13:40 Navan

Saturday 6 March 2021

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Kells Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 4m 8.9s

Absolute One Right³³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: E O'Connell⁽⁵⁾| T: V C Ward

250/1

Making GB/IRE jumps debut. Ninth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (12f, 100/1) 33 days ago. Hard to fancy.

Form:

Barncroft

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

16/5

€105,000 3-y-o, Getaway gelding. Half-brother to fair 23f hurdle winner Big Difference and bumper winner Roque It. Very much one to note on debut.

Form:

Bergentown

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Brian Hayes| T: P Fenton

80/1

Policy Maker gelding. Dam unraced. Not much to recommend him on paper.

Form:

Blue Gale Five⁴⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: G Donnelly

200/1

Making GB/IRE jumps debut. 100/1, thirteenth of 14 in maiden at Dundalk (7f). Off 14 months.

Form:

Boothen Boy

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott

10/1

Getaway gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner/fairly useful chaser Equus Dancer, stays 2¾m. Dam (h122) placed numerous times over hurdles (stayed 2½m). Notable newcomer.

Form:

Born To Rule¹⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Donagh Meyler| T: T Hogan

28/1

Fair maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Tenth of 15 in maiden (33/1) at Leopardstown (10f, soft). Others preferred.

Form:

Clever Currency^t¹⁷

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

300/1

Poor maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. Seventh of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (12f, 50/1) 17 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. 8/14 on last hurdle run.

Form: 8

Cobb And Co^t1¹⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: A W Short| T: P Stafford

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 8 in juvenile hurdle at Punchestown (16.1f, soft, 125/1) 144 days ago. First run for yard after leaving M. C. Grassick. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 067

Hisdaywillcome^h¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr R Sugrue⁽⁷⁾| T: T Cooper

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. Hooded for 1st time, seventh of 14 in juvenile hurdle (200/1) at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) 12 days ago.

Form: P7

Hisnameis Mrdevitt⁶⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: K C Sexton| T: Peter Fahey

50/1

Once-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 8f on flat. First run since leaving J. J. Feane when eleventh of 18 in juvenile hurdle (80/1) at Leopardstown (16f, soft) on NH debut 69 days ago.

Form: 0

Ilmig⁶⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: R M Power| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 114| C

10/11

Fairly useful Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. 9/2, third of 18 in juvenile hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, soft) 69 days ago. Sets a solid standard.

Form: 253

Little Mixup

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

25/1

Shirocco gelding. Dam, unraced, closely related to smart hurdler (2m-3m winner) Kilfenora out of fairly useful hurdler (2m-2¼m winner) Blazing Liss, also multiple bumper winner.

Form:

Na Caith Tobac¹²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Eoin G Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: P W Flynn| C

18/1

Fair Flat winner. Once-raced maiden over hurdles. 25/1, third of 4 in juvenile hurdle at Down Royal (16.4f, heavy) on NH debut 126 days ago. Plenty of improvement required.

Form: 3

Nazine

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: B Browne⁽³⁾| T: M J McDonagh

50/1

Raven's Pass gelding. Dam 8.6f-1¼m winner. Hard to make a case for on paper.

Form:

Palace Rock²²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: D F O'Regan| T: Francis Casey

11/4

Fairly useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Won 14-runner maiden (11/1) at Dundalk (12f) 22 days ago, well on top finish. Interesting hurdling newcomer if he takes to it.

Form:

Speak Now¹¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Ricky Doyle| T: B W Duke

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Seventh of 8 in juvenile hurdle at Punchestown (16.8f, heavy, 66/1) on NH debut 112 days ago.

Form: 7

Champagne Secret

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: I J Power| T: J R Barry

66/1

Morpheus filly. Half-sister to 4f-6f winner Two Shots of Happy. Dam, 1¼m winner who stayed 1½m, half-sister to British/Irish 2000 Guineas winner Cockney Rebel, 6f winner at 2 yrs.

Form:

Miss Adventurous¹²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: B J Cooper| T: T Cooper

150/1

Modest maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Second of 18 in handicap at the Curragh (7f, heavy, 20/1). A lot on is plate now switched to hurdling.

Form:

Swift Sonnet^h⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: C J Orr⁽³⁾| T: N Slevin

150/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. 66/1 and hooded for 1st time, seventh of 16 in juvenile hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) on NH debut 4 days ago.

Form: 7

Non-Runners

Dreamsrmadeofthis

Weight: 11-2| Age: 4

T: E Bolger J: Mark Walsh

Forecasts

Ilmig (10/11), Palace Rock (11/4), Barncroft (16/5), Dreamsrmadeofthis (7/1), Boothen Boy (10/1), Na Caith Tobac (18/1), Little Mixup (25/1), Born To Rule (28/1), Nazine (50/1), Hisnameis Mrdevitt (50/1), Champagne Secret (66/1), Bergentown (80/1), Hisdaywillcome (100/1), Speak Now (150/1), Swift Sonnet (150/1), Miss Adventurous (150/1), Cobb And Co (200/1), Blue Gale Five (200/1), Absolute One Right (250/1), Clever Currency (300/1)

Newcomer BARNCROFT might peak over further in time but he may well have enough ability to make a winning start in a race where the bar isn't set all that high. His stablemate Boothen Boy, who also makes his debut, could pose the main threat, while Ilmig has achieved the most over hurdles to this point.