15:35 Galway

Sunday 25 October 2020

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Glenman Construction Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:37 | Winning time: 5m 28.70s

Champagne Vacation⁷⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: P J Carberry| T: S J Mahon

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. 150/1, ninth of 11 in bumper at Ballinrobe (16.3f, good) 76 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip.

Form: 79

Coqolino²³²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mark Walsh| T: G Elliott| BF

5/4

Point winner. 9/10, second of 8 in bumper at Gowran (18f, heavy) on NH debut. Off 7 months. Interesting recruit to hurdles.

Form: 12-

Falco Du Sauzay²⁸⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: A W Short| T: L Lennon

125/1

Little show in points and likely outsider on hurdle debut.

Form: RU7-

Foxhole⁵⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: J R Wildman⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

18/1

12/1, fifteenth of 25 in bumper at Punchestown (16.4f, soft) in April 2019 for P. M. J. Doyle. Has switched to Gordon Elliott ahead of hurdle debut. Check betting.

Form: 0-

Lieutenant Command²⁶⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade

13/8

Winner on Limerick bumper debut and third in Leopardstown Grade 2 next time. Respected on hurdle bow.

Form: F/13-

Silk King¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: B Browne⁽³⁾| T: Mrs D Foster

250/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, first run since leaving Mrs D. A. Love when seventeenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.2f, soft) 12 days ago.

Form: 8P/0

Thebellsofshandon

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: D J McInerney| T: M F Morris

15/2

€70,000 Fame And Glory gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to smart hurdler (stayed 3m) Alpha Ridge.

Form:

Carheenlea Blues

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Keith Donoghue| T: Mrs Y Dunleavy

150/1

Morozov gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to top-class hurdler (stays 3m) Paisley Park.

Form:

Hammersmith^t²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Paul Townend| T: J Nash| OR: 118

5/1

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 7 hurdle runs. Tongue strap on for 1st time, respectable third of 14 in maiden at Gowran (2m, good to soft, 3/1) 23 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 28-5243

Forecasts

Coqolino (5/4), Lieutenant Command (13/8), Hammersmith (5/1), Thebellsofshandon (15/2), Foxhole (18/1), Falco Du Sauzay (125/1), Carheenlea Blues (150/1), Champagne Vacation (250/1), Silk King (250/1)

A good chance this will develop into a straight fight between hurdle newcomers COQOLINO and Lieutenant Command, with a narrow preference for the former who shaped encouragingly despite failing to land shorts odds on his bumper debut in March.