13:50 Leopardstown

Monday 8 March 2021

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TRI Equestrian Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 13:51 | Winning time: 4m 4.4s

Any Day Now¹¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: J J Slevin| T: E Cawley

250/1

Well held both starts in maiden hurdles.

Form: 98

Blackstair Rocco⁸⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Brian Hayes| T: E Mullins

4/1

Shirocco gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler New Age Dawning and fairly useful hurdler Higgs, stays 21f. Placed in points at third attempt last time (Dec 13).

Form: PP2

Cotteemcavennigoal⁷²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: D J Hand⁽⁷⁾| T: S Crawley

9/2

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 200/1, first run since leaving Kim Bailey when eighth of 20 in maiden hurdle at this C&D (good to soft) on hurdles bow 72 days ago.

Form: 5-8

Don Magnifica³⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Richard Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy

11/1

Modest in bumpers and some promise when down the field on hurdling debut. Went as if amiss last time but retains some potential.

Form: 86/040-

Drummer¹⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

100/1

Modest maiden on the Flat and well held in two bumpers back in 2019.

Form: 89-

Edison Kent⁷⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: R M Power| T: Mrs J Harrington

22/1

Showed a bit on hurdling bow but pulled up last time.

Form: 8P

Elite Charboniere^t⁹²

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

4/6

Is perhaps not the easiest to train but showed improved form when fourth of 20 in maiden hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy, 13/2) in December, not knocked about. Open to further progress.

Form: 5190/7-4

Given Wings

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: P J Carberry| T: A McNamara

33/1

Califet gelding. Half-brother to fair 2m hurdle winner The Brassmoulder, stays 2½m.

Form:

No Logic^t⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell

300/1

250/1 and tongue strap on, sixteenth of 20 in maiden hurdle at Naas (15.5f, soft) on NH debut 8 days ago.

Form: P0

Skol¹⁵²

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

40/1

Attracted support though dropped away quickly in maiden bumper at Galway in October. Related to plenty of winners and may be seen in a better light now hurdling.

Form: 7

The Virginian⁵⁶⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: J S McGarvey| T: P Roche

14/1

Fair form in trio of maidens on Flat, best effort at 1¼m. Has left G. M. Lyons ahead of hurdle debut.

Form:

William Wolf^t⁷⁸⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: G Hussey

300/1

No sign of ability in bumper/maiden hurdles in 2018/19.

Form: 0000/

Cnogba

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: C J Orr⁽³⁾| T: P Downey

80/1

Court Cave mare. Dam, unraced, half-sister to useful hurdler (stayed 3m) College Daisy.

Form:

Queen Jenny⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

300/1

Showed nothing when well held in maiden hurdle at Punchestown last week.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

Don Diablo²³

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: G Elliott J: Jack Kennedy

Glentruan¹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: P Neville J: Gary Noonan

Maybenextyear

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: P Stafford J: A W Short

Forecasts

Elite Charboniere (4/6), Don Diablo (7/4), Blackstair Rocco (4/1), Cotteemcavennigoal (9/2), Don Magnifica (11/1), The Virginian (14/1), Edison Kent (22/1), Given Wings (33/1), Maybenextyear (33/1), Glentruan (33/1), Skol (40/1), Cnogba (80/1), Drummer (100/1), Any Day Now (250/1), William Wolf (300/1), No Logic (300/1), Queen Jenny (300/1)

DON DIABLO and Elite Charboniere stand out. Don Diablo bettered his fair bumper form at the first attempt over hurdles when runner-up at Naas last month and, with the performance backed up by the clock, he edges the vote. Elite Charboniere returned with a fine run in a Cork race that has proven to be really good form and won't be far away. Point recruit Blackstair Rocco is worth a market check.