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Friday 8 April 2022

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Tim Kelly (C & G) Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:00 | Winning time: 4m 25.00s

Double Talkin Jive^h,t¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: W P Mullins

9/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Hooded for 1st time, fifth of 12 in novice hurdle (11/2) at Limerick (19f, good to soft) 12 days ago, pulling hard. Stable in good form. May well do better.

Form: 137/F5

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Eden Gardens^t²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: K A Heffernan

250/1

Modest Flat winner. Once-raced maiden over hurdles. 33/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, tenth of 12 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy) on NH debut 27 days ago.

Form: 0

Hard Times¹⁸⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: F Costello

200/1

Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fifteenth of 16 in novice hurdle (250/1) at Limerick (16f, soft) 180 days ago.

Form: 0/0

Hisnameis Mrdevitt^h1³⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: L P Dempsey| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 107

40/1

Fair Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Sixth of 16 in juvenile hurdle (6/1) at Cork (2m) when last seen 12 months ago. Possible handicaps will be more his bag moving forward.

Form: 046-

Moulane West¹⁰³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: R A Foley

6/1

Winner in bumper at Killarney (17f) last July. Good fifth of 18 in novice hurdle (50/1) at Leopardstown (16f, soft) 103 days ago. Open to further improvement.

Form: 5-61835

Paddy The Wire⁴⁷⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

18/1

Kalanisi gelding. Won 11-runner bumper at Catterick (15.7f, good to soft) when last seen in December 2020. Market should prove a useful guide now hurdling.

Form: 4641-

Castlehill Boy²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: J J Walsh

25/1

Fair in bumpers. Modest form at best over hurdles to date, fifth of 18 in novice hurdle (16/1) at Thurles (15.5f, good to soft) 20 days ago. Handicaps may be more his bag in due course.

Form: 6/20-3F5

Custers Mistake^t¹⁹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: M M McNiff

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 22/1, very good second of 17 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (15.4f, good). Off 6 months. Not taken lightly.

Form: F842

Figurehead^t¹⁰³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: Gearoid Brouder| OR: 112

10/1

Fairly useful hurdler at his best who was well below form when tenth of 21 in a Leopardstown maiden (2m) in December. Has since switched yards again and he'll need to step up plenty on that effort to figure.

Form: 943220

Heathrow³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Miss E Doyle

13/2

Twice-raced maiden. 18/1, improved on debut form when third of 11 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) 32 days ago. May do better again

Form: P73

L'impertinent¹²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: J P Shinnick⁽⁷⁾| T: E Bolger| OR: 112

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16f, soft, 18/1) 124 days ago.

Form: 3-4590

Mahons Glory⁷³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: D G Hogan| T: D Hogan| OR: 105

3/1

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 8 hurdle runs. Below form fifth of 15 in novice hurdle (11/2) at Down Royal (16.7f, good to soft) 73 days ago. Each-way claims.

Form: 23-4525

Showbusiness^t²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott| OR: 115

4/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 3/1, below form second of 14 in novice hurdle at Thurles (16.4f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Still, pick of his form entitles him to respect in this field.

Form: 23-5322

Speed Gang¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

14/1

Once-raced maiden. 4/1, fourth of 13 in novice hurdle at Limerick (19f, good to soft) on NH debut 12 days ago. May do better further down the line.

Form: P424

Vale Of Glory^h1²⁴⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Eoin G Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: A Murray

18/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. First run since leaving Mark Fahey when second of 18 in novice hurdle (250/1) at Roscommon (20f, good to soft) on hurdles bow. Off 8 months. Hood on 1st time.

Form: 00/2

Non-Runners

A Dublin Job²⁷

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: S K Ryder J: Reserve 1

Getaway Milani³⁶

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: T Cooper J: Reserve 2

Golden Sandbanks³³

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: P W Flynn J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Mahons Glory (3/1), Showbusiness (4/1), Moulane West (6/1), Heathrow (13/2), Double Talkin Jive (9/1), Figurehead (10/1), L'impertinent (11/1), Custers Mistake (14/1), Speed Gang (14/1), Paddy The Wire (18/1), Vale Of Glory (18/1), Castlehill Boy (25/1), Hisnameis Mrdevitt (40/1), Getaway Milani (50/1), Golden Sandbanks (150/1), A Dublin Job (150/1), Hard Times (200/1), Eden Gardens (250/1)

An open-looking maiden with the tentative vote in favour of SHOWBUSINESS. He was well below his best despite finishing second at Thurles 4 weeks ago but that effort did come on the back of 5 months off and the pick of his hurdle exploits give him sound claims. Moulane West and Double Talkin JIve may emerge next best.