14:00 Gowran Park

Saturday 11 March 2023

All13:2514:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:5517:30

Goresbridge Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 4m 23.8s

Jeepydoff Meel²⁰

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

7/4

Promising sort. Creditable third of 22 in maiden hurdle at Punchestown (20f, good to soft) 20 days ago. Likely capable of better still. Leading claims

Form: 5333

Karuma Grey^h¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D Moloney⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Ellmarie Holden

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 40/1 and hooded for 1st time, fifth of 11 in novice hurdle at Thurles (23.7f, good to soft) 16 days ago. Significantly down in trip.

Form: F-FP05

Kingsofthemidlands¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: P A Fahy

200/1

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden. Fell in novice hurdle at Naas (15.5f, good to soft, 250/1) 13 days ago.

Form: 0F

One Big Bang²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: Paul Tobin

12/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 18/1, seventh of 22 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 20 days ago.

Form: FC-137

Park Of Kings³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J S McGarvey| T: P Nolan

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Ninth of 16 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, good to soft, 18/1) 31 days ago.

Form: 3409

Rightfolksplease⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Ricky Doyle| T: P W Flynn

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. 250/1, unseated rider in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) 5 days ago.

Form: 0U

Shanroe Act²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: K Thornton

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fifteenth of 23 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, good to soft, 250/1) 28 days ago.

Form: 00

Showurappreciation⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: Jonathan Sweeney

5/1

Twice-raced maiden. Eighth of 18 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, soft, 66/1) 41 days ago.

Form: 68

Slate Lane⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: N T Prendergast⁽⁷⁾| T: P Hennessy

50/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fifteenth of 25 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) 42 days ago.

Form: 300

Always Force It⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, fifteenth of 25 in juvenile hurdle at Navan (16f, good to soft) 7 days ago. Yard having good spell.

Form: 000

Arc Eyes¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Dwyer

200/1

Once-raced maiden. 20/1, last of 10 in bumper at Punchestown (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 17 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0

Charlies Pride²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: H Morgan⁽³⁾| T: Paul Power

250/1

Once-raced maiden. 100/1, ninth of 16 in juvenile hurdle at this C&D (heavy) on NH debut 21 days ago.

Form: 9

Rocket Spirit⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Cian Cullinan⁽⁷⁾| T: P G Fahey

250/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. 100/1, first run since leaving Jack W. Davison when twentieth of 21 in juvenile hurdle at Naas (15.7f, soft) on NH debut 41 days ago.

Form: 0

Saraqael⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Sam Ewing| T: Peter Fahey

20/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. 28/1, fourteenth of 21 in juvenile hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy) 54 days ago.

Form: 00

Space Odyssey³²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

125/1

16/1, eleventh of 12 in maiden at Nottingham (10.2f, good to firm) on debut for Richard Hannon last April. Switches to hurdles for a new yard on first outing since.

Form:

Vengaboy

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: D L Queally| T: D Queally

16/1

Vendangeur gelding. Half-brother to numerous winners, including fairly useful hurdler/chase winner My Design, stays 3m, and fairly useful chaser Clouded Thoughts. Yard in good form.

Form:

Gabbys Girl⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: J B Foley| T: T Mullins

66/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden. Tenth of 25 in juvenile hurdle at Navan (16f, good to soft, 50/1) 7 days ago.

Form: P0

Libby^p¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 111

13/8

Fair maiden on the Flat and over hurdles. 5/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable fifth of 9 in juvenile hurdle at Naas (15.5f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Looks sure to be bang there.

Form: 4445

Result Amended

Kingsofthemidlands - Original Position 14th. Amended Position 13th.

Park Of Kings - Original Position 10th. Amended Position 9th.

Rightfolksplease - Original Position 7th. Amended Position 6th.

Shanroe Act - Original Position 12th. Amended Position 11th.

Slate Lane - Original Position 6th. Amended Position 18th.

Always Force It - Original Position 16th. Amended Position 15th.

Charlies Pride - Original Position 9th. Amended Position 8th.

Rocket Spirit - Original Position 8th. Amended Position 7th.

Saraqael - Original Position 13th. Amended Position 12th.

Vengaboy - Original Position 11th. Amended Position 10th.

Gabbys Girl - Original Position 15th. Amended Position 14th.

Non-Runners

Melnik¹

Weight: 11-2| Age: 4

T: C A McBratney J: Shane O'Callaghan

Forecasts

Libby (13/8), Jeepydoff Meel (7/4), Showurappreciation (5/1), Park Of Kings (10/1), One Big Bang (12/1), Vengaboy (16/1), Saraqael (20/1), Karuma Grey (28/1), Slate Lane (50/1), Gabbys Girl (66/1), Melnik (66/1), Space Odyssey (125/1), Kingsofthemidlands (200/1), Always Force It (200/1), Arc Eyes (200/1), Rightfolksplease (250/1), Rocket Spirit (250/1), Charlies Pride (250/1), Shanroe Act (250/1)

A big field but hard to make a case for many. JEEPYDOFF MEEL has been shaping up well and is narrowly preferred to Joseph O'Brien's Libby. Karuma Grey showed a bit more last time and may prove best of the remainder.