15:10 Naas

Sunday 30 January 2022

All12:4013:1013:4014:1014:4015:1015:4016:10

I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:11 | Winning time: 4m 54.7s

Autumn Philtre⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: H P Cleary⁽⁷⁾| T: Charlie Keegan

300/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Last of 9 in bumper (100/1) at Tramore (16.2f, heavy) on bumper debut 52 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: 0-9

Ballycorus

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: D J McInerney| T: B Connell

40/1

Balko gelding. Half-brother to 5 winners, including useful hurdler/smart chaser Al Dancer, stays 23f and fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser in France Tzar's Dancer.

Form:

Ballykeel⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

11/1

£48,000 5-y-o, Presenting gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including fairly useful hurdler Blackstair Rocco and fairly useful hurdle/chase winner New Age Dawning. One to note.

Form: 3-2

Booster

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: C D Maxwell| T: C A McBratney

125/1

Califet gelding. Dam unraced closely related to fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser (winner up to 25f) Aiteen Thirtythree and useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 3m) Sonofvic.

Form:

Daring Rocco^t³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mark Walsh| T: M Brassil

18/1

Twice-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, second of 10 in novice hurdle (40/1) at Down Royal (17f, heavy) 35 days ago.

Form: 572

Deal Again⁴³

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: H Morgan⁽³⁾| T: V T O'Brien

300/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Eleventh of 16 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Navan (20f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 43 days ago.

Form: 80

Double Talkin Jive^t²⁰⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: B J Cooper| T: W P Mullins

25/1

Thrice-raced winner in bumpers. Fairly useful winner at 17f in bumpers. 6/5, first run since leaving Patrick Martin when second of 11 in handicap at Killarney (11.2f, good). Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 137/

Garcon Doux¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Brian Hayes| T: P Fenton

300/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 100/1, fourteenth of 19 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy) on hurdles bow 14 days ago.

Form: 60

Good Man Turk^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: P J Carberry| T: M J Smith

125/1

€8,000 3-y-o, Westerner gelding. Dam (c98/h81) 21f chase winner (stayed 3m) out of 2m-19f hurdle winner (stayed 25f) Miss Roberto. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

He's Leading Me On²²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: R P Treacy| T: L Young

300/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Eleventh of 22 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy, 250/1) 22 days ago.

Form: 5000

Junior Alliance⁵⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. 25/1, eleventh of 15 in bumper at Navan (16f, good to soft) 57 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 30

Mahler Allstar²²

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: J J Mangan

9/1

Promising sort. First run since leaving Jonathan Sweeney when 13/2, running well unseated rider in novice hurdle at Cork (24f, heavy) 22 days ago. Down in trip. Likely to improve.

Form: P230/3-U

Ramillies^t²⁷⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Danny Mullins| T: W P Mullins

11/2

Lightly-raced winner in bumpers. Winner in bumper at Leopardstown in December 2020. Off 9 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 14/1586-

Salvador Ziggy¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: J J Slevin| T: J Fahey

50/1

Promising type. Fairly useful winner at 20f in bumpers. 28/1, seventh of 16 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, soft) on hurdles bow 15 days ago. Should have more to offer.

Form: 34-2817

Shamrock'n Roll³²

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: C J Orr| T: J R Finn

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Fell in novice hurdle (40/1) at Limerick (19f, heavy) 32 days ago.

Form: 080F

Susans Sensation³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: M J Smith

40/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fourth of 12 in bumper at Leopardstown (20f, soft, 28/1) 34 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 44

The Nice Guy³²

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

6/5

Twice-raced winner in bumpers. Useful winner at 16f in bumpers. Evens, won 6-runner bumper at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) 32 days ago, kept up to work. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 11

The Short Go⁴⁵

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

9/4

Promising individual. 16/1, third of 23 in novice hurdle at this course (18.8f, soft) on NH debut 45 days ago, not knocked about. Open to progress.

Form: 3

Topothelane

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: I J Power| T: J P O'Keeffe

200/1

Malinas gelding. Dam unraced sister to Champion Chase winner Newmill and bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler (2m/17f winner) Mudslinger.

Form:

Ultrapower

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade

40/1

Power gelding. Dam unraced.

Form:

Kilbarry Merlot⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: D Robinson| T: C O'Keeffe

150/1

Once-raced maiden. 28/1, sixth of 10 in bumper at Thurles (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 42 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 6

Sadie Yeats^h¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: P M Pierce

250/1

Once-raced maiden. 200/1 and hooded, seventh of 19 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy) on NH debut 14 days ago.

Form: 75-P7

Forecasts

The Nice Guy (6/5), The Short Go (9/4), Ramillies (11/2), Mahler Allstar (9/1), Ballykeel (11/1), Daring Rocco (18/1), Double Talkin Jive (25/1), Susans Sensation (40/1), Ballycorus (40/1), Ultrapower (40/1), Salvador Ziggy (50/1), Junior Alliance (100/1), Good Man Turk (125/1), Booster (125/1), Kilbarry Merlot (150/1), Shamrock'n Roll (200/1), Topothelane (200/1), Sadie Yeats (250/1), Garcon Doux (300/1), He's Leading Me On (300/1), Autumn Philtre (300/1), Deal Again (300/1)

THE NICE GUY showed useful form when winning both his starts in bumpers and should make a bold bid if taking to hurdles at the first attempt. The Short Go showed plenty to work on when third in a similar event here on debut and is feared along with Mahler Allstar, who was in the process of running well for his new yard at Cork when unseating at the last.