12:40 Down Royal

Saturday 31 October 2020

All12:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:10

Metcollect 3-Y-O Hurdle

  • 3YO only  |   2m 100y  |   Yielding (Yielding in places)  |   4 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 12:40  |   Winning time: 4m 30.00s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
Horse silk
Quilixios18
Age: 3|  Weight: 11-10| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| D
1/16
Promising individual. First run since leaving Francois Nicolle when 1/2, won 8-runner juvenile hurdle at Punchestown on IRE NH debut 18 days ago, well on top finish. Will take all the beating.
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Timeform
3
Horse silk
Varna Gold5
Age: 3|  Weight: 11-6| J: J G Gilligan(7)| T: P J Gilligan
10/1
Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. 25/1, below form ninth of 16 in handicap at Galway (7f, heavy) 5 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Needs a bit more in this company.
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Timeform
4
Horse silk
Anjiciant1
Age: 3|  Weight: 11-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Paul Traynor
50/1
Anjaal gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Lord Erskine, stays 2¾m. Dam unraced. Wears tongue strap.
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Timeform
5
Horse silk
Na Caith Tobac13
Age: 3|  Weight: 11-0| J: Eoin G Kelly(7)| T: P W Flynn
25/1
Fair Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Eighth of 10 in handicap (9/2) at Naas (10f, heavy) 13 days ago.
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Timeform

Non-Runners

2
Horse silk
Glorious Zoff8
Weight: 11-6|  Age: 3
T: G Elliott  J: Keith Donoghue
NR

Forecasts

Quilixios (1/16), Glorious Zoff (5/2), Varna Gold (10/1), Na Caith Tobac (25/1), Anjician (50/1)

Verdict

QUILIXIOS is unbeaten in 2 and already favourite for the Triumph Hurdle, so he's expected to continue his highly promising start by landing this. His stablemate Glorious Zoff, who cruised clear to score readily at Sligo on hurdling debut, is the clear danger, with Varna Gold not completely ruled out.

  1. QUILIXIOS
  2. GLORIOUS ZOFF (IRE)
  3. VARNA GOLD (IRE)

Previous Winners

2019
A Wave Of The Sea
Weight: 11-4  |Age: 3
J: J J Slevin  |  T: J P O'Brien
2/1

Prize Money

1st: €6,899.002nd: €2,300.003rd: €1,150.004th: €575.005th: €345.006th: €230.00

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