14:20 Thurles

Thursday 21 October 2021

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Thurles Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:21 | Winning time: 3m 58.6s

Hollymount^h¹⁷⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott

6/5

Well-bred mare who fetched £300,000 having won on debut at Carlisle in December. Disappointed on yard debut at Leopardstown but offered more on final start at Punchestown. Big player on hurdling bow.

Form: 186-

Powerful Out⁶⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: D F O'Regan| T: J E Kiely| OR: 103| BF| D

13/8

Fair hurdler who got back on track when fourth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16.7f, good) 69 days ago. Likely contender.

Form: 9-53304

Sulafaat¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

66/1

Making GB/IRE jumps debut. First run since leaving Rebecca Menzies when fourteenth of 15 in handicap (80/1) at this C&D (good to soft) 14 days ago.

Form:

Choral Work⁴⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: D J McInerney| T: Miss Ellmarie Holden

40/1

Fair Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Seventh of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (12.2f, 9/2). Off 14 months. First run for yard after leaving William Haggas.

Form:

Matilda With Me¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: J J Slevin| T: R Sweeney

80/1

Fair Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Tenth of 15 in handicap (8/1) at Killarney (11.2f, soft) 19 days ago.

Form:

Kind Of Loving^t²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

200/1

Making GB/IRE jumps debut. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, thirteenth of 14 in handicap (66/1) at Dundalk (12f) 27 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code.

Form:

Princess Sophia²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Danny Mullins| T: Ms M Mullins

7/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 11/1, second of 18 in bumper at Listowel (16f, good) 27 days ago, no match for winner. Enters calculations on hurdles debut.

Form: 4-32

Sceptred Isle^t1²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D P Dunne

33/1

Once-raced maiden. 28/1, first run since leaving Henry Candy when seventh of 14 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, good) on NH debut 20 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Should progress.

Form: 7

Siobhans Pride^t⁶¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: D Robinson| T: H De Bromhead

33/1

Once-raced maiden. 14/1 and tongue strap on, eighth of 16 in novice hurdle at Killarney (16.4f, good) on NH debut 61 days ago.

Form: 8

Bruinneall²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: P E Corbett| T: T Cleary

250/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 250/1, eighth of 11 in minor event at Listowel (14f, good) 27 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. 9/14 on last hurdle outing.

Form: 8P9

Innisfree Beauty⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: C J Orr| T: Ciaran Murphy

100/1

First run since leaving Eric McNamara when eighth of 9 in bumper at Punchestown (16.3f, good, 12/1) on bumper debut 9 days ago broke blood vessel). Returns to hurdling.

Form: 088

Lighthouse Lady^p⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: E Kent| OR: 95

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable sixth of 18 in handicap hurdle (15/2) at Cork (19f, good to soft) 4 days ago. Likely to be in mix again.

Form: 0-026

Long Wood^h⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-1| J: H Morgan⁽³⁾| T: P Breen

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. 250/1, first run since leaving Kieran Purcell when tenth of 17 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, good to soft) 8 days ago.

Form: 0-0

Nicola's Fancy¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon

200/1

Making GB/IRE jumps debut. First run since leaving I. Madden when twelfth of 14 in handicap at this course (12.4f, good to soft, 28/1) 14 days ago.

Form:

No Reaction⁶⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: R J McGrath

50/1

8/1, bit below form fifth of 9 in bumper at Tramore (16f, soft) 67 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 3435-05

Only For Jenny^h²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: C A Landers| T: Aengus King

250/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Hooded for 1st time, ninth of 15 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Gowran (16f, good) on hurdles bow 20 days ago.

Form: 60PP/0-9

Non-Runners

Kilbarry Chianti²¹

Weight: 11-3| Age: 4

T: C O'Keeffe J: Reserve 1

What Can You Do⁷

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: M A Daly J: Reserve 2

Miss Fanta²¹

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: S Byrne J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Hollymount (6/5), Powerful Out (13/8), Kilbarry Chianti (7/2), Princess Sophia (7/2), Lighthouse Lady (9/1), Siobhans Pride (33/1), Sceptred Isle (33/1), Choral Work (40/1), No Reaction (50/1), Sulafaat (66/1), Miss Fanta (66/1), Matilda With Me (80/1), Innisfree Beauty (100/1), What Can You Do (100/1), Kind Of Loving (200/1), Nicola's Fancy (200/1), Long Wood (250/1), Bruinneall (250/1), Only For Jenny (250/1)

Fairly-useful bumper scorer HOLLYMOUNT is related to plenty of winners in this sphere and can make a successful debut. Powerful Out and Lighthouse Lady should also go well.