14:55 Thurles

Thursday 4 November 2021

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:55 | Winning time: 5m 48.70s

Caesar Rock¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Phillip Enright| T: M F Morris| BF

10/3

Lightly-raced maiden. Respectable third of 12 in novice hurdle at Wexford (20f, heavy, 11/4) 10 days ago.

Form: 6454-3

City Limits^t⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 106

25/1

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 15 hurdle runs. Bit below form ninth of 16 in novice hurdle at Listowel (24f, good to soft, 28/1) 46 days ago. Rejoined yard after leaving Gearoid Patrick Brouder.

Form: 5/432-09

Futurum Regem¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: H P Finegan| OR: 102

16/1

Fair hurdler. 33/1, bit below form fifth of 22 in handicap at Navan (14f, soft) 15 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 5540-34

Highland Sting¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan

17/2

Promising sort. Second of 7 in novice hurdle (18/1) at Sligo (25.7f, soft) on NH debut 13 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 2

Idas Boy³⁵⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: B J Cooper| T: N Meade

8/11

£155,000 buy after a point win. Third of 14 in minor event hurdle at Punchestown (21.6f, heavy, 7/2) on hurdles bow. Off 11 months. Stable in good form.

Form: P12/23-

Ingenious Stroke³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

5/1

Point winner. Fourth of 17 in novice hurdle at Galway (19.1f, heavy, 5/2) on NH debut 30 days ago. Up in trip. Open to progress.

Form: 61-4

Keeffelee¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss J M Lee

250/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 200/1, seventh of 10 in bumper at Cork (19f, good) 18 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Back up in trip.

Form: 7P-PP67

Steelers Appeal²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: N T Prendergast⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss E McCutcheon

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 25/1, eleventh of 14 in novice hurdle at Tramore (16f, good) 21 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: P/PP-F70

Time Marches On¹⁸⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: D F O'Regan| T: J Motherway

12/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fourth of 25 in bumper at Punchestown (18f, good to soft, 11/1). Off 6 months. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip.

Form: 24-

Worth Presenting⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: D Duggan| OR: 94

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Ninth of 18 in novice hurdle (33/1) at Listowel (20f, good) 41 days ago.

Form: 3-54039

Belville Babe¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Patrick Michael O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell

250/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, tenth of 13 in novice hurdle at Galway (21.4f, heavy) 11 days ago.

Form: 700

Non-Runners

Wall Of Fame⁴⁶

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: G Elliott J: Jack Kennedy

Aikenbreakinheart¹¹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: D Queally J: D L Queally

Western Lad⁴⁶

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: J J Hanlon J: Shane Fenelon

Forecasts

Idas Boy (8/11), Caesar Rock (10/3), Ingenious Stroke (5/1), Wall Of Fame (13/2), Highland Sting (17/2), Time Marches On (12/1), Aikenbreakinheart (14/1), Futurum Regem (16/1), City Limits (25/1), Worth Presenting (66/1), Western Lad (100/1), Steelers Appeal (150/1), Belville Babe (250/1), Keeffelee (250/1)

IDAS BOY fetched six figures after his point win and made a promising start over hurdles when third at Punchestown a year ago. He's been off the track since but returns with his yard in form and he looks the way to go. Ingenious Stroke and Highland Sting are also likely to improve and are feared most.