14:45 Downpatrick

Sunday 21 March 2021

All14:1014:4515:1715:4716:2216:5217:22

Randox Rated Hurdle

  • 5YO plus  |   2m 2f 165y  |   Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places)  |   10 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:45  |   Winning time: 4m 32.6s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
1
Horse silk
Mitchouka14
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-13| J: Ben Harvey(7)| T: G O'Loughlin| OR:  129
9/2
Useful chaser. Career best when winning 14-runner handicap chase (10/3) at Leopardstown (21.4f, good) 14 days ago. Respected now back over timber.
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2
Horse silk
French Lightt7
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-12| J: Mr J J O'Neill(7)| T: Keri Brion| OR:  128| D
7/2
Fairly useful hurdler who wasn't disgraced in minor event at Naas (15.3f, heavy, 12/1) 7 days ago. Back up in trip.
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3
Horse silk
Rasiym177
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-11| J: T Ryan(5)| T: E J O'Grady| OR:  127
11/1
Ran creditably back over timber when fourth of 14 in handicap at Listowel (16f, soft, 40/1) in September.
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4
Horse silk
Pure Genius42
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-10| J: Mark Walsh| T: T M Walsh| OR:  126| BF
11/4
Won maiden hurdle at Punchestown in January before shaping better than the distance beaten suggests on Leopardstown handicap debut. Drops in trip here and remains one to be positive about.
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Timeform
5
Horse silk
Tronadorp279
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-9| J: Jordan Gainford(7)| T: Mrs D Foster| OR:  125
22/1
Lightly-raced winner over hurdles who shaped better than the result in in Fred Winter Juvenile final start last season. Ran poorly back on the Flat in June but remains open to progress as a hurdler.
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Timeform
6
Horse silk
Dollys Destination142
Age: 8|  Weight: 11-8| J: Simon Torrens(5)| T: Gary McGill| OR:  124| CD
22/1
Fairly useful hurdler. C&D winner in August. Stiff task when 19½ lengths fourth of 6 to Aspire Tower in WKD Hurdle at Down Royal (16.4f, soft) 142 days ago.
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7
Horse silk
Bold Enough170
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-4| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR:  119| BF
11/2
Lightly-raced winner over hurdles but has disappointed with his finishing effort on his last two starts.
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Timeform
Created a good impression when winning 16-runner maiden hurdle at Punchestown (16.2f, heavy) on hurdles bow 20 days ago, pushed out. More to come and has to be of interest.
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9
Horse silk
Flindt11
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR:  119
40/1
Scored at Fairyhouse in January but not at that level both subsequent starts, including in a first-time tongue tie last time.
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10
Horse silk
300/1
Shaped as if amiss on hurdling debut in 2018 (for Nicky Henderson) and has run poorly all 3 starts on the Flat this year.
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Forecasts

Pure Genius (11/4), French Light (7/2), Mitchouka (9/2), Bold Enough (11/2), Coach Carter (11/2), Rasiym (11/1), Tronador (22/1), Dollys Destination (22/1), Flindt (40/1), True Companion (300/1)

Verdict

COACH CARTER created a good impression when scoring on his Punchestown hurdling debut, having come from an unpromising position, so he looks one to keep on the right side of. Pure Genius also needs viewing positively, with in-form chaser Mitchouka another to consider.

  1. COACH CARTER (IRE)
  2. PURE GENIUS (FR)
  3. MITCHOUKA (FR)

Previous Winners

2020
The Very Man
Weight: 11-9  |Age: 6
9/4

Prize Money

1st: €9,600.002nd: €3,200.003rd: €1,600.004th: €800.005th: €480.006th: €320.00

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