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Thursday 3 March 2022

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 16:22 | Winning time: 5m 30.80s

Geni De La Cour¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Conor Clarke⁽⁷⁾| T: E Mullins

18/1

Fair hurdler. 8/1, fell in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20f, heavy) 18 days ago. Minor place money is probably the best he can hope for.

Form: 5-413FF

For The Cause⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Simon Torrens| T: J C McConnell

300/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Eighteenth of 21 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy, 150/1) 46 days ago.

Form: F/7F600

Getaway Milani¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: B J Cooper| T: T Cooper

300/1

Twice-raced maiden. 80/1, twelfth of 17 in novice hurdle at this course (16f, heavy) 14 days ago.

Form: F8/00

Holditinyourhead⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Kevin Sexton| T: E Sheehy

300/1

Once-raced maiden. 50/1, eighth of 9 in bumper at Tramore (16.2f, heavy) on NH debut 84 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 568

Housemartin²¹

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

300/1

Once-raced maiden. Twelfth of 15 in bumper at Thurles (15.7f, good to soft, 50/1) on NH debut 21 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0

McGrath From Clune⁶⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: R Tyner

33/1

Promising type. Seventh of 18 in novice hurdle (33/1) at Limerick (16f, heavy) on NH debut 65 days ago, not knocked about. Open to improvement.

Form: 7

Plains Indian¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 121

6/5

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Very good second of 17 in novice hurdle at this course (16f, heavy, 9/2) 14 days ago, clear of rest. Obvious claims.

Form: 6/3-722

Rebel Rascal

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D J McInerney| T: M Winters

11/1

€9,000 3-y-o, Elusive Pimpernel gelding. Half-brother to high-class hurdler Flooring Porter. Dam fair 2½m hurdle winner. Yard also saddles River Vale.

Form:

Sandmall³⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: L P Dempsey| T: E M O'Sullivan

125/1

Once-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy, 10/1) on NH debut, pulled up before next. Off 11 months.

Form: P-

So Scottish³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Brian Hayes| T: E Mullins

15/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 9/2, fourth of 11 in bumper at Lingfield (16f, slow) 39 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 3-144

Wee Charlie²⁶²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: T Gibney

9/1

Twice-raced maiden. Ninth of 15 in bumper at Kilbeggan (16f, good, 80/1). Off 8 months. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving Shane Nolan.

Form: U9

Whatsavailable²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M F Morris| BF

2/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 6/4, bit below form fourth of 11 in novice hurdle at Thurles (23f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Will have every chance if he puts his best foot forward here.

Form: 6-36334

Cafe Del Mar⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Donagh Meyler| T: P O'Callaghan

300/1

Ninth of 16 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (22.1f, heavy, 200/1) 8 days ago.

Form: 409709

Delightfantastic^t³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: J J Walsh

12/1

Promising type. Respectable fifth of 14 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft, 33/1) 30 days ago. Likely to improve and she could have a part to play.

Form: 5457-05

Running Scared

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: W J Burke

100/1

Jet Away mare. Half-sister to 2½m hurdle winner Shedding. Dam point winner. Entitled to come on for the run.

Form:

Not So Proper

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: R Deegan⁽³⁾| T: C Byrnes

33/1

Notnowcato gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including bumper winner Motown Girl and fair 2m hurdle winner Stormy Oscar, stays 3m. RESERVE.

Form:

Maxxum²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr J C Canavan⁽⁷⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. 125/1, sixth of 11 in novice hurdle at Thurles (23f, good to soft) 21 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 76

Non-Runners

Patsy's Honour³⁷

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: A J Martin J: R M Power

River Vale

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: M Winters J: C J Orr

Rose Mahler⁸⁴

Weight: 10-11| Age: 5

T: P Kiely J: M Hamill

Battle Frontier³²

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: Miss T L Cogan J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Plains Indian (6/5), Whatsavailable (2/1), So Scottish (15/2), Wee Charlie (9/1), Patsy's Honour (10/1), Rebel Rascal (11/1), Delightfantastic (12/1), River Vale (16/1), Battle Frontier (16/1), Geni De La Cour (18/1), Not So Proper (33/1), McGrath From Clune (33/1), Maxxum (100/1), Rose Mahler (100/1), Running Scared (100/1), Sandmall (125/1), Housemartin (300/1), Cafe Del Mar (300/1), For The Cause (300/1), Getaway Milani (300/1), Holditinyourhead (300/1)

The vote goes to PLAINS INDIAN, who took another step forward when hitting the crossbar over 2m here a fortnight ago and he promises to be suited by this increase in trip. On hurdles form, Whatsavailable is the clear main danger ahead of likely improver Delightfantastic, but if Down Royal bumper winner Patsy's Honour takes to this game at the first attempt he could be an even bigger threat.