13:40 Galway

Saturday 24 October 2020

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Renvyle House Hotel 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:41 | Winning time: 4m 13.3s

Alexei Vronsky⁷²

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: P Roche

13/2

Fair Flat winner. 16/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, ninth of 17 in handicap at Leopardstown (10f, good) 72 days ago on final run for M. D. O'Callaghan. Respected on hurdles bow for new yard.

Form:

Bigz Belief^h1²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: P J Carberry| T: M J Smith

4/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. 16/1, third of 11 in juvenile hurdle at Punchestown (16.6f, good to soft) 25 days ago. Hood on 1st time and not ruled out on form.

Form: 73

Craic Eile²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: D Budds

50/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Sixth of 11 in juvenile hurdle at Punchestown (16.6f, good to soft, 100/1) on NH debut 25 days ago. Needs to find more if he's to trouble the principals now.

Form: 6

Dazzling Darren²³

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: C P McNamara⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell

12/1

Fair Flat winner at 12f who hinted at promise when fifth of 12 in Roscommon maiden hurdle in August. Should progress but he needs to.

Form: 5

French Asset⁹³

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell| BF

16/1

Fair maiden on Flat, though blinkered when last in 12f handicap at Pontefract on final run for Sir Michael Stoute in July. Respected now going hurdling for good yard and worth market check.

Form:

Londonofficecallin¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss E McCutcheon

40/1

Encouraging fifth of 9 in juvenile hurdle (80/1) at Killarney (17f, good) on NH debut 19 days ago. Should improve so firmly in the mix.

Form: 5

Lucky Fella¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: D F O'Regan| T: G Elliott

4/1

Fair form in two Punchestown maiden hurdles, fourth of 8 (10/1) on latter occasion (16.1f, soft) 11 days ago. Likely to do better still so he's considered.

Form: 54

Perry Owens^b1⁶⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade

9/4

Modest maiden on Flat. 10/1, promising third on hurdling debut in 2m maiden at Ballinrobe in August. Blinkers on now and has more to offer so holds good claims for in-form stable.

Form: 3

Sideshift^h1⁶⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott

6/1

Fair 10f Flat winner for M. D. O'Callaghan, though last in handicap at Killarney in August. Hooded on yard/hurdling debut but not dismissed.

Form:

Forecasts

Perry Owens (9/4), Bigz Belief (4/1), Lucky Fella (4/1), Sideshift (6/1), Alexei Vronsky (13/2), Dazzling Darren (12/1), French Asset (16/1), Londonofficecallin (40/1), Craic Eile (50/1)

Most of these are in with a shout but PERRY OWENS brings the best form to the table so is given the nod on the back of his promising debut third at Ballinrobe. Londonofficecallin also has better days ahead of him so rates the biggest threat, although it would come as no surprise to see hurdling debutant French Asset have a big say on his first run for Gavin Cromwell.