13:40 Clonmel

Thursday 16 February 2023

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Derrygrath Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 4m 21.02s

Black Field

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy

100/1

Califet gelding. Dam (b66), ran once over hurdles/once in bumper, half-sister to useful hurdler/fairly useful chaser (stayed 2¼m) Publican.

Form:

Captains Nephew^t⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 108

17/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Good seventh of 12 in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Leopardstown (20f, soft) 49 days ago.

Form: 2-88357

Castle Field Boy^t³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: D F O'Regan| T: P T Foley

50/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Fifth of 10 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Punchestown (24.4f, heavy) on hurdles bow 31 days ago. Significantly down in trip.

Form: 75

Ceroc^p1⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: E J O'Grady

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Below form tenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy, 80/1) 52 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 3459-0

Clodders Dream³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott

11/2

Promising sort. 40/1, fourth of 22 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy) 32 days ago. Open to progress, particularly if cutting out the errors.

Form: 04

Conyers Hill^h1⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Curling

40/1

7/1, fifth of 8 in bumper at Limerick (16f, heavy) on NH debut 51 days ago, finishing tired. Makes hurdles debut. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 4-95

Feu Du Bresil³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

11/2

Fifth of 17 in novice hurdle at this course (16.8f, heavy, 2/1) 30 days ago, folding tamely. Clearly one of yard's lesser lights but he's still a danger at that level.

Form: 2/55

Gorgeous Suspect^h⁶⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: A A Howard| OR: 111

5/2

Promising sort. Creditable sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle (7/1) at Cork (20f, soft) 67 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 32-76

Ivoir Borget³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Miss E Doyle

150/1

Seventeenth of 22 in novice hurdle (40/1) at Punchestown (16f, heavy) on NH debut 32 days ago.

Form: 0

Kitsilano⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Murphy

28/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Fourteenth of 21 in novice hurdle (50/1) at Leopardstown (16f, soft) on hurdles bow 52 days ago.

Form: 415-310

Mastermacblack

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: I J Power| T: P Corkery

66/1

Carlo Bank gelding. Half-brother to poor hurdler Chance It. Dam unraced.

Form:

Mustmeetthefarrier²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Kevin Sexton| T: C Collins

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 250/1, thirteenth of 14 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, soft) 26 days ago.

Form: 0P0

No Bodder¹⁷

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

40/1

Modest hurdler. 150/1, fifth of 10 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.3f, heavy) 17 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 4/9PP05

Skradin⁴⁶

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

100/1

Sixth of 10 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy, 80/1) on NH debut 46 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 6

Strong Whisper^h1¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Melanie Horsman⁽⁷⁾| T: N Lee

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 100/1, eleventh of 14 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft) 16 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 0-00

Unheralded^h1³¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: T J Nagle-Jr

150/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Pulled up in novice hurdle (100/1) at Tramore (20.3f, good to soft) on hurdles bow, pulled up before eighth. Off 10 months. Down in trip. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 0P-

Kudasheva⁵¹

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

6/4

Promising type. Fifth of 18 in novice hurdle (9/4) at Limerick (20f, heavy) 51 days ago. May well do better and she looks the one to best with drop in trip probably a plus.

Form: 1-35

Special Protector⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: T Doyle

200/1

Poor maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden. 125/1, tenth of 19 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 40 days ago.

Form: 00

Non-Runners

Avenue De Pais

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: N Stokes J: Reserve 1

One Big Bang¹⁶

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: Paul Tobin J: Reserve 2

Figaroc²³

Weight: 11-12| Age: 8

T: W P Mullins J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Kudasheva (6/4), Gorgeous Suspect (5/2), Clodders Dream (11/2), Feu Du Bresil (11/2), Captains Nephew (17/2), Kitsilano (28/1), Conyers Hill (40/1), Ceroc (40/1), No Bodder (40/1), Castle Field Boy (50/1), Mastermacblack (66/1), Skradin (100/1), Black Field (100/1), Unheralded (150/1), Ivoir Borget (150/1), Special Protector (200/1), Strong Whisper (200/1), Mustmeetthefarrier (200/1)

Despite winning a point, KUDASHEVA is expected to improve for the drop in trip, at least at this stage of her career and she looks the to beat. Gorgeous Suspect and Clodders Dream are the main threats.