14:10 Listowel

Monday 21 September 2020

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Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 4m 8.3s

Old Town Road^h¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss S J Harty| OR: 91

14/1

Modest hurdler. Remains a maiden after 7 hurdle runs. 33/1, bit below form fourth of 18 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.7f, soft) 13 days ago, left with lot to do.

Form: 6025-04

Song Of Earth¹⁸⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D E Mullins| T: Ms M Mullins| D

6/1

Twice-raced in bumpers. Left debut well behind when winning 9-runner bumper at Wexford (2m, heavy) in March. Off since. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 81-

Dedanann¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: T N Brett⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 101

4/1

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 9 hurdle runs. 7/1, creditable third of 13 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (19.8f, good to soft) 10 days ago.

Form: 934363

Defan

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

7/4

€43,000 3-y-o, Kayf Tara gelding. Dam, point winner, sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 3m) Long House Hall. One to take seriously on debut.

Form:

Elusive Gigolo¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

5/1

Twice-raced maiden. 13/2, fourth of 10 in bumper at Galway (16.6f, soft) 14 days ago. Makes hurdles debut for top yard.

Form: 44

Le Figaro Faoudel²⁹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: K J Brouder| T: E McCarthy

125/1

Twice-raced maiden. 100/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy), losing place when hit 4 out. Off 9 months.

Form: 9P-

Rippon Lodge⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 93

11/1

Modest hurdler. Remains a maiden after 15 hurdle runs. 20/1, third of 9 in novice chase at Sligo (20f, good) on debut over fences 7 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 226843

Dungans Well²⁰²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Donagh Meyler| T: E Doyle

50/1

Once-raced maiden. Eighth of 10 in juvenile hurdle (14/1) at Navan (16f, heavy) on NH debut. Off 6 months.

Form: 8-

Datsdacraic^p1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: G P Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

8/1

€7,000 3-y-o, Ocovango gelding. Dam (h96) bumper winner who stayed 2¼m over hurdles. Wears cheekpieces.

Form:

Non-Runners

Princesse Cleni

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: E McNamara J: R P Treacy

Forecasts

Defan (7/4), Dedanann (4/1), Elusive Gigolo (5/1), Song Of Earth (6/1), Datsdacraic (8/1), Rippon Lodge (11/1), Old Town Road (14/1), Princesse Cleni (16/1), Dungans Well (50/1), Le Figaro Faoudel (125/1)

In a race in which those with hurdle experience don't set the bar too high a chance is taken on Henry de Bromhead newcomer DEFAN. Last season's Wexford bumper winner Song of Earth is another who could well now switching to hurdles on his return. Gordon Elliott's Elusive Gigolo showed promise on the first of 2 runs in bumpers and also merits respect.