15:00 Cork

Thursday 25 March 2021

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corkracecourse.ie Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 5m 7.8s

Dr Shirocco²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: C A Landers⁽⁵⁾| T: A Slattery

10/1

Twice-raced maiden. 16/1, fourth of 13 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy) 20 days ago. Needs another step forward.

Form: 375384

Glentruan^h,t¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: P Neville

6/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Very good eighth of 16 in novice hurdle (40/1) at Leopardstown (20f, good) 18 days ago. Hood back on and he can't be ruled out.

Form: 87-P38

Hucklebuck^h1¹³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: D E Mullins| T: J Hurley

33/1

€28,000 3-y-o, Doyen gelding. Dam winning pointer. Wears hood. Bred to be no back number but market can guide.

Form: 56

Stow's Pearl^t¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: N Brett

125/1

Tongue strap on, fourteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, heavy, 150/1) on NH debut 11 days ago. Lots more required.

Form: 0

Twelve Olympians^b1⁸²

Age: 10| Weight: 12-0| J: I J Power| T: V Clifford

250/1

Seventh of 8 in novice hurdle (200/1) at this course (24f, heavy) on NH debut 82 days ago. Blinkered for 1st time with plenty to find.

Form: 7

Wats Up Dock^h¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Una Corcoran

300/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 250/1 and hooded for 1st time, fifteenth of 17 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good) 17 days ago. Up in trip but hard to warm to.

Form: 0-00

Barefoot Man⁶⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr Darragh Allen⁽⁷⁾| T: T O'Brien

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. Sixteenth of 20 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Punchestown (16.1f, heavy) 67 days ago. Up in trip with work to do.

Form: 00

Griffith Park²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Ricky Doyle| T: G Scott

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. Well held when unseating rider in novice hurdle (300/1) at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) 26 days ago. Others much preferred.

Form: 0U

Mahler Appeal²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: B J Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: G J Power

50/1

Tenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20f, heavy, 100/1) on NH debut 24 days ago. Lots more required if he's to figure here.

Form: 0

The Greek²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Keith Donoghue| T: Mrs D Foster

6/5

Leading Light gelding who made promising start over hurdles when second of 13 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy) 20 days ago. Very much the one to beat.

Form: 852

Cronebane Gold^t²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Slevin| T: R P Rath

125/1

Tongue strap on, ninth of 14 in novice hurdle (66/1) at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy) on NH debut 20 days ago. Plenty to find.

Form: P-9

Dukes Mill^t²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S Aherne

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Excellent third of 14 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy, 14/1) 20 days ago. Tongue strap back on and holds solid place claims again.

Form: 0-07653

Emily Roebling²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: G Kelleher

9/4

Encouraging third on hurdling debut in 3m Cork maiden but failed to build on it when sixth at Punchestown earlier in the month. May still do better.

Form: 2/3-1936

Bothar Tara

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: D P Holden⁽⁷⁾| T: S G Walsh

50/1

€2,500 3-y-o, Kayf Tara mare. Others appeal more.

Form:

One Horse Army²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: P Roche

25/1

Thirteenth of 16 in juvenile hurdle (14/1) at Gowran (16f, heavy) on NH debut 23 days ago. Up in trip with lots more required.

Form: 0

Time Budget

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: M Hamill⁽³⁾| T: B J Hallahan

66/1

Jet Away mare. Dam unraced half-sister to fair hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 2½m) Taipan's Way. Faces no easy introduction. RESERVE

Form:

Non-Runners

Cahirmee²⁴

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: B O'Keeffe J: Mr W T Cronin

It's Time Again

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: David Barry J: Reserve 1

Clondaw Precedent³¹

Weight: 11-13| Age: 5

T: J J Hanlon J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

The Greek (6/5), Emily Roebling (9/4), Glentruan (6/1), Dukes Mill (8/1), Clondaw Precedent (8/1), Dr Shirocco (10/1), One Horse Army (25/1), It's Time Again (25/1), Hucklebuck (33/1), Bothar Tara (50/1), Mahler Appeal (50/1), Cahirmee (66/1), Time Budget (66/1), Griffith Park (100/1), Stow's Pearl (125/1), Cronebane Gold (125/1), Barefoot Man (150/1), Twelve Olympians (250/1), Wats Up Dock (300/1)

THE GREEK shaped really well when runner-up on his recent hurdling bow at Fairyhouse and is confidently expected to go one better. Dukes Mill rates the chief threat on the back of her fine Fairyhouse third with Glentruan also worth considering for place purposes.