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Sunday 27 March 2022

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Nevilles Bar And Restaurant Irish EBF Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 13:16 | Winning time: 4m 56.80s

Ballyglass Beauty³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Adam Ellis⁽⁷⁾| T: L P Cusack

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Back up in trip. First run for yard after leaving K. A. Heffernan.

Form: P98

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Channer Boy

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: S E Lewis⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hassett

80/1

Fracas gelding. Dam unreliable 7f winner.

Form:

Friends N Commerce¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: P G Kelly

5/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Excellent fourth of 12 in novice hurdle at Thurles (21f, good to soft, 9/2) 17 days ago. Respected.

Form: 57-964

Gaelic Arc⁸⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan

6/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. 50/1, last of 6 in bumper at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) 88 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Likely to improve.

Form: 7-73136

Karayaz³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: John Cullen

50/1

Making GB/IRE jumps debut. 22/1 and tongue strap on, eleventh of 13 in maiden at Dundalk (8f) on debut 39 days ago.

Form:

Lodge Prince²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D J McInerney| T: P F O'Donnell

25/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 150/1, fifth of 11 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 20 days ago.

Form: 95

Not So Proper²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: C Byrnes

33/1

Once-raced maiden. 33/1, eleventh of 17 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (18.7f, heavy) on NH debut 24 days ago.

Form: 0

Sizing Mauritius⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: R M Power| T: Mrs J Harrington

7/1

Twice-raced maiden. 50/1, tenth of 15 in bumper at Navan (16f, soft) 64 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 00

Speed Gang⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

4/1

Lucky Speed gelding. Half-brother to point winner Hes Rockin, fairly useful hurdler Mr Puck and modest chase winner Suzy's Music, stayed 3¼m. Made frame both completed starts in points, runner-up latest (Feb 12).

Form: P42

The Big Chap¹⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: B Browne| T: P W Flynn

20/1

Promising sort. 50/1, sixth of 15 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.9f, soft) 148 days ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 36

The Road To Fame^t⁵⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: E Doyle

5/4

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Third of 8 in novice hurdle (16/1) at Gowran (20.4f, soft) on hurdles bow 59 days ago. Sets a good standard.

Form: U42/753

Getaway Beauty⁷⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Brian Hayes| T: J Dullea

125/1

Once-raced maiden. 150/1, eighteenth of 22 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) on NH debut 78 days ago.

Form: 0

Joyful Noise¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: C P McNamara| T: G P Cromwell

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy, 125/1) 15 days ago, pulled up before 3 out.

Form: 00P

Non-Runners

We Had It All Said

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: E McNamara J: Simon Torrens

Forecasts

The Road To Fame (5/4), Speed Gang (4/1), Friends N Commerce (5/1), Gaelic Arc (6/1), Sizing Mauritius (7/1), We Had It All Said (16/1), The Big Chap (20/1), Lodge Prince (25/1), Not So Proper (33/1), Ballyglass Beauty (40/1), Karayaz (50/1), Channer Boy (80/1), Getaway Beauty (125/1), Joyful Noise (150/1)

THE ROAD TO FAME was fairly useful in bumpers and showed a similar level of form when third on his hurdles bow at Gowran, so should prove hard to beat in what looks a weak maiden. Friends N Commerce stepped up on his hurdles bow when fourth at Thurles so is respected, while Speed Gang is a newcomer to note having finished runner-up in a couple of points.