13:35 Thurles

Thursday 25 November 2021

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Thurles Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:35 | Winning time: 4m 2.1s

Call Me Rocky²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 111

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. 25/1, creditable fourth of 20 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 25 days ago. Each-way chance.

Form: 3086-4

Leabaland⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: A W Short| T: M M Lynch

40/1

Fair Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. 6/1 and blinkered for 1st time, fifth of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f) 41 days ago. First run for yard after leaving M. Halford.

Form:

Mephisto^t⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Donagh Meyler| T: G Keane

200/1

Modest Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. 14/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f) 6 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code.

Form: 0PP-

Vina Ardanza²²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| D

5/4

Once-raced winner in bumpers. Off 7 months ahead of this hurdles debut and first run for yard after leaving Stuart Crawford. Interesting contender.

Form: 1-

Andy Ru¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey

300/1

Once-raced maiden. Eighteenth of 21 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (19.6f, good to soft, 125/1) on NH debut 12 days ago.

Form: 0

Bells Life²³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: E J O'Grady

200/1

Once-raced maiden. 18/1, ninth of 12 in bumper at Clonmel (16f, good to soft) on NH debut. Off 7 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 9-

Complete Fantasy³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: M J Molloy⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 109

9/1

Fair hurdler. Hooded for 1st time, respectable twelfth of 23 in handicap at Navan (14f, soft, 14/1) 36 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving Peter Fahey.

Form: 3345-49

Highlander Casseul¹⁸²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Ricky Doyle| T: J G Coogan

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Third of 13 in novice hurdle (125/1) at Limerick (16f, heavy) on hurdles bow. Off 6 months.

Form: 000-3

Huntingtown²¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: M Hamill| T: E J O'Grady

28/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fifteenth of 22 in bumper (20/1) at Punchestown (16.4f, good to soft). Off 7 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 40-

Pretorius²⁰¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: D F O'Regan| T: J Queally

10/3

Promising sort. 10/3, ninth of 15 in juvenile hurdle at Cork (16f, good to soft), not knocked about. Off 6 months. First run for yard after leaving Gavin Patrick Cromwell. Open to progress.

Form: 94-9

Silas Marner²⁰⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: B J Cooper| T: C O'Brien| BF

10/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 13 in bumper at Down Royal (16.4f, soft, 9/4). Off 6 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 23-5

Walnut Beach²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: S Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Flynn

9/2

Promising sort. Eighth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (12f, 11/4) 20 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Switches from Flat to hurdles. 4/17 on last hurdle run. Likely to improve.

Form: 4

Wild Hunt¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: C F Hart⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. 25/1, first run since leaving James McAuley when eighth of 22 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, soft) 11 days ago, running on.

Form: 72-008

Winding River¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: B Browne| T: O McKiernan

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. Sixteenth of 22 in novice hurdle (28/1) at Cork (16f, soft) 11 days ago.

Form: 7-50

Madame Rocco³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Peter Fahey

28/1

€20,000 3-y-o, Shirocco filly. Half-sister to 3 winners, including fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Mount Pelier and useful hurdler/chaser Legends Gold. Dam unraced. Market check advised.

Form: P

Monnie Shanahan

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy

80/1

Presenting filly. Half-sister to bumper winner/fair chaser Only Money. Probably best watched on debut.

Form:

Roccorionach¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: N T Prendergast⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss E McCutcheon

250/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. 300/1, thirteenth of 22 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, soft) 11 days ago.

Form: 800

Alpesh Amin

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara

50/1

€10,000 3-y-o, Flemensfirth gelding. Brother to fair hurdler/chaser Fresh New Dawn, stays 3¼m. RESERVE.

Form:

Non-Runners

Tomjackwilliam

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: E McCarthy J: R Deegan

Kilcross Chap

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: J O Clifford J: Reserve 1

Toon Town

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: J J Walsh J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Vina Ardanza (5/4), Pretorius (10/3), Walnut Beach (9/2), Complete Fantasy (9/1), Silas Marner (10/1), Call Me Rocky (12/1), Wild Hunt (25/1), Kilcross Chap (25/1), Toon Town (25/1), Tomjackwilliam (25/1), Huntingtown (28/1), Madame Rocco (28/1), Highlander Casseul (40/1), Leabaland (40/1), Alpesh Amin (50/1), Monnie Shanahan (80/1), Winding River (150/1), Mephisto (200/1), Bells Life (200/1), Roccorionach (250/1), Andy Ru (300/1)

The most interesting of these is VINA ARDANZA, who accounted for a host of previous winners when landing an Ayr bumper for Stuart Crawford on debut in April. He could turn out to be pretty useful and is bound to have been well-schooled ahead of this hurdles bow. Walnut Beach shaped well on his first run in this sphere at Roscommon and he is second choice ahead of Pretorius.