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Tuesday 8 November 2022

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Winter Festival 3rd & 4th December Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:53 | Winning time: 4m 21.00s

The Big Doyen²⁷⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Kevin Sexton| T: Peter Fahey| D

5/2

Useful winner at 2m in bumpers. 37 lengths sixth of 7 to Facile Vega in Gr 2 bumper at Leopardstown (2m) in February. Had looked an exciting prospect prior to that and no surprise to see him make an impact now attentions are switched to hurdling.

Form: 116-

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Youralwaysdreamin^t¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: P T Foley

20/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. 14/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, fourth of 16 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft) 16 days ago.

Form: 4318-4

Caldwell Diamond^t¹⁸⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| BF

10/1

Promising sort. Respectable fourth of 14 in bumper at Ballinrobe (17.1f, good, 5/2). Off 6 months. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Yard having good spell. Likely to improve.

Form: 522-4

Camino Rock^t1¹⁹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M F Morris

25/1

Sixth of 12 in minor event hurdle at Punchestown (19.8f, good to soft, 50/1). Off 6 months. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 356-

Chainofconsequence⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: L P Dempsey| T: Aengus King

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Unseated rider in novice hurdle at Galway (22f, heavy, 50/1) 9 days ago, hampered and unseated first.

Form: S7436U

Crafty Rascal¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: P J Carberry| T: E Cawley

300/1

Masterofthehorse gelding. Dam unraced. Tenth of 12 in novice hurdle (66/1) at Sligo (20f, soft) on NH debut 18 days ago.

Form: 0

Eveningofsummer^p1,t1¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Daniel King⁽⁷⁾| T: R J Tierney

300/1

Twice-raced maiden. 50/1, last of 12 in novice hurdle at Sligo (20f, soft) 18 days ago. Tongue strap/cheekpieces reached for.

Form: 22-33P0

Galmar¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: J J Walsh

125/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 20/1, sixth of 13 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.5f, heavy) 12 days ago. Likely type for handicaps.

Form: 00-666

Getaway Train^t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: R Deegan| T: D Hassett

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 80/1, thirteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft) 16 days ago.

Form: PP1-400

Johnny Cigar²⁰⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: D F O'Regan| T: P F O'Donnell

9/1

Fairly useful form in bumpers. 10/1, creditable fifth of 12 in bumper at this course (2m) in April, having run of the race. Rates an interesting hurdles debutant and market confidence behind him would look significant.

Form: 44/0435-

Plain Or Battered¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: N Dooly

40/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Fourth of 13 in novice hurdle (28/1) at Clonmel (16.5f, heavy) on hurdles bow 12 days ago, inadequate test.

Form: 4333-4

The Short Go⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| BF

8/13

Promising individual. Hooded for 1st time, second of 16 in novice hurdle (10/11) at Listowel (20f, good) 46 days ago. Entitled to be sharper with that under his belt and strong claims of going one place better.

Form: 32-2

Bint Freya^h¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: B J Cooper| T: T Cooper

100/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 66/1, sixth of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (19.4f, heavy) on hurdles bow 12 days ago. Likely type for low-grade handicaps.

Form: 976

Catrionas Darling

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Danny Mullins| T: J Dullea

125/1

Gamut mare. Dam, poor maiden hurdler (stayed 2½m), half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed easy 2½m) Lucaindubai.

Form:

Kanors Girl³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Ricky Doyle| T: D A McLoughlin

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice hurdle (125/1) at this course (20f, good) 31 days ago, tailing off circuit out.

Form: 80P

Miss Pronunciation^h²⁵⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Mark Walsh| T: P Roche

16/1

Twice-raced maiden. 11/1, stepped up markedly on debut form when third of 16 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (2m) in February. Entitled to do better again moving forward this campaign.

Form: 63-

Non-Runners

Sonny May¹⁹⁴

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: D Hickey J: Reserve 1

Buddy One¹⁰

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: P J Gilligan J: Reserve 2

Skin In The Game⁵⁹⁴

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: J P Flavin J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

The Short Go (8/13), The Big Doyen (5/2), Johnny Cigar (9/1), Caldwell Diamond (10/1), Miss Pronunciation (16/1), Youralwaysdreamin (20/1), Skin In The Game (20/1), Camino Rock (25/1), Buddy One (33/1), Plain Or Battered (40/1), Chainofconsequence (66/1), Sonny May (66/1), Bint Freya (100/1), Galmar (125/1), Catrionas Darling (125/1), Getaway Train (200/1), Kanors Girl (200/1), Eveningofsummer (300/1), Crafty Rascal (300/1)

THE SHORT GO has run with plenty of promise all 3 starts over hurdles to date, shaping as if better for the run when finding only one too good at Listowel 46 days ago, and he can put his experience to good use and come out on top. The Big Doyen was useful in bumpers and rates a very interesting runner now hurdling. Caldwell Diamond and Johnny Cigar complete the shortlist.