13:00 Tramore

Thursday 14 October 2021

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www.tramoreraces.ie Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:01 | Winning time: 4m 0.40s

Gaelic Des Chastys¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: A Donoghue| OR: 91

5/2

Remains a maiden after 8 hurdle runs but posted creditable fourth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.9f, good) 14 days ago. Likely to continue in form.

Form: 677-P04

Hans Gruber^h,t⁹⁰

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

10/1

Modest in bumpers and showed an aptitude for hurdling in a first-time hood and tongue tie when sixth of 14 in 2m maiden at Kilbeggan (good, 20/1) 90 days ago.

Form: 4-86

Mister Rocket Man⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Ninth of 16 in maiden hurdle at Killarney (16.4f, good, 150/1) 54 days ago, not knocked about. Open to progress.

Form: 0F9

Pope Liam^t1²²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: M Hamill⁽³⁾| T: W J Burke

33/1

Modest form in bumpers and similar form over hurdles, not given at all a hard time when seventh of 13 in maiden at Listowel (16f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 40-0097

Rathgearan^t⁶²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Danny Mullins| T: A Mullins

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, good fourth of 12 in bumper at this course (16.7f, good, 6/1) 62 days ago. Makes hurdles debut and one to consider.

Form: 759-4

Steelers Appeal⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: N T Prendergast⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss E McCutcheon

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. First run since leaving M. J. Tynan when seventh of 17 in maiden hurdle (200/1) at Galway (19.1f, heavy) on hurdles bow 9 days ago.

Form: 3P/PP-F7

Young Fitzy^h³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: D Queally

11/4

Ran to a similar level as on hurdling debut when sixth of 19 in maiden at Galway (16.6f, good) 38 days ago.

Form: P60-666

Eternal Story¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: T M Walsh

4/1

Offered something to work on when sixth on Navan hurdling debut in September and matched that form back in a bumper when fourth at Roscommon 17 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 964

Saved By The River^t¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: J Nash

40/1

Showed a bit more than on hurdles debut when fifth of 14 in maiden at Gowran (16f, good) 13 days ago.

Form: 09705

Brog Ban Espana¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: D F O'Regan| T: G Elliott

25/1

Down the field in bumpers and considerately handled when a well-beaten fourth of 14 in maiden at Roscommon (20f, good) on hurdles bow 17 days ago. Should do better in time.

Form: 474

O Mio Babbino²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: Patrick Cronin

200/1

Tailed off in bumper/2 maiden hurdles.

Form: 0300

She Is A Contender²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Simon Torrens| T: J C McConnell

7/1

Showed ability when fourth of 8 in novice hurdle at Perth (20.2f, good to soft) 22 days ago, paying price for big move into contention. Down in trip and worth considering.

Form: 4/1-874

Swift Sonnet^t1⁷⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Kevin A Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: N Slevin| OR: 87

66/1

Modest maiden on Flat and just poor form over hurdles to date.

Form: 788-0

Whatcoloristhewind¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: J S McGarvey| T: G Elliott

40/1

Well held in bumper/maiden hurdles.

Form: 0-89

Non-Runners

Naomh Moling¹³

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: J O Clifford J: J J Slevin

Forecasts

Gaelic Des Chastys (5/2), Young Fitzy (11/4), Eternal Story (4/1), She Is A Contender (7/1), Rathgearan (10/1), Hans Gruber (10/1), Brog Ban Espana (25/1), Steelers Appeal (25/1), Pope Liam (33/1), Mister Rocket Man (40/1), Saved By The River (40/1), Whatcoloristhewind (40/1), Swift Sonnet (66/1), Naomh Moling (66/1), O Mio Babbino (200/1)

Cases can be made for quite a few but ETERNAL STORY rates the likeliest winner having shown clear ability when sixth in an interesting maiden at Navan in September. She Is A Contender and fair bumper performer Rathgearan are considered the main threats.