16:40 Kilbeggan

Saturday 8 August 2020

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KilbegganRaces.com Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 3m 52.00s

Curlew Hill²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott

6/4

Beaten favourite in two starts for the trainer/jockey combination before getting off the market at the fifth time of asking landing a Downpatrick bumper over 2m2f last month. Likely to be well prepped for hurdling debut.

Form: 735-41

Presenting Meghan⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell| BF

5/1

Off the mark at the first attempt when taking a bumper over an extended 2m at Galway by 2¼L last September. Unseated rider at the first on hurdling introduction at Cork earlier this month. Worth another chance.

Form: 10-U

Ashqar^t⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Phillip Enright| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 108

11/2

Modest hurdler who is a 13-race maiden. Well held in a number of races since racing resumed. Needs to step up on recent form.

Form: 4476-66

Central Court⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: K Thornton

150/1

Lightly raced maiden over hurdles. Completed over timber for the first time at Kilbeggan recently, beaten 32L. Unlikely to be good enough in this company.

Form: PPP5P/0

City Limits²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: K J Brouder| T: J Nash| OR: 104

7/1

Without a win over hurdles in 11 starts over the discipline. Has a number of beaten favourite stats to his name. Faces a tough ask but stable going well.

Form: 43225-4

De Milano

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: J Grace

80/1

Gelding by Milan out of a Roselier mare. Closely related to De Benno, winner over hurdles/fences. Best watched on hurdling and racecourse debut.

Form:

Grange Walk¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan

3/1

Below-par 63-rated handicapper on the Flat for trainer Pat Phelan. Mixed messages in a couple of starts for current connections, though was out of her depth on latest start at Galway last month.

Form: 66/26

Larry O²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: B J Cooper| T: P Nolan

18/1

Stowaway gelding. Cost 14,000 euros as a foal; dam unraced half-sister to In Contrast and useful hurdle/chase winner Templer. Pleasing effort on debut at Kilbeggan in a 2m bumper. More needed on hurdling debut.

Form: 4

My Friend The Wind¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: R P Treacy⁽³⁾| T: E McNamara

80/1

By Sholokhov; plenty of mistakes on recent hurdles debut at Limerick last month; obviously open to improvement but others currently preferred.

Form: 9

My Wings^b¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: G P Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: N McCluskey

80/1

Has started at odds of 100/1, 150/1 and 150/1 on all three bumper starts since March before running accordingly on each occasion. Unlikely to be troubling the judge on hurdling debut.

Form: 0/7000-6

Cashins Hill^h1¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: B Browne⁽⁵⁾| T: P Byrne

200/1

National Hunt bred but not related to anything particularly useful. Well beaten on both career starts so far including more recently at Gowran Park last month. First-time hood unlikely to spark improvement.

Form: 0-0

Jaipore²²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: C A Landers⁽⁵⁾| T: J Nash

100/1

Arakan mare, who is a half-sister to four winners under NH rules, but offered little immediate encouragement starting out at Naas and Fairyhouse when last seen in January.

Form: 96-

Layla's Court^t⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: A W Short⁽³⁾| T: D A McLoughlin

50/1

Ran well in defeat on second start over hurdles at Kilbeggan earlier this month sent off at odds of 150/1. Handicaps could be more interesting.

Form: 74-05

Non-Runners

You Say Nothing⁷

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: G P Cromwell J: Keith Donoghue

Walking The Walk⁸

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: G P Cromwell J: Reserve 1

Ormond Stile

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: P Byrne J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Curlew Hill (6/4), Grange Walk (3/1), Presenting Meghan (5/1), Ashqar (11/2), City Limits (7/1), Walking The Walk (10/1), You Say Nothing (12/1), Larry O (18/1), Layla's Court (50/1), Ormond Stile (66/1), My Friend The Wind (80/1), My Wings (80/1), De Milano (80/1), Jaipore (100/1), Central Court (150/1), Cashins Hill (200/1)

Trainer Gordon Elliott appears to have found an ideal opening for his Carlotamix gelding, CURLEW HILL to get off the mark on hurdling debut in a weak looking contest. The five-year-old won a Downpatrick bumper in good style over 2m2f last month and should have too much oin the locker for the Gavin Cromwell pair, Presenting Meghan, only got as far as the first on hurdling debut earlier this week and You Say Nothing, who can improve on first start over timber at Kilbeggan this month. Grange Walk, out of his depth at the Galway festival, should not be underestimated back at this level.