15:05 Limerick

Thursday 29 December 2022

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Geary's Garage Kilmeedy Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:05 | Winning time: 5m 6.1s

Brownstone^t²³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss A L Fitzgibbon⁽⁷⁾| T: M Winters

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden under rules. Off 7 months. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Best to look elsewhere.

Form: U0/P2-7

Coolavin Boy^p1³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: Louise G Lyons

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 250/1, thirteenth of 23 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy) 32 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: P-000

Coole Vision^t²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: N Lee

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Twelfth of 17 in novice hurdle (40/1) at Clonmel (16.2f, heavy) 21 days ago.

Form: 8570

Famous Agent³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: K Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss E Doyle| OR: 97

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Eleventh of 14 in novice hurdle (7/2) at this C&D (heavy) 37 days ago. Better effort when fifth at Sligo on return in October, form which entitles him to respect.

Form: 767-50

Go Boy¹⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: M A Molloy

7/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving T. E. Hyde. Limited appeal.

Form: 60/4-P

Ishan²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Curling| OR: 84

20/1

Modest hurdler. Below form sixth of 12 in handicap hurdle (18/1) at Tramore (21f, soft) 23 days ago.

Form: 0-60P76

Sixty Seconds²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara

10/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. Ninth of 16 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft, 125/1) 26 days ago.

Form: 5-89

Sonny May^t³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: R Deegan| T: D Hickey

11/10

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Fifth of 20 in novice hurdle (250/1) at Punchestown (16.3f, good to soft) 30 days ago, running on late. Good chance here if able to back that effort up.

Form: 90-05

Thelonglad^h1⁶⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: C A Landers| T: M J McDonagh

100/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 18 in novice hurdle at this course (16f, soft, 150/1) 67 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 000

Desert Heather²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: K C Sexton| T: D Queally

4/1

Thrice-raced maiden. First run since leaving Turlough O'Connor when fifth of 6 in minor event chase (66/1) at Downpatrick (19.2f, good) 122 days ago. Winner 3 times between the flags since. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 25-5111

Jewelinthesky³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 100

6/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Below form fifth of 10 in novice hurdle (18/1) at Cork (16f, soft) 39 days ago. Booking of Noonan a plus.

Form: 6065

Kalahari Diamond³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: P J Carberry| T: C Byrnes

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. 18/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Thurles (23.1f, soft) on hurdles bow 35 days ago, tailing off back straight. Showed some ability in bumpers prior to that.

Form: B48P

Pana To Milan¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Simon Torrens| T: M Winters| OR: 84

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eighteenth of 24 in handicap hurdle (150/1) at Cork (20f, soft) 18 days ago.

Form: 0-900

Royal Diver⁶⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: E Dwan⁽⁷⁾| T: V T O'Brien

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. 200/1, last of 15 in novice hurdle at Galway (16f, heavy) 60 days ago.

Form: 00-0

Non-Runners

Buddy One³²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: P J Gilligan J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Sonny May (11/10), Desert Heather (4/1), Buddy One (4/1), Jewelinthesky (6/1), Go Boy (7/1), Sixty Seconds (10/1), Famous Agent (16/1), Ishan (20/1), Kalahari Diamond (28/1), Coolavin Boy (33/1), Brownstone (40/1), Coole Vision (50/1), Pana To Milan (100/1), Thelonglad (100/1), Royal Diver (200/1)

If able to at least reproduce the form of his latest effort at Punchestown, SONNY MAY may well be the answer to a maiden bigger on quantity than quality. He promises to be suited by this stiffer test and gets the nod ahead of Buddy One, who also stepped up on what he's previously shown when sixth at Navan last time. Desert Heather hasn't shown much in 3 previous starts under Rules (all over fences) but she's been in good form in points of late and merits respect on this hurdles debut.