14:40 Thurles

Thursday 25 November 2021

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BetVictor Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 4m 7.0s

Clifton Warrior²²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

1/1

Fourth of 12 in bumper at Punchestown (20f, heavy, 12/1) on NH debut. Off 8 months. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving Shane Kieran Ryder. Solid claims.

Form: 4P-

Duffys Fortune

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: M J Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell

40/1

Soldier of Fortune gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to prolific winning pointer/fairly useful 25f hunter chase winner Highway Jewel.

Form:

Florey Spud^t1¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: D J McInerney| T: P F O'Donnell

50/1

First run since leaving Philip Fenton when 40/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Clonmel (19.9f, heavy) on hurdles bow 14 days ago, Back down in trip.

Form: 427-66P

Longhouse Force^t¹²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr E Mahon⁽⁷⁾| T: B McMahon

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 15 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.4f, good, 300/1) 128 days ago.

Form: 00

Seegar⁴²²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: J P Shinnick⁽⁷⁾| T: E Bolger

22/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Seventh of 14 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Punchestown (20.6f, good to soft) on hurdles bow. Off 14 months. First run for yard after leaving Mrs Prunella Dobbs.

Form: 50/7-

Tudor Manor⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Flynn

5/1

Twice-raced maiden. 25/1, sixth of 15 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, good to soft) 43 days ago. Needs to do more.

Form: 56

Turkestan¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: M M McNiff| OR: 105

7/2

Unreliable individual. Respectable sixth of 14 in maiden (16/1) at Dundalk (10.7f) 13 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Good on last hurdle outing. Respected.

Form: F0-5222

Amazing Amy

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny Mullins| T: Ms M Mullins

12/1

Doyen mare. Dam unraced sister to smart hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 3m) Kicks For Free. Worth noting if the market speaks in her favour.

Form:

Doyen Rose²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: J M Moore| T: D M Christie

15/2

Once-raced maiden. Second of 15 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.9f, soft, 80/1) on NH debut 26 days ago. May well improve, so can't be discounted.

Form: 2

Quare Stave^h¹⁸⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: W J Martin

300/1

Twice-raced maiden. Hooded for 1st time, seventh of 10 in bumper at Punchestown (16.4f, soft, 100/1) 180 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 07

Windsor Diamond¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: C A Landers| T: J Barcoe

40/1

Twice-raced maiden. Seventh of 8 in minor event hurdle (300/1) at Punchestown (16.1f, good to soft) 12 days ago.

Form: 97

Forecasts

Clifton Warrior (1/1), Turkestan (7/2), Tudor Manor (5/1), Doyen Rose (15/2), Amazing Amy (12/1), Seegar (22/1), Windsor Diamond (40/1), Duffys Fortune (40/1), Florey Spud (50/1), Longhouse Force (150/1), Quare Stave (300/1)

CLIFTON WARRIOR made a pleasing start under Rules when fourth in a bumper for Shane Ryder and, having joined a top yard since, he's been found a cracking opportunity to make a winning hurdling debut in a weak affair. Turkestan has some fair hurdling form but he's no battler, so newcomer Amazing Amy might be the one to lay down the strongest challenge to the selection.