15:55 Thurles

Thursday 3 November 2022

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:56 | Winning time: 6m 3.70s

Favori De Champdou³⁷⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| C

11/10

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. 2/1, second of 13 in novice hurdle at Galway (21.4f, heavy) on hurdles bow, no match for winner. Off 12 months. Should take the beating on return.

Form: 32421/2-

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Kottayam⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Mullins| T: W P Mullins

4/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Fairly useful winner at 16f on flat. Fell in novice hurdle at Listowel (20f, good, 9/2) on hurdles bow 41 days ago. Not one to write off.

Form: 31/2-F

Howaya C D And E^t¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Ricky Doyle| T: G Keane

9/1

Fair hurdler. Winner in bumper at Downpatrick in June. 15/2, fell in novice chase at this course (20.7f, good to soft) on debut over fences 14 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 12333F

Silver Gazette²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mark McDonagh⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Respectable third of 14 in novice hurdle (10/3) at Tramore (16f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 47S63

Song For My Father⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C A Landers| T: R O'Sullivan

7/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Second of 12 in bumper at Listowel (20f, good, 16/1) 43 days ago, no match for winner. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving Shane Donohoe.

Form: 54-P652

Tipp For Mac^p1²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: B J Cooper| T: T Cooper

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 12/1, bit below form sixth of 20 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.7f, good) 23 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: UP00-46

De Skutty Wren

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney

100/1

Kalanisi mare. Dam modest 2½m hurdle winner. Not an obvious sort on paper.

Form:

Dina Leen⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| BF

7/1

Fifth of 12 in bumper (4/9) at Wexford (16.7f, good) on NH debut 90 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip. Of obvious interest.

Form: 5

Glendars Mahler¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: J Fahey

33/1

Fair hurdler. Sixth of 9 in bumper (16/1) at Cork (19f, heavy) 18 days ago, doing too much too soon. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Up in trip. Booking of Noonan a plus.

Form: 0-FS636

Forecasts

Favori De Champdou (11/10), Kottayam (4/1), Song For My Father (7/1), Dina Leen (7/1), Howaya C D And E (9/1), Silver Gazette (12/1), Tipp For Mac (12/1), Glendars Mahler (33/1), De Skutty Wren (100/1)

FAVORI DE CHAMPDOU sets the standard and is fancied to overcome a year-long absence to open his account over hurdles. Dina Leen is an interesting recruit to this sphere despite a slightly underwhelming debut in a bumper and her stablemate Kottayam can't be discounted.