15:40 Thurles

Monday 13 March 2023

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Holycross Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:41 | Winning time: 6m 3.80s

Ballagh Star¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: P J Carberry| T: Mrs Y Dunleavy| OR: 93

18/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 21 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Naas (15.5f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Significantly up in trip with work to do.

Form: 080

Be Fierce⁸³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: T M Walsh

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, fourteenth of 19 in novice hurdle at Naas (18.8f, soft) 83 days ago. More required.

Form: 04-500

Leis Fein³³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: E Dwan⁽⁷⁾| T: V T O'Brien

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 125/1, fourteenth of 16 in bumper at Ballinrobe (17.6f, good to soft). Off 11 months. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: 5080-

Max Time⁷⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J P Shinnick⁽⁷⁾| T: I Madden

100/1

Ninth of 11 in bumper at Limerick (18f, heavy, 200/1) 75 days ago. Makes hurdles debut with more needed.

Form: 708789

Monza Man¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: A McCurtin| T: T Doyle

10/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Sixth of 11 in novice hurdle at this course (23.7f, good to soft, 200/1) 18 days ago. Needs to build on it.

Form: 0-86

Out The Gap^t⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: P G Kelly| OR: 93

10/1

Modest hurdler. Seventh of 10 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Limerick (16f, soft) 41 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Tongue strap back on. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 8/05777

Ozark Thunder^t¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: H Morgan⁽³⁾| T: T Cleary

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 200/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, eighth of 11 in novice hurdle at this course (23.7f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Has lots to find.

Form: 00P08

Sixty Seconds⁷⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 10/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Limerick (19f, heavy) 74 days ago. Hard to warm to.

Form: 5-89P

Fruit Blossom³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Nathan Andrews⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 97

9/2

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 22/1, eleventh of 16 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (19.8f, good to soft) 33 days ago. Not taken lightly if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 83P-670

Janverlil¹¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean Flanagan| T: E McNamara

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Tenth of 14 in novice hurdle at Limerick (19f, heavy, 125/1) 111 days ago.

Form: F780

No Fussing¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle

7/1

Modest hurdler. 66/1, good seventh of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (18.7f, soft) 11 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 40-5607

Stradbally Village⁹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: I J Power| T: Ms M Flynn| OR: 83

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Last of 13 in novice hurdle at Tramore (21f, soft, 200/1) 97 days ago.

Form: P880

Walk Out²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Derek McGrath⁽⁷⁾| T: J E Kiely| OR: 92

15/2

Promising sort. 150/1, seventh of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (18.9f, heavy) 25 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 6007

Young Darleen²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Donagh Meyler| T: R P Cody

7/4

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 33/1, good fifth of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (18.9f, heavy) 25 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 0/1P7-65

Forecasts

Young Darleen (7/4), Fruit Blossom (9/2), No Fussing (7/1), Walk Out (15/2), Sixty Seconds (9/1), Monza Man (10/1), Out The Gap (10/1), Be Fierce (11/1), Ballagh Star (18/1), Leis Fein (66/1), Janverlil (80/1), Ozark Thunder (80/1), Stradbally Village (80/1), Max Time (100/1)

Not nearly so competitive as the numbers suggest and YOUNG DARLEEN looks to have been found a good opportunity to open her account on the back of her good Clonmel fifth. Walk Out is feared most if, as expected, building on her recent seventh in that contest, with No Fussing and Fruit Blossom two more who can have a say.