 2m - 2m1f; only beat one home in a 10-runner novice hurdle at Perth in June; little sign of any light at the end of the tunnel.

Form: 9

Glenquin Castle¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: C Brassil⁽⁵⁾| T: M Brassil

66/1

German bred son of Getaway; should have learned plenty from a recent outing at Galway but was beaten a long way and unlikely to be troubling the judge.

Form: 0

Longhouse Poet^t1¹⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D N Russell| T: M Brassil

9/4

Smooth winner of his bumper at Punchestown in May having shown promise in point-to-points; quite a big ask against some smart rivals on hurdles debut but should run his race.

Form: 1-1

Sisyphus⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: Madeleine Tylicki

66/1

75-rated handicapper on the Flat for trainer Ollie Pears. No impression and never a factor on maiden hurdle debut at Roscommon over a similar trip when last seen in September. More needed.

Form: 0

Working Capitol²⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: B Browne⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan

66/1

€12,000 son of Tobougg out of a mare who was a winning hurdler. Fell in a maiden hurdle at Gowran Park in March on debut and highly likely to struggle against much more fancied rivals.

Form: F-

Askmenow³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: S A Shortall| T: L P Cusack

100/1

Niclely bred for hurdling; given gentle introduction at Listowel in June but was pulled up when last seen out at Tipperaray last month; hard to make a case for in current form.

Form: 6P

Et Dite⁸¹⁴

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

5/1

Won two bumpers in France (including a Grade 3 contest); first start for Willie Mullins and it will be interesting how much market support there is for the daughter of Limnos.

Form: 1/

Forgetthesurprise^t³⁶

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

33/1

Caught the eye on hurdling debut at Tipperary over a similar trip finishing second of 14 on good ground over 12 months ago. Last of 18 in a Gowran Park bumper last month and others hold stronger profiles here.

Form: 920-410

High Viz¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽⁷⁾| T: P Nolan

33/1

Well beaten in a point-to-point contest, a bumper and most latterly over hurdles; difficult to see where any improvement will come from.

Form: 49-7

Lotus Hill¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: M J Molloy⁽⁷⁾| T: P Nolan

66/1

Fourth in first bumper but well held on subsequent runs including over hurdles; up against it here once again.

Form: 4708-5

Red Lemonade⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: M P Burke⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Austin

100/1

Pulled up in a point-to-point in January and well beaten on first try under rules in a maiden hurdle at Clonmel in late October; easy to pass over.

Form: P-8

Forecasts

Elixir D'Ainay (13/8), Longhouse Poet (9/4), Et Dite (5/1), Column Of Fire (6/1), Davy's Dilemma (8/1), Forgetthesurprise (33/1), High Viz (33/1), Exciting Oscar (66/1), Working Capitol (66/1), Lotus Hill (66/1), Glenquin Castle (66/1), Sisyphus (66/1), Beating The Odds (100/1), Red Lemonade (100/1), Askmenow (100/1), Falkland Castle (100/1)

ELIXIR D'AINAY looks the class animal in the line up based on her French form and is entered in a Grade 1 race early next year. If he is good enough to get competitive at that level he should have no problem putting in a good performance here. Column Of Fire fell on his only hurdles outing and will have had his confidence restored over the break by his trainer. Expect him to run a solid race. Et Dite is hard to assess but has done nothing wrong on the racecourse so far and if translating her bumper form to hurdles then she can go well.