12:30 Leopardstown

Saturday 26 December 2020

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Thorntons Recycling Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:31 | Winning time: 3m 58.40s

Cotteemcavennigoal³⁹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: D J Hand⁽⁷⁾| T: S Crawley

200/1

Once-raced maiden. Fifth of 7 in bumper at Huntingdon (13.7f, soft, 9/2) on NH debut, lost all chance at start. Off 13 months. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving Kim Bailey.

Form: 5-

Dalileo²³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: B J Cooper| T: R O'Neill| C| D

150/1

Fairly useful winner at 17f on flat. 250/1, first run since leaving John Patrick Murtagh when ninth of 12 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (19f, heavy) on NH debut 23 days ago. Hard to fancy.

Form: 9

Decimation⁵⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| BF

9/2

Promising type. 4/6, second of 14 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.7f, soft) 58 days ago. Open to improvement, so looks the chief threat to El Barra.

Form: 22

El Barra³⁷

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

11/8

Ex-pointer who won 8-runner bumper at Thurles (16f, soft) on NH debut 37 days ago, hard held. Looks highly talented, so every chance he can make a winning hurdling debut.

Form: 2/1

Fredastare⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: A J Martin

250/1

Once-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 20 in novice hurdle (33/1) at Navan (16f, heavy) on NH debut 8 days ago.

Form: 0

Hallowed Star¹⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon| BF| D

50/1

Fairly useful winner at 16f in bumpers. Creditable second of 7 (6/4) at Galway (16.7f, soft) 148 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 53-12

He's Ok⁶⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Smith| BF

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 9/2 and hooded for 1st time, respectable fourth of 18 in novice hurdle at Thurles (16f, good). Off 21 months. First run for yard after leaving Timothy Doyle.

Form: 603F4/

Il Courra⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: C W J Farrell| D

33/1

Fairly useful winner at 16f in bumpers. 7/2, fourth of 7 in bumper at Punchestown (16.8f, heavy) 42 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 3FF-214

Kings Halo²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: D F O'Regan| T: J Dullea

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. 5/1, eighth of 18 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 20 days ago. Firmly up against it.

Form: U3-38

M C Muldoon⁸⁰⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

7/2

Useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Thirteenth of 14 in handicap at York (10.2f, soft, 20/1). Off over 2 years. First run for yard after leaving Peter Chapple-Hyam. One to note.

Form:

Presto^t¹³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan| D

28/1

Useful bumper/Flat winner who has been below form in the latter sphere recently. Still ranks as an interesting newcomer to hurdling.

Form: 1-

Snake Oil⁹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: M J Bolger| T: B Connell| D

20/1

Promising hurdling debut before winning 10-runner bumper (3/1) at Listowel (16f, good) on bumper debut 97 days ago, kept up to work. Not dismissed back in this sphere.

Form: 61

Wide Receiver^t³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 130| BF| D

3/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 5/6, creditable second of 11 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy) 34 days ago. Latest form boosted, so should give another good account.

Form: 126-232

Annie Kate²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Mrs J Harrington

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 11/1, fifth of 14 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.2f, heavy) 23 days ago. Unlikely to feature.

Form: 646-F5

Bennystiara

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: H Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead

80/1

Kayf Tara mare. Dam (h119), 2m hurdle winner (stayed 2½m), half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/fair chaser (stayed 2½m) Glibin. Betting should help guide to expectations.

Form:

Lady Heath⁸⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: C J Orr⁽³⁾| T: L Fowler| D

50/1

Fairly useful winner at 16f in bumpers. 31¾ lengths ninth of 13 to Purple Mountain in listed bumper (7/1) at Gowran (16f, good to soft) 85 days ago. Bred to take to hurdling.

Form: 14-29

Largy Princess²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 20/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, respectable fifth of 11 in novice hurdle at Kelso (20.9f, heavy) 20 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 2/5239-5

Melburnian⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Robbie Colgan| T: A J Martin| C

80/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. 11/4, third of 17 in handicap at this course (10f, soft) 63 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 06/U-

Moonshot²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: P E Corbett| T: S R B Crawford

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Creditable third of 18 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft, 40/1) 28 days ago. Needs to do more.

Form: 2/83F-03

Sketrick²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: J M Moore| T: S R B Crawford

250/1

Once-raced maiden. 150/1, ninth of 18 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy) on NH debut 21 days ago.

Form: 43/14P9

Non-Runners

Little Big Rocky¹⁸

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: P Downey J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

El Barra (11/8), Wide Receiver (3/1), M C Muldoon (7/2), Decimation (9/2), Snake Oil (20/1), Presto (28/1), Il Courra (33/1), Hallowed Star (50/1), He's Ok (50/1), Lady Heath (50/1), Moonshot (50/1), Bennystiara (80/1), Melburnian (80/1), Annie Kate (80/1), Dalileo (150/1), Little Big Rocky (150/1), Cotteemcavennigoal (200/1), Largy Princess (200/1), Fredastare (250/1), Kings Halo (250/1), Sketrick (250/1)

An expensive recruit from points, EL BARRA looked a top prospect when winning a bumper at Thurles with any amount in hand, so he's well fancied to make a successful transition to hurdling before moving up in grade.