12:40 Down Royal

Friday 30 October 2020

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:40 | Winning time: 5m 50.6s

Davy's Dilemma³⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: J M Moore| T: N Meade

18/1

Useful Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles, much better effort when third at Galway on the first occasion. Been off for 11 months.

Form: 30-

Farouk D'Alene²⁵⁰

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

2/9

Successful sole point start and looked a good prospect when winning both bumpers winter. Likely hard to beat on hurdle debut.

Form: 1/11-

Legacy Thor^t³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr B G Crawford⁽⁷⁾| T: S R B Crawford

9/2

Fairly useful hurdler. 11/2, creditable second of 14 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.6f, good to soft) 31 days ago.

Form: 2/1304-2

Pat's Pick²³⁶

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

13/2

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. 4/1, bit below form third of 18 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, good to soft). Off 7 months.

Form: 1/743-

Sam Lorenzo^h1²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr N Gault⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Bryson

125/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, below form fifth of 9 in bumper at Downpatrick (18.8f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: P/7-685

Shortcross Storm¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Donagh Meyler| T: J G Cosgrave

80/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 40/1, sixth of 18 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.2f, soft) 17 days ago.

Form: 4/P30-6

Datsdacraic³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: A M King⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on, seventh of 9 in maiden hurdle at Listowel (16f, good, 8/1) on NH debut 39 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Stable in good form.

Form: 7

Mutual Respect¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: B J Cooper| T: J J Hanlon

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Fifteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.2f, soft, 25/1) 17 days ago.

Form: 860

Dararian

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Keith Donoghue| T: A Lynch

80/1

Ocovango filly. Dam maiden hurdler/chaser, winning pointer.

Form:

Non-Runners

Grangeclare Native²⁷

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Mark Walsh

Forecasts

Farouk D'Alene (2/9), Grangeclare Native (7/2), Legacy Thor (9/2), Pat's Pick (13/2), Davy's Dilemma (18/1), Shortcross Storm (80/1), Dararian (80/1), Sam Lorenzo (125/1), Mutual Respect (125/1), Datsdacraic (150/1)

Gordon Elliott has dominated this race in recent years and that theme looks likely to continue, with dual bumper winner FAROUK D'ALENE taken to remain unbeaten now switching to hurdles. What threat there is may come from stablemate Grangeclare Native assuming he's none the worse for his Gowran tumble at the beginning of the month.