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Friday 17 March 2023

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Bluegrasshorsefeed.com Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:51 | Winning time: 4m 27.8s

Je T'ai Porte^h¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: C D Maxwell| T: G P Cromwell

100/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Hood on for 1st time, sixteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (18.7f, soft, 25/1) on NH debut 15 days ago.

Form: 0

Any Luck Colm^p²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: C A McBratney

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 22 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20f, good to soft, 250/1) 26 days ago.

Form: 459-P00

Bellaney Lord^t¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Eighth of 12 in novice hurdle at Ayr (19.5f, good to soft, 11/2) 18 days ago. Stable having good spell and drop in trip may help him.

Form: 20-3U8

Canal End⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J S McGarvey| T: Peter Fahey

5/2

Sixth of 18 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, soft, 16/1) 47 days ago.

Form: 66

Catch The Beast⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: E Cawley

250/1

Last of 25 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft, 150/1) on NH debut 48 days ago.

Form: 0

Djameson

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: S Crawley

50/1

Kalanisi gelding. Brother to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Sassy Diva, stayed 2½m, and fair hurdler Breesy Mountain.

Form:

Jimmy Mcgill¹⁷⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Carl Millar⁽⁷⁾| T: John Winston

125/1

Poor maiden on the Flat, making jumps debut. 28/1, seventeenth of 18 in handicap at Fairyhouse (6f, good). First run for yard after leaving Thomas Coyle.

Form:

Macdermott⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr Pat Taaffe⁽⁷⁾| T: W P Mullins| BF

10/3

Evens, third of 8 in bumper at this course (17.2f, soft) on NH debut 52 days ago. Makes hurdles debut for top yard and capable of plenty more.

Form: 3

Marronstown²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Ricky Doyle| T: D M Christie

12/1

Promising type. Unseated rider in novice hurdle (12/1) at Punchestown (16f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Should have more to offer.

Form: 1-1P3U

Now Go Soldier Go²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: P J Carberry| T: S R B Crawford

25/1

Soldier of Fortune gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser Now Where Or When and fair but temperamental hurdler Heliers Bay. Dam (b88) bumper winner. Trainer going well. Runner-up on second of 2 starts in points.

Form: 62

Our Jervis²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: H Morgan⁽³⁾| T: N C Kelly

200/1

Califet gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Keepfaithinme. Maiden pointer, pulled up last time.

Form: P4-6P

Stuzzikini³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D F O'Regan| T: G Elliott| OR: 123

3/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Bit below form second of 16 in novice hurdle (5/2) at Fairyhouse (16f, good to soft) 37 days ago. Sets a solid standard on Punchestown effort prior to that.

Form: 7-0022

Vango Opera^t1⁸⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: C J Orr| T: N C Kelly

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 300/1, twelfth of 14 in novice hurdle at Ayr (16f, good to soft) 85 days ago. Tongue strap on for first time.

Form: 000

Western Comandor¹³¹

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

12/1

Fair hurdler. 14/1, 26¼ lengths fifth of 7 to Cool Survivor in listed hurdle at Cork (24f, heavy) 131 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 242435

Baltic Bird^h1¹⁶¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr J C Barry⁽³⁾| T: W Durkan

33/1

Useful Flat winner, making jumps debut. Fifteenth of 16 in handicap at Newmarket (12f, good, 66/1). First run for yard after leaving John & Thady Gosden. Hooded for 1st time.

Form:

Flamborough¹⁵³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney

4/1

Fairly useful Flat winner, making jumps debut. 4/6 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, won 5-runner handicap at Catterick (13.9f, soft). First run for yard after leaving Charlie & Mark Johnston.

Form:

He Picked Us¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: C P McNamara| T: G P Cromwell

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. Eleventh of 25 in juvenile hurdle at Navan (16f, good to soft, 20/1) 13 days ago.

Form: 50

Mornington Bay¹⁰⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: J P Shinnick⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs S Dawson

200/1

Last of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f, 125/1). Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 6

Tomannie³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: S Millar

200/1

Tenth of 13 in bumper at Navan (16f, good to soft, 200/1) on NH debut 33 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

Free Parking⁴⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: J C McConnell J: M J Molloy

Thunderhill¹⁹⁹

Weight: 10-8| Age: 4

T: Caroline Mccaldin J: Dillon Maxwell

Find A Fortune¹²⁴

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: G Elliott J: Reserve 1

O'hallorans Castle²⁰

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: S R B Crawford J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Canal End (5/2), Stuzzikini (3/1), Macdermott (10/3), Flamborough (4/1), Find A Fortune (15/2), Western Comandor (12/1), Marronstown (12/1), Bellaney Lord (16/1), O'hallorans Castle (20/1), Now Go Soldier Go (25/1), Thunderhill (25/1), Baltic Bird (33/1), Djameson (50/1), He Picked Us (100/1), Je T'ai Porte (100/1), Free Parking (100/1), Jimmy Mcgill (125/1), Mornington Bay (200/1), Our Jervis (200/1), Any Luck Colm (200/1), Tomannie (200/1), Vango Opera (200/1), Catch The Beast (250/1)

STUZZIKINI was a bit disappointing at Fairyhouse last time but there's nothing wrong with this effort at Punchestown prior to that and a repeat of that level may well suffice. Macdermott failed to meet expectations in a bumper but he's bred to do better over obstacles and he demands respect, with Canal End another to consider.