12:58 Limerick

Sunday 26 December 2021

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Signsplus Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:58 | Winning time: 4m 23.90s

Call Me Rocky³¹

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

11/1

Fair hurdler. 12/1, creditable third of 18 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.8f, good to soft) 31 days ago.

Form: 3086-43

Flylikeaneagle¹⁶⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: E O'Connell⁽⁵⁾| T: E O'Connell

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 11f on flat. Last of 13 in handicap (8/1) at Dundalk (12f). Switches from Flat to hurdles. Plenty to find.

Form: 476-

Perceval Legallois³³²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: J S McGarvey| T: G P Cromwell| D

4/1

12/1, won 9-runner bumper at Gowran (16f, heavy) on NH debut, easily. Off 11 months. Notable change in ownership since and is very interesting on hurdles debut.

Form: 1-

Sea Trout Reach¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: C J Orr| T: W Durkan

28/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Once-raced maiden over hurdles. 28/1, eighth of 23 in novice hurdle at Naas (18.8f, soft) on NH debut 10 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 8

Viceregent⁷⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: D J McInerney| T: C Byrnes

28/1

Fair Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Third of 14 in handicap at Newcastle (12.4f, 9/2) 79 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Richard Fahey.

Form:

Absolute One Right¹²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: V C Ward

150/1

Poor maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. Twelfth of 14 in handicap at Bellewstown (7.8f, good, 40/1). Switches from Flat to hurdles. Pulled up on last hurdle outing.

Form: P-

Asluckwouldhaveit

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: P Roche

33/1

Flemensfirth gelding. Dam unraced sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3m) Speckled Wood out of smart hurdler/chaser (stayed 25f) Like-A-Butterfly. Likely to need further in time.

Form:

Cratloe Hill

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: P Roche

40/1

Flemensfirth gelding. Dam (h97), lightly-raced maiden hurdler (stayed 2½m), half-sister to useful hurdler (2m/17f winner) Spirit Leader.

Form:

Happy Birthday

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Jordan Gainford⁽³⁾| T: G Elliott

7/1

Crillon gelding. Brother to fairly useful hurdler Armyr. Dam 7f-9f winner in France. Yard having good spell. Respected.

Form:

Henn See²⁸⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: W P Mullins

11/8

Promising type. Second of 15 in juvenile hurdle (23/1) at Auteuil (17.4f, soft). Off 9 months. First run for yard after leaving Y. Fouin. Open to improvement and holds leading claims.

Form: 72-

Highlander Casseul³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: G P Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: J G Coogan

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Respectable fifth of 18 in novice hurdle (40/1) at Thurles (15.8f, good to soft) 31 days ago. Likely to come on for recent outing.

Form: 000-35

Itwasfate⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

4/1

Promising individual. 9/2, third of 22 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, soft) on hurdles bow 42 days ago. Open to progress and one to be interested in.

Form: 6-3

Jim's Hope²²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: D L Queally| T: A L T Moore

33/1

Once-raced maiden. Hooded, seventh of 16 in juvenile hurdle (33/1) at Tipperary (16.1f, soft) on NH debut. Off 7 months. First run for yard after leaving Gavin Patrick Cromwell. Will need further.

Form: 7

Our Bobby

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Mark McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: J M Burke

50/1

Fairly Ransom gelding. Half-brother to modest 2¼m hurdle winner Bohernagore. Dam unraced sister to fairly useful chaser (stayed 2½m) Bestofthebrownies.

Form:

Birdsandthebees⁸⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Donagh Meyler| T: P Roche

20/1

Once-raced maiden. 9/2, fourth of 11 in bumper at Tipperary (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 84 days ago. Makes hurdles debut and isn't without hope.

Form: 4

Kellie's Dream¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery

80/1

Once-raced maiden. 200/1, tenth of 24 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.8f, soft) on NH debut 10 days ago. One for the longer term.

Form: 0

Search For A Myth²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: C P McNamara| T: R Tyner

100/1

Once-raced maiden. 100/1, fifteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, soft) on NH debut 21 days ago.

Form: 0

Southwood^p1⁶²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: Leonard Flynn| OR: 86

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Last of 17 in handicap (66/1) at Galway (11.8f, heavy) 62 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. Poor on last hurdle outing.

Form: 9-40

Non-Runners

El Fabiolo⁴⁶⁶

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: W P Mullins J: Reserve 1

Rose Of Borris³¹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 4

T: J J Hanlon J: Reserve 2

Hors Piste³³⁶

Weight: 10-11| Age: 4

T: W P Mullins J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Henn See (11/8), Itwasfate (4/1), Perceval Legallois (4/1), Happy Birthday (7/1), Call Me Rocky (11/1), Birdsandthebees (20/1), Highlander Casseul (22/1), Viceregent (28/1), Sea Trout Reach (28/1), Asluckwouldhaveit (33/1), Jim's Hope (33/1), Cratloe Hill (40/1), Flylikeaneagle (50/1), Hors Piste (50/1), Rose Of Borris (50/1), El Fabiolo (50/1), Our Bobby (50/1), Kellie's Dream (80/1), Search For A Myth (100/1), Absolute One Right (150/1), Southwood (200/1)

A maiden hurdle in which it is best to concentrate on the head of the market, plenty of these looking ones for the longer term. Itwasfate and Henn See have both shown promise over hurdles already, but could be trumped by PERCEVAL LEGALLOIS who won his bumper easily.