15:25 Cork

Thursday 24 March 2022

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corkracecourse.ie Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 5m 10.2s

Ask The Bishop²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D P Holden⁽⁷⁾| T: M Butler

16/1

Ask gelding. Dam, placed in point, sister to fair hurdler Benefit Of Youth (stayed 23f). Pulled up sole start in points (Feb 26).

Form: P

Ask The Bookie⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: G Scott

50/1

Once-raced maiden. Pulled up before 2 out in maiden hurdle at Clonmel (16.8f, heavy, 50/1) on NH debut 77 days ago.

Form: P

Brians Greatescape

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: F Costello

12/1

€7,000 3-y-o, Shirocco gelding. Closely related to Aure Antique, and half-brother to 3 winners, including very smart hurdler/chaser Petit Robin.

Form:

Jubilee Gold¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D E Mullins| T: D Hassett

18/1

Libertarian gelding. Dam unplaced sole start over hurdles. Unplaced completed start in points, pulled up last time (Mar 6).

Form: 5P-PFP

Mahler Allstar⁵³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: J J Mangan

1/5

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 9/1, put in his place by a trio of useful prospects when fourth of 22 in maiden hurdle at Naas (19f, good to soft) 53 days ago. Leading claims in this.

Form: 230/3-U4

Monfin Lad²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr E Shaw⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Tynan

100/1

125/1, made a discouraging debut when ninth of 11 in claiming hurdle at Clonmel (18.5f, soft) 2 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 569

Rebel Rascal^h1²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D J McInerney| T: M Winters

6/1

Beaten when fell 2 out in maiden hurdle at Clonmel (18.7f, heavy, 11/1) on NH debut 21 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: F

Allyouneedisone¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Ricky Doyle| T: E Griffin

25/1

Twice-raced maiden. 300/1, tenth of 16 in maiden hurdle at Naas (19f, heavy) 11 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: P0

Callista Lady^t¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: J J Walsh

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 66/1, ninth of 18 in maiden hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) 12 days ago. Up in trip. Best watched.

Form: 509

Carroll's Pride⁹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: R Deegan⁽³⁾| T: N Brett

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. 300/1, twentieth of 24 in maiden hurdle at Naas (15.8f, soft) 98 days ago, never travelling well. Up in trip.

Form: 00

Elliedee¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: D Budds

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Did no better for debut when ninth of 14 in maiden hurdle (200/1) at Thurles (16.4f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Up in trip. More needed.

Form: 09

Non-Runners

Changing The Rules²⁵

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Mark Walsh

First Earl⁷⁷

Weight: 11-12| Age: 8

T: M Winters J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Hutchie³⁹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: Ms Debbie Hartnett J: Gary Noonan

The Road To Fame⁵⁶

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: E Doyle J: Donagh Meyler

Forecasts

Mahler Allstar (1/5), The Road To Fame (3/1), Changing The Rules (7/2), Rebel Rascal (6/1), Brians Greatescape (12/1), Ask The Bishop (16/1), Jubilee Gold (18/1), Allyouneedisone (25/1), Ask The Bookie (50/1), Callista Lady (50/1), First Earl (66/1), Hutchie (66/1), Monfin Lad (100/1), Carroll's Pride (150/1), Elliedee (250/1)

A case of quantity over quality here with only a handful making any serious appeal. The vote goes to MAHLER ALLSTAR, who has reached a fairly useful level on all 3 of his starts in this sphere so far so this looks a decent opening for James Mangan's charge. The Road To Fame rates an obvious danger after his promising third on hurdling debut, along with Changing The Rules.