13:45 Downpatrick

Friday 8 October 2021

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Randox Health Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:45 | Winning time: 4m 57.8s

Alexharwill²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: R P Treacy| T: L Young| OR: 93

5/1

Modest hurdler. Remains a maiden after 9 hurdle runs. 7/2, creditable third of 14 in handicap hurdle at this course (17.8f, soft) 21 days ago, well positioned.

Form: 754223

Dads Lad²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Danny Mullins| T: W P Mullins

9/2

Respectable sixth of 20 in bumper at Navan (15.8f, good, 4/1) 20 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 23/23-76

Good Morning Utah

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: D F O'Regan| T: G Elliott

11/1

Crillon gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler Baoulet Delaroque and Ultima de Laroque. Boothen Boy is presumably the stable first-string.

Form:

Aghinagh¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: L P Dempsey| T: G O'Leary

100/1

Twice-raced maiden under Rules. Unseated rider in novice hurdle (125/1) at Roscommon (15.4f, good) on hurdles bow 11 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 8U

Boothen Boy¹⁹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

4/5

Promising sort. Off 6 months. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. The one to beat judged on hurdles debut second at Navan in March.

Form: 25-

Derracrin^h⁷²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: W P Mullins

11/2

Twice-raced maiden. Hooded for 1st time, fifth of 16 in bumper at Galway (16.5f, good to soft, 7/1) 72 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 35

Duffys Hodey¹³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. Ninth of 16 in novice hurdle at Tipperary (16f, heavy, 40/1) 136 days ago, not knocked about.

Form: 7-99

Top Basanta²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin

200/1

Once-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 19 in novice hurdle at Navan (15.8f, good, 80/1) on NH debut 20 days ago.

Form: 0

Lough Swilly Pearl^h⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: J S McGarvey| T: N C Kelly

150/1

Once-raced maiden. 50/1 and hood on for 1st time in this code, saddle slipped when pulled up in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, good) on NH debut 7 days ago.

Form: P

Forecasts

Boothen Boy (4/5), Dads Lad (9/2), Alexharwill (5/1), Derracrin (11/2), Good Morning Utah (11/1), Duffys Hodey (50/1), Aghinagh (100/1), Lough Swilly Pearl (150/1), Top Basanta (200/1)

BOOTHEN BOY is the clear pick judged on his debut second in a Navan maiden hurdle in March. He failed to make much of an impact in a listed bumper at Limerick later that month, but improvement should be forthcoming back in this sphere. Stablemate Good Morning Utah needs a second look in the betting, but Boothen Boy may have most to fear from the Willie Mullins-trained duo, Derracrin and Dads Lad.