15:50 Thurles

Thursday 9 February 2023

All13:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:00

www.thurlesraces.ie Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 5m 43.7s

Calazure¹⁹

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

50/1

Once-raced maiden. Fifth of 9 in bumper (11/1) at Navan (15.8f, soft) on NH debut 19 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 5

Depeche Mo^h²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Eric Larkin

200/1

Fourteenth of 17 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.8f, heavy, 200/1) 23 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 0-P0U00

Dinoland³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

10/1

Once-raced maiden. Seventh of 10 in bumper (11/2) at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) on NH debut 39 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip. Interesting runner for top connections, particularly if betting vibes are strong.

Form: 7

Ebenezer Scrooge³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: D F O'Regan| T: G Elliott

8/1

Promising individual. 28/1, fifth of 21 in minor event hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.1f, heavy) on NH debut 39 days ago. Stable in good form. Open to improvement.

Form: 5

Japers Jack³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Brian Hayes| T: P Fenton

11/2

Thrice-raced maiden. Second of 10 in novice hurdle at Cork (24f, heavy, 2/1) 33 days ago, no match for winner. Place claims again.

Form: 24-352

Jet Setting Johnny^t³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: B W Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss Ellmarie Holden

66/1

Once-raced maiden. Tongue strap on, pulled up in novice hurdle at Tramore (21.8f, heavy, 40/1) on NH debut 39 days ago, beaten early final circuit.

Form: P-PP

Karuma Grey³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D E Mullins| T: Miss Ellmarie Holden

16/1

Once-raced maiden. Pulled up in minor event hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.1f, heavy, 20/1) on NH debut 39 days ago, pulled up early in straight.

Form: F-FP

Monza Man²⁸⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: T Doyle

150/1

Once-raced maiden. 66/1, twelfth of 23 in bumper at Punchestown (16f, soft) on NH debut. Off 9 months. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 0-

Potters Party⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| BF

7/2

Promising type. 9/4, fourth of 16 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (22.5f, heavy) 50 days ago. Remains capable of better. Major player.

Form: 2-34

Rowdy Romeo²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: Caroline Mccaldin

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 33/1, very good second of 10 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (24.4f, heavy) 24 days ago.

Form: 6F6352

Silver Gazette³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 106

40/1

Remains a maiden after 8 hurdle runs. 25/1, tenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Tramore (16.2f, heavy) 39 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 325650

Yeah Man²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| BF

11/10

Fair hurdler. 10/11, creditable second of 17 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.8f, heavy) 23 days ago, keeping on well. Significantly up in trip. Yard having good spell. Another bold show likely.

Form: 450522

Design Flaw⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Phillip Enright| T: G Ahern

250/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Sixteenth of 24 in novice hurdle at Naas (18.8f, soft, 200/1) 51 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 649-00

Smiths Sister¹⁰⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: M Kennedy

250/1

Once-raced maiden. Fifteenth of 18 in novice hurdle (80/1) at Clonmel (19.4f, heavy) on NH debut 105 days ago.

Form: 0

Ounce Of Gold³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: P A Fahy

250/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. First run since leaving Patrick Eugene Turley when thirteenth of 25 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.9f, heavy, 80/1) on hurdles bow 32 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 9-80

Non-Runners

Fantasio D'alene³⁹⁷

Weight: 11-12| Age: 8

T: G Elliott J: Jordan Gainford

Connors Cross⁵¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: James Andrew Fahey J: Reserve 2

Glenabbey⁴³⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: J Neilan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Yeah Man (11/10), Potters Party (7/2), Japers Jack (11/2), Fantasio D'alene (6/1), Ebenezer Scrooge (8/1), Dinoland (10/1), Rowdy Romeo (14/1), Karuma Grey (16/1), Connors Cross (33/1), Silver Gazette (40/1), Calazure (50/1), Glenabbey (50/1), Jet Setting Johnny (66/1), Monza Man (150/1), Depeche Mo (200/1), Smiths Sister (250/1), Design Flaw (250/1), Ounce Of Gold (250/1)

In an open-looking maiden POTTERS PARTY might be worth another chance to confirm the promise of his hurdle debut third as that form has been boosted by the winner and second since. Yeah Man has made a good start to his hurdle career in recent months and is feared most ahead of Willie Mullins hurdle newcomer Dinoland.