12:25 Cork

Sunday 22 November 2020

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Sobac Soil.ie Used On Cork Racecourse Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 12:25 | Winning time: 4m 16.70s

Carrolls Cottage²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: P Fenton

10/1

Mahler gelding. Brother to modest hurdler Prince Mahler. Dam unraced half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser (2m-3m winner) Barton Nic. Off mark in points at second attempt last time (Oct 25).

Form: 4-1

Doubting Thomas

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: Kevin Coleman

150/1

Dylan Thomas gelding. Half-brother to winner on Flat Sophies Echo. Dam unraced.

Form:

Globetrottersivola²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: H Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell

50/1

Twice-raced maiden. 125/1, fifth of 16 in novice hurdle at this C&D (heavy) 21 days ago.

Form: P5

Grand Bornand

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

4/7

Won 7-runner bumper (26/1) at Senonnes-Pouance (11.4f, good). Off 17 months. Makes hurdling debut for top stable and should take all the beating.

Form:

Land Jet⁵⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien

40/1

Promising type. 16/1, creditable seventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Listowel (16f, soft) 57 days ago. Should have more to offer.

Form: 5-097

Marco Rock³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Phillip Enright| T: E M O'Sullivan

100/1

Once-raced maiden. Unseated rider in novice hurdle at this course (20.2f, good, 50/1) on NH debut 35 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: U

Rocky's Howya

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: C J Orr⁽³⁾| T: J Dullea

40/1

€11,000 3-y-o, Ask gelding. Dam (h72), ran twice over hurdles/once in point, half-sister to ungenuine but fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3¼m) Big Society.

Form:

Takarengo⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Jack Brendan Foley⁽⁷⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 120

9/4

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 12f on flat. 3/1, respectable third of 20 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.4f, heavy) 8 days ago. Back down in trip. Looks vulnerable.

Form: 3357-3

Thedevilscoachman³²²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: D F O'Regan| T: N Meade| D

4/1

Once-raced winner in bumpers. Fair winner at 16f in bumpers. 8/1, won 11-runner bumper at Naas (15.9f, soft) on NH debut, soon clear. Off 10 months. Notable hurdling newcomer.

Form: 1-

Nananinety²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: F J Hayes⁽⁷⁾| T: D Commins

200/1

Once-raced maiden. Twelfth of 16 in bumper (150/1) at Galway (16f, heavy) on NH debut 28 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0

Petite But Willing

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: K J Brouder| T: A Leahy

200/1

Mahler filly. Dam (h102), 21f hurdle winner, half-sister to temperamental but fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 29f) Spring Heeled.

Form:

Shean Glory²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: S Aherne

150/1

Once-raced maiden. 50/1 and tongue strap on, seventh of 10 in novice hurdle at Wexford (20f, heavy) on NH debut 28 days ago.

Form: 7

Non-Runners

Colman's Courage⁴⁶

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: A J McNamara J: Kevin Sexton

Forecasts

Grand Bornand (4/7), Takarengo (9/4), Thedevilscoachman (4/1), Carrolls Cottage (10/1), Rocky's Howya (40/1), Land Jet (40/1), Globetrottersivola (50/1), Colman's Courage (50/1), Marco Rock (100/1), Shean Glory (150/1), Doubting Thomas (150/1), Nananinety (200/1), Petite But Willing (200/1)

This is likely to be fought out by bumper winners GRAND BORNAND and Thedevilscoachman, who could both turn into above-average types in this discipline. The first-named is comfortably preferred debuting for Willie Mullins, while point winner Carrolls Cottage isn't completely ruled out in an interesting maiden hurdle.