15:21 Fairyhouse

Saturday 28 January 2023

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Book Tickets Online At fairyhouse.ie Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:21 | Winning time: 5m 27.7s

Ask Bob^h¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: J C McConnell

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 125/1 and hooded for 1st time, eleventh of 22 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy) 13 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 0670

Away To Milan¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell

100/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 125/1, eleventh of 22 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy) 13 days ago. Up in trip. Difficult ask.

Form: 0-80

Buddy One⁶²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 102

7/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 250/1, sixth of 23 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy) 62 days ago, not knocked about. Won't need to up his game too much to play a prominent role.

Form: 706

Coole Vision^t³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: R P Geoghegan⁽⁷⁾| T: N Lee| OR: 97

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Very good fourth of 14 in novice hurdle (50/1) at Limerick (19f, heavy) 30 days ago.

Form: 85704

Duncarrig^p1²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: P J Rothwell

22/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 250/1, fifth of 15 in novice hurdle at Tramore (16.2f, heavy) 27 days ago. Up in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: PP-005

El Capitaine^h³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: Michael Lynch

6/4

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 40/1, excellent fifth of 20 in maiden hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, soft) over Christmas. Major player in this easier race.

Form: 58-65

Harvard Guy²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: L P Dempsey| T: E & P Harty

17/2

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 25 in novice hurdle (50/1) at Naas (15.9f, heavy) 20 days ago, running on late. Back up in trip.

Form: 095

I Am Rocco¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: W P Mullins

15/2

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Best run when fourth of 17 in maiden hurdle at Clonmel (16.8f, heavy) 11 days ago. Back up in trip. Still relatively early days and much respected for top stable.

Form: 47-4P4

Malton Groove³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott

6/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 3/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at this course (22.5f, heavy) 38 days ago, a bad mistake at the first not helping. Had shown promise when fourth at Naas prior to that. Likely capable of bouning back.

Form: 8-4P

Cool Croi¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Nathan Andrews⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 20/1, twelfth of 17 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.8f, heavy) 11 days ago, folding. Up in trip.

Form: 95-P60

Jane Wilde^t³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: Colm Murphy

5/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Fifth of 24 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Naas (18.8f, soft) 39 days ago.

Form: P-885

Neev's Dream^t³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: T Gibney

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Seventh of 24 in novice hurdle at Naas (18.8f, soft, 250/1) 39 days ago.

Form: 0-007

Roccabaker²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 95

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Fell in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy, 50/1) 21 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 7-07F

Soldaro^t³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean Flanagan| T: G P Cromwell

40/1

Modest form in bumpers ahead of this switch to hurdles.

Form: 0658

Non-Runners

Carlas Big Jim⁴⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: L J Archdeacon J: Mr C J Shine

Forecasts

El Capitaine (6/4), Jane Wilde (5/1), Malton Groove (6/1), Buddy One (7/1), I Am Rocco (15/2), Harvard Guy (17/2), Roccabaker (20/1), Duncarrig (22/1), Coole Vision (33/1), Neev's Dream (33/1), Soldaro (40/1), Away To Milan (100/1), Cool Croi (100/1), Carlas Big Jim (100/1), Ask Bob (150/1)

EL CAPITAINE showed plenty in a big-field maiden at Leopardstown over Christmas and a repeat of that form might be good enough to see him take this. Malton Groove can bounce straight back from his no-show here last month and provide the chief threat ahead of I Am Rocco.