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Sunday 22 November 2020

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 11:40 | Winning time: 5m 24.0s

Ashdale Bob³¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: P D Kennedy| T: Mrs J Harrington| BF

5/1

Promising sort. 11/10, fifth of 9 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (22.5f, heavy) in January, not ideally placed. No surprise to see better from him this term.

Form: 435-

Bard Of Eirn^h1,t1¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: C D Timmons⁽³⁾| T: E Cawley

300/1

Twice-raced maiden. 200/1, thirteenth of 14 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) 19 days ago. Back up in trip but hard to make a case for.

Form: P-0

Boing^t³⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: J S McGarvey| T: Paul Traynor

250/1

Bated Breath gelding who showed modest form on the Flat (one standout effort for Richard Hannon). He's another likely best watched now hurdling.

Form:

Davy's Dilemma²³

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

18/1

Useful Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fourth of 9 in novice hurdle (18/1) at Down Royal (22f, soft) 23 days ago. Type to do better in handicaps.

Form: 30-4

Folcano³¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott

12/1

£110,000 5-y-o, Falco gelding. Half-brother to smart hurdler/useful chaser Farclas. Off mark in points on third (sole completed) start last time (Jan 12). Interesting for powerful stable.

Form: FF1-

Henry Africa¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr C Abernethy⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Lambe

300/1

Once-raced maiden. 250/1, nineteenth of 20 in novice hurdle at this C&D (soft) on NH debut 14 days ago. Easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: U/0

Hill Of Keash²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: D P Dunne

300/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. First start for 2 years, pulled up at Wexford (20f, soft, 150/1) 27 days ago, weakening quickly circuit out. Can only be watched.

Form: PF5P/P

Sellarbridge¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade

40/1

Fairly useful winner at 16f in bumpers. Eighth of 20 in novice hurdle at this C&D (soft, 17/2) on hurdles bow 14 days ago. Open to progress.

Form: 1/5-8

Shadow Rider¹⁰⁰⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mark Walsh| T: W P Mullins| D

2/1

Martaline brother to useful hurdler Squouateur, stayed 3¼m. Won sole start in points (February 2018) and he's well worth a look now starting out under Rules for powerful outfit.

Form: 1/

Wide Receiver^t¹⁴

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

5/6

Promising type. Tongue strap on for 1st time, good 2¼ lengths third of 8 to N'golo in Grade 3 at this course (16f, soft, 9/2) 14 days ago, unsuited by drop in trip. Remains with potential.

Form: 1/126-23

Kilbree Warrior²⁸⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: B Browne⁽³⁾| T: O McKiernan

18/1

Mahler mare. Dam (c92/h111), 3m hurdle winner, half-sister to smart chaser (stayed 3m) Wise Old Owl. Off the mark in points at second attempt last time (Feb 9). Betting should guide on Rules debut.

Form: F1-

Forecasts

Wide Receiver (5/6), Shadow Rider (2/1), Ashdale Bob (5/1), Folcano (12/1), Kilbree Warrior (18/1), Davy's Dilemma (18/1), Sellarbridge (40/1), Boing (250/1), Bard Of Eirn (300/1), Henry Africa (300/1), Hill Of Keash (300/1)

A useful bumper winner, WIDE RECEIVER has shaped with plenty of promise on both starts over hurdles, unsuited by the drop back in trip when third in a Grade 3 over 2m here 2 weeks ago. He remains with potential and can strike back at this more suitable trip. The returning Ashdale Bob, and Rules debutantes Shadow Rider and Folcano head up the dangers.