14:00 Gowran Park

Friday 2 October 2020

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Join Racing TV Now Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 4m 3.00s

Cyrus Dallin¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Donagh Meyler| T: D Hogan

9/1

Fairly useful handicapper on Flat, stays 1m. Below best last 3 start but worth a look now switched to hurdling.

Form:

Durity^t1²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: A W Short| T: P J Rothwell

200/1

Well held in bumpers/maiden hurdles. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 0/07-0

Emerald Cave

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: C D Timmons⁽³⁾| T: Thomas Coyle

125/1

Court Cave gelding. Dam unraced.

Form:

Old Town Road^h¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss S J Harty| OR: 90

33/1

Modest hurdler. Remains a maiden after 8 hurdle runs. 14/1, sixth of 9 in maiden hurdle at Listowel (16f, good) 11 days ago.

Form: 025-046

One Down²⁰¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| D

6/5

Bumper winner who is a brother to smart hurdler/very smart chaser The Game Changer, so of interest on hurdling debut.

Form: 413-

Still Standing¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: R M Power| T: Mrs J Harrington

13/8

Useful winner at 11f on Flat. Showed more than on hurdling debut when 20½ lengths fourth of 18 in maiden at Thurles final 2019/20 start. Open to further improvement.

Form: 04-

Tennesse Waltz¹³

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: M J Bolger| T: S Byrne

100/1

Modest Flat winner. Showed more than on hurdling bow when 14 length eighth of 17 in maiden at Navan (16f, good) 13 days ago.

Form: 78

Urabamba²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

22/1

Hinted at ability in bumpers but was well held on last month's Punchestown hurdle debut. Down in trip.

Form: 054-0

White Desert^h⁸⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: D F O'Regan| T: Miss A Mooney

14/1

Useful on the Flat in his prime but below form this year. Showed some aptitude for hurdling when third in a Down Royal maiden hurdle last year. May do better.

Form: 3-

Ava Rose^h⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: D J McInerney| T: Noel O'Neill

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Ninth of 15 in bumper (18/1) at Listowel (16f, soft) 7 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: 806-9

Fairytale Bliss¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: C J Orr⁽⁵⁾| T: N Slevin| D

9/1

Bumper winner who ran to a fair level sent hurdling when third of 12 in maiden hurdle (12/1) at Tramore (16f, good) 15 days ago, running on.

Form: 3-9183

Kopon²⁰⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny Mullins| T: G A Kingston

125/1

Well held in mares bumper/maiden hurdle.

Form: 97-

Trixie Mc^t1²¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: T Gibney

125/1

Little impact in a trio of maiden hurdles. Off 7 months. First run for yard after leaving Gerard Michael Hussey. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 7/0F780-

Non-Runners

Silk King⁷⁸⁸

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: Mrs D Foster J: B Browne

Flanking Maneuver³⁰⁶

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: N Meade J: Reserve 1

Elite Des Mottes⁶⁵⁷

Weight: 11-7| Age: 6

T: P E Collins J: Reserve 2

Encore De Beaufeu

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: R Hackett J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

One Down (6/5), Still Standing (13/8), Fairytale Bliss (9/1), Cyrus Dallin (9/1), Flanking Maneuver (10/1), White Desert (14/1), Ava Rose (16/1), Urabamba (22/1), Old Town Road (33/1), Encore De Beaufeu (33/1), Elite Des Mottes (50/1), Silk King (50/1), Tennesse Waltz (100/1), Trixie Mc (125/1), Emerald Cave (125/1), Kopon (125/1), Durity (200/1)

STILL STANDING showed more second time up over hurdles at Tramore in February and appeals as the type to go on again given his Flat ability, so he's narrowly preferred to Gordon Elliott's bumper winner One Down, who is very much bred for the job. Fairytale Bliss may prove best of the rest.