18:00 Kilbeggan

Friday 13 May 2022

All16:5517:3018:0018:3519:1019:4520:17

Irish Farmers Journal Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 18:00 | Winning time: 4m 52.07s

Baby Zeus^t²⁰⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

10/11

Eleventh of 20 in handicap (7/1) at Leopardstown (12f, good to soft), finding little. Off 6 months and makes hurdles debut for top yard.

Form:

Level Neverending^p²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

11/10

Fairly useful hurdler. Two wins from 6 runs last season. 10/3 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable fourth of 22 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, good to soft) 27 days ago.

Form: 311224-

Ballybaun Star^t²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney

11/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Promising type. 80/1, fourth of 16 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.6f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Open to improvement.

Form: F4-

Maciver⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: E O'Grady

40/1

Twice-raced maiden. Seventh of 15 in novice hurdle (66/1) at Cork (24.2f, good to soft) 6 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 4U50-7

Out By Eleven¹⁶⁰

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

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 250/1, fifteenth of 17 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, good to soft) 160 days ago.

Form: 000-

The Hogan Stand⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

80/1

16/1, sixth of 7 in bumper at Kelso (16.2f, good to soft) on NH debut 9 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: FPP-6

Nights Of Doyen⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

50/1

25/1, eleventh of 13 in bumper at Naas (16.2f, good to soft) 43 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 60-

Aeroplane Peggy¹⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Donagh Meyler| T: K Purcell

125/1

250/1, eighth of 10 in bumper at Thurles (16f, good to soft) 145 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 78-

Another Star²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: R P Treacy| T: D Queally

125/1

Twice-raced maiden. 25/1, first run since leaving Noel Meade when eighth of 14 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (19.6f, good to soft) 29 days ago.

Form: 08-

Crossgaleschicflic¹⁸⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Dwyer

40/1

€6,000 3-y-o, Milan mare. Half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Lord Ben, stayed 3m. Third both starts in points.

Form: 33-

Felicity Flick²⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery

66/1

Seventh of 11 in novice hurdle (20/1) at Tramore (21.4f, soft) on NH debut. Off 9 months.

Form: 7-

All About Beth³²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: R Deegan| T: R Donohoe| OR: 98

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 50/1, seventh of 13 in juvenile hurdle at Tramore (16f, good to soft) 32 days ago.

Form: 057-

Chinook⁶²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Mr J P Kirwan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Queally

80/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. 25/1, first run since leaving Simon & Ed Crisford when thirteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) on NH debut 62 days ago.

Form: 0-

Helvic Princess^t¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: N J Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: N Meade

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Below form seventh of 17 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.4f, good to soft, 22/1) 11 days ago.

Form: S265-7

St Denis's Well⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: A Lynch

100/1

50/1, last of 12 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, soft) on NH debut 7 days ago, slowly away. RESERVE.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

Grove Island²³¹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 4

T: J P Broderick J: Simon Torrens

Superlike⁴⁰⁸

Weight: 10-12| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: Jordan Gainford

Lily Bianca²⁷

Weight: 10-5| Age: 4

T: Gearoid Brouder J: Reserve 2

Kelly's Birr²¹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 5

T: J P Ryan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Baby Zeus (10/11), Level Neverending (11/10), Ballybaun Star (11/1), Helvic Princess (11/1), Superlike (16/1), Kelly's Birr (16/1), Lily Bianca (25/1), Grove Island (33/1), Crossgaleschicflic (40/1), Maciver (40/1), All About Beth (50/1), Nights Of Doyen (50/1), Felicity Flick (66/1), Chinook (80/1), The Hogan Stand (80/1), St Denis's Well (100/1), Another Star (125/1), Aeroplane Peggy (125/1), Out By Eleven (200/1)

This will probably boil down to a match between BABY ZEUS and Level Neverending, with the former selected to make a winning hurdles debut given the yard he represents coupled with his Flat ability.