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Saturday 25 February 2023

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Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 4m 17.4s

Fine Margin^t¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: K C Sexton| T: M A Daly

6/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Fourth of 6 in minor event hurdle at Thurles (20f, good to soft, 50/1) 16 days ago, not knocked about. Progressing well.

Form: 34-5554

John W Creasy³⁴

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

11/2

Once-raced maiden. Fifth of 15 in bumper (40/1) at this course (16f, soft) on NH debut. Off 10 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 5-44

Makaela's Choice²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: J B Foley| T: T Mullins

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Hooded for 1st time, last of 7 in bumper (80/1) at Limerick (16f, soft) 25 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 5757

O'hallorans Castle^t³³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford

40/1

Once-raced maiden. Tongue strap on, tenth of 13 in bumper (15/2) at Naas (16.2f, good to soft) on NH debut. Off 11 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0-

After The Drama¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Cian Cullinan⁽⁷⁾| T: Aengus King

250/1

Once-raced maiden. Eleventh of 13 in bumper at Navan (16f, good to soft, 150/1) on NH debut 13 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0

Bocelli's Voice¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin

7/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fifth of 16 in novice hurdle (25/1) at this course (16f, good to soft) 17 days ago.

Form: 32-85

Grand Rouge²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: C Owens⁽⁷⁾| T: J Barcoe

250/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Pulled up in bumper (250/1) at Naas (19f, soft) 27 days ago, tailing off soon after halfway. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: 909P

Shanroe Click¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Donagh Meyler| T: K Thornton

200/1

Once-raced maiden. 200/1, seventeenth of 23 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, good to soft) on NH debut 14 days ago.

Form: 0

Volantis³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Keith Donoghue| T: R O'Sullivan

10/3

Promising individual. 4/1, fourth of 11 in novice hurdle at this course (19.5f, heavy) on hurdles bow 31 days ago. Should improve and is a strong contender here.

Form: 33244

Walter Grey³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Kieren Buckley⁽³⁾| T: F G Hand

5/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Fifth of 14 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, soft, 80/1) on hurdles bow 35 days ago.

Form: 2/08-5

Purse Price^p1,t¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| D

9/4

Fair hurdler. 10/3, good second of 9 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, good to soft) 14 days ago, having run of race. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Respected.

Form: 832322

The Big Cloud⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S Crawley

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. 250/1, twentieth of 27 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, soft) 61 days ago.

Form: 90

Dgalwaygallivantor

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: L P Dempsey| T: G P Cromwell

33/1

€15,500 3-y-o, Dansant gelding. Dam (b75), placed in points, sister to untrustworthy but fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 2½m) Moon Over Miami.

Form:

Downtherefordancin²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Sean Flanagan| T: G P Cromwell

25/1

Once-raced maiden. Fifteenth of 21 in juvenile hurdle (66/1) at Naas (15.7f, soft) on NH debut 27 days ago.

Form: 0

Forecasts

Purse Price (9/4), Volantis (10/3), Walter Grey (5/1), John W Creasy (11/2), Fine Margin (6/1), Bocelli's Voice (7/1), Downtherefordancin (25/1), Dgalwaygallivantor (33/1), O'hallorans Castle (40/1), Makaela's Choice (100/1), The Big Cloud (200/1), Shanroe Click (200/1), Grand Rouge (250/1), After The Drama (250/1)

VOLANTIS took the switch to hurdling in his stride when fourth in a novice here last month, briefly looking the most likely winner between the last 2, and can find the required improvement to beat Purse Price and Fine Margin.