12:00 Leopardstown

Saturday 26 December 2020

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'Join tote.ie With A 10 Risk Free Bet' Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:00 | Winning time: 3m 57.0s

Clifftop³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: J M Moore| T: H Rogers

150/1

Modest Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Sixth of 13 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.8f, heavy, 50/1) 30 days ago. Up against it.

Form: 96

Colonel Slade^h1¹¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr J C Canavan⁽⁷⁾| T: R J Tierney

200/1

Fair Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Eighth of 9 in handicap at Wolverhampton (7.2f, 8/1). First run for yard after leaving Phillip Makin. Hooded for 1st time.

Form:

Copia Verborum^h,t1²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Lambe| OR: 105

100/1

Fair Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Hooded for 1st time, sixth of 19 in novice hurdle (125/1) at Navan (16f, heavy) 21 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 756

Excelcius⁷⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: T Mullins

50/1

Fairly useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Sixth of 16 in handicap (18/1) at this course (12f, soft) 70 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form:

Fields Of Dreams²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: K C Sexton| T: G Elliott

50/1

Fairly useful winner at 8f on flat. First run since leaving Roger Charlton when fell in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy, 22/1) on NH debut 21 days ago. Likely to do better at some point.

Form: F

Final Endeavour⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: M J Bolger| T: H Rogers

100/1

Fair Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Fifth of 18 in handicap at the Curragh (10f, heavy, 15/2) 50 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form:

Futurum Regem²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: H P Finegan| OR: 105

66/1

Fair hurdler. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, twelfth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f, 20/1) 24 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Back down in trip. Good on last hurdle outing.

Form: 9-26554

Gee Rex²¹

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

40/1

fairly useful winner at 11f on flat. 12/1, first run since leaving Joseph Patrick O'Brien when seventh of 19 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy) on NH debut 21 days ago

Form: 7

Get My Drift^t1³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: J S McGarvey| T: M F Morris

9/2

Promising type. 14/1, third of 9 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) 36 days ago. Open to further improvement in a first-time tongue strap, so likely to be thereabouts.

Form: 33

Hurricane Cliff⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

7/2

Fairly useful Flat winner. Promising sort. Fairly useful winner at 9f on flat. 10/3, second of 16 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) on NH debut 55 days ago. Likely to improve, so big player.

Form: 2

Ideal Pal^t¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: D J Hand⁽⁷⁾| T: M Mulvany

33/1

Fairly useful winner at 10f on flat. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, fifth of 19 in novice hurdle (4/1) at Naas (16f, heavy) on NH debut 12 days ago.

Form: 5

Irish Poseidon¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Sean Flanagan| T: M J Smith

5/1

Fairly useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. 9/4, won 14-runner handicap at Dundalk (12f) 10 days ago, forging clear. Interesting hurdling newcomer.

Form:

Jody Ted¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: M P Fogarty| T: E Griffin

150/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 66/1, sixth of 9 in bumper at Punchestown (16.4f, heavy) on bumper debut 15 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Must improve.

Form: 46

Landa Beach³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: D F O'Regan| T: L P Cusack| D

33/1

Promising individual. 125/1, second of 13 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.8f, heavy) 30 days ago. Should have further improvement in him.

Form: 02

Lariat¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness

100/1

Fair Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. 11¼ lengths seventh of 14 to Irish Poseidon in handicap at Dundalk (12f, 22/1) 10 days ago.

Form:

Micro Manage¹⁰⁴

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

1/1

Smart Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. 15½ lengths seventh of 8 to Search For A Song in Irish St Leger (8/1) at the Curragh (14f, good to soft). Should take the beating.

Form:

Morph^p1³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: C J Orr⁽³⁾| T: J Magnier| OR: 102

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 14/1, creditable fourth of 13 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 34 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. Needs a lot more to get competitive.

Form: 0-444

Mater Matuta^h²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: J J Slevin| T: E D Delany

300/1

Fair Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. 300/1 and hood on for 1st time in this code, fifteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) 28 days ago.

Form: 80

Mighty Meggsie^h²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: P D Kennedy| T: Mrs J Harrington

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 28/1, fourth of 17 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) on hurdles bow 28 days ago. May well do better, so not totally discounted.

Form: 2254

Non-Runners

Purdey's Gift²⁹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: Jack Kennedy

Five Helmets²¹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: G P Cromwell J: Reserve 1

Klickity Klopp

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: J P Dempsey J: Reserve 2

Junior Bee

Weight: 11-2| Age: 4

T: J M Burke J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Micro Manage (1/1), Hurricane Cliff (7/2), Get My Drift (9/2), Irish Poseidon (5/1), Purdey's Gift (10/1), Mighty Meggsie (22/1), Ideal Pal (33/1), Landa Beach (33/1), Gee Rex (40/1), Excelcius (50/1), Fields Of Dreams (50/1), Futurum Regem (66/1), Morph (66/1), Copia Verborum (100/1), Lariat (100/1), Final Endeavour (100/1), Jody Ted (150/1), Clifftop (150/1), Colonel Slade (200/1), Mater Matuta (300/1)

MICRO MANAGE showed plenty of class on the Flat and hurdling has likely always been the long-term plan with him given connections, so he makes obvious appeal having his first go in this sphere. Hurricane Cliff is a threat on the back of a promising hurdling debut and Get My Drift shouldn't be ruled out with further improvement on the cards.

MICRO MANAGE (IRE)
HURRICANE CLIFF (IRE)
GET MY DRIFT (FR)

Previous Winners

2019

Cedarwood Road

Weight: 11-7 |Age: 4

J: D N Russell | T: G O'Loughlin

7/1

Prize Money

1st: €7,200.002nd: €2,400.003rd: €1,200.004th: €599.005th: €360.006th: €240.00