17:05 Kilbeggan

Friday 9 July 2021

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Follow Kilbeggan On Instagram Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:07 | Winning time: 4m 41.0s

Vermilion Cliffs^t³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: D G Hogan| T: D Hogan

5/1

Promising sort. Fairly useful winner at 11f on flat. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, third of 12 in novice hurdle at Wexford (16f, good to soft, 20/1) on NH debut 37 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 3

Aikenbreakinheart²²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: D G Whelan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Queally

25/1

Aiken gelding. Half-brother to point winner The Bolder Boy. Trainer going well.

Form: 97-

Dylan Lombardy³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: E McCarthy

33/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. First run since leaving James Andrew Fahey when eighth of 15 in novice hurdle (66/1) at Listowel (16f, good) on hurdles bow 32 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 7-8

Garde Des Champs^t⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr L J Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: D P Murphy

10/1

Once-raced maiden. 14/1 and tongue strap on, seventh of 14 in bumper at Cork (19f, good to soft) on NH debut 95 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 2247-4

Henry Star⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: P Fenton| OR: 104

5/2

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 7 hurdle runs. Respectable fifth of 10 in novice hurdle at Wexford (20.7f, good to soft, 9/2) 7 days ago.

Form: 834-7B5

Howishedizzy¹³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

50/1

Once-raced maiden. 150/1, fourteenth of 20 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.5f, soft) on NH debut 131 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 440-

Kemstar^p1,t²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: A W Short| T: D A McLoughlin

250/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 150/1, tenth of 14 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.2f, good) 28 days ago. Up in trip. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: P-00

Lanziano³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. 80/1, brought down in bumper at this course (16f, good to soft) 33 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip.

Form: 0-B

Mr Frontier

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: C A Landers⁽³⁾| T: Gary McGill

200/1

€2,500 3-y-o, Sans Frontieres gelding. Dam unraced.

Form:

Tadhg R Liam³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: P Cluskey

125/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Unseated rider in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.4f, good to soft, 100/1) on hurdles bow 39 days ago.

Form: DU

True Faith

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

3/1

€180,000 3-y-o, Milan gelding. Dam (c90/h90), French 19f-2½m chase winner, half-sister to very smart chaser (2m winner) Oiseau de Nuit and smart hurdler (2m-21f winner) Canardier. Likely type.

Form:

Bergentown⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: P Fenton| OR: 107

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Below form tenth of 23 in novice hurdle (66/1) at Punchestown (16.4f, soft) 41 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 040-00

First Shot

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: A McNamara

14/1

€5,500 3-y-o, Mahler gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler/chaser Final Nudge, stays 4¼m, and winning 3m hurdler Princesse Katie. Dam unraced.

Form:

Voice Of Hope³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 107

10/3

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable second of 14 in novice hurdle (5/1) at Tramore (16.6f, good to soft) 35 days ago.

Form: 6U-22

Non-Runners

The Holmeister³³

Weight: 11-6| Age: 7

T: M Hourigan J: Reserve 1

Under Suspicion³¹

Weight: 11-5| Age: 4

T: G Donnelly J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Henry Star (5/2), True Faith (3/1), Voice Of Hope (10/3), Vermilion Cliffs (5/1), Garde Des Champs (10/1), First Shot (14/1), Bergentown (18/1), Aikenbreakinheart (25/1), Dylan Lombardy (33/1), Under Suspicion (33/1), Howishedizzy (50/1), The Holmeister (50/1), Tadhg R Liam (125/1), Mr Frontier (200/1), Kemstar (250/1), Lanziano (250/1)

VERMILION CLIFFS was a fairly-useful winner on the Flat for Aidan O'Brien and he showed an aptitude for hurdling when third in a novice at Wexford. He should improve on that and gets the vote over Voice of Hope, who has been knocking on the door. True Faith makes plenty of appeal on paper so is a newcomer to note.