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Monday 14 December 2020

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Happy Christmas From Naas Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:57 | Winning time: 4m 11.3s

Annieguire^t³⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

50/1

Twice-raced maiden. 20/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, fifth of 12 in bumper at Limerick (16f, heavy). Off 11 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 2/95-

Castra Vetera²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: J P O'Brien| CD

5/4

Has looked smart when winning 3 of her 4 bumpers, the latest a Navan listed event 3 weeks ago. Good hurdle prospect.

Form: 181-1

Delias Pet

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: T Doyle

200/1

Stowaway mare. Sister to fairly useful hurdler Secret Door, stays 21f. Dam (c97/h105) 3m hurdle winner out of 2m-19f hurdle winner Glowing Lines.

Form:

Delvino²⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: A W Short| T: D A McLoughlin

9/1

Fairly useful in bumpers, second on debut before going one better at Down Royal (16.6f, heavy) in March. Off 9 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 21-

Diaspora

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D M O'Brien

125/1

Getaway mare. Half-sister to numerous winners, including fairly useful hurdler Rhythm Divine and fair hurdler/chaser Daisy Fay. Dam 7f/1m winner.

Form:

Isabella Vici⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: D E Mullins| T: P Maher

150/1

€17,000 3-y-o, Getaway mare. Half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser Potters Point and fairly useful hurdler Slanelough, stays 3m. Dam unraced.

Form: F

Missy Eliot³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Phillip Enright| T: P Maher

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Hooded for 1st time, eighth of 10 in bumper at Clonmel (16.4f, heavy, 250/1) 32 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 08

One More Light³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: D P Holden⁽⁷⁾| T: H De Bromhead

50/1

Promising sort. Caught eye when sixth of 13 in maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy, 5/1) on NH debut 31 days ago, not knocked about. Open to improvement.

Form: 6

Roseys Hollow²⁸⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Mark Walsh| T: Jonathan Sweeney| D

10/3

Bumper winner in spring 2019. Shaped well when third of 20 in maiden at Leopardstown (18f, heavy) on hurdle debut a year later. Off 9 months. Should progress.

Form: 1/3-

Royal Illusion^t1³⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| BF| D

13/8

Bumper winner in 2018 who has subsequently developed into a very useful Flat performer, including third in course handicap last month. Tongue strap on 1st time. Likely a big player on hurdle debut.

Form: 113/

Schone Aussicht⁸⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: H De Bromhead

33/1

Fair Flat winner in Germany. Makes hurdle debut. One of 3 runners from stable. Betting perhaps best guide to what's expected.

Form:

Teofonic¹¹⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: T Gibney

22/1

Useful on Flat for Mark Johnston but absent for over 3 years ahead of this hurdle debut.

Form:

Brosna Aran²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: P J Carberry| T: Stephen Gerard Carey

200/1

Once-raced maiden. Eleventh of 18 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.7f, heavy, 200/1) on NH debut 20 days ago.

Form: 0

Fivestargracie

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: R P Treacy⁽³⁾| T: L Young

200/1

Dylan Thomas filly. Closely related to useful 2½m hurdle winner Simply The West, stays 2¾m and fair 23f chase winner Charlie Wingnut, stayed 25f. Dam unraced.

Form:

Frisco Queen⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: C D Timmons⁽³⁾| T: S Crawley

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Fell in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.4f, heavy, 200/1) on NH debut 44 days ago.

Form: F

Lar's Lass

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Keith Donoghue| T: J T R Dreaper

150/1

Ocovango filly. Half-sister to fair hurdler/chaser Back Before Dawn and fair hurdler Shopping Around. Dam (h84) ungenuine 2¼m-2½m hurdle winner.

Form:

Lily Light Foot⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: E P Harty

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Below form eighth of 18 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy, 150/1) 9 days ago.

Form: 28078

Ocascuse Me⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: K J Brouder| T: E Sheehy

200/1

Once-raced maiden. Fell in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy, 150/1) on NH debut 9 days ago.

Form: F

Lady L'lerom¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: J S McGarvey| T: M C Grassick

125/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 100/1, ninth of 14 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.2f, heavy) on hurdles bow 11 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 57-999

Non-Runners

Annie Kate¹¹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 5

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Sean O'Keeffe

Bennystiara

Weight: 11-9| Age: 5

T: H De Bromhead J: H Morgan

Junior Bee

Weight: 11-6| Age: 4

T: J M Burke J: M P Burke

Teacher Norah⁹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 5

T: Michael Barry J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Castra Vetera (5/4), Royal Illusion (13/8), Roseys Hollow (10/3), Delvino (9/1), Bennystiara (20/1), Annie Kate (20/1), Teofonic (22/1), Schone Aussicht (33/1), Annieguire (50/1), One More Light (50/1), Junior Bee (66/1), Teacher Norah (66/1), Lily Light Foot (100/1), Diaspora (125/1), Lady L'lerom (125/1), Lar's Lass (150/1), Frisco Queen (150/1), Isabella Vici (150/1), Delias Pet (200/1), Brosna Aran (200/1), Missy Eliot (200/1), Ocascuse Me (200/1), Fivestargracie (200/1)

This may develop into a straight fight between hurdle newcomers CASTRA VETERA and Royal Illusion. The latter is coming to jumping late in the day but she ran as well as she's ever done on the Flat recently and should go very well but narrow preference is for Castra Vetera who has looked a smart prospect when winning 3 bumpers. Roseys Hollow looks best of the rest.