17:45 Clonmel

Thursday 6 April 2023

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Clionas Foundation Opportunity Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:45 | Winning time: 4m 22.5s

Fameaftertheglory^b,t¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Kieren Buckley| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 120

9/4

Fairly useful hurdler. Visored for 1st time, respectable third of 17 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy, 9/4) 17 days ago. Yard in good form. Blinkers back on. Sets the standard.

Form: 8U7323

San Martino²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: E A Fitzgerald⁽⁴⁾| T: Peter Fahey

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 8f on flat. 16/5, below form fourth of 18 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) 26 days ago.

Form: 87544

Battle Of Ridgeway^t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: E Dwan⁽⁴⁾| T: M Hassett

150/1

Once-raced maiden. 50/1 and tongue strap on, sixth of 16 in novice hurdle at Thurles (16f, soft) on NH debut 19 days ago.

Form: 446

Champagne Mahler

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C Brassil| T: H De Bromhead

10/1

€22,000 3-y-o, Mahler gelding. Brother to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Revels Hill, stays 31f. Makes plenty of appeal on paper. Stable having good spell. Betting should guide.

Form:

Conyers Hill¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: P Nolan

11/1

Promising type. 11/2, first run since leaving Sam Curling when third of 10 in novice hurdle at this course (16f, heavy) 16 days ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 4-9583

Dream Jet¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Philip Donovan⁽²⁾| T: C W J Farrell

125/1

€11,000 3-y-o, Jet Away gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners on Flat, including 8.6f winner Stylistickhill. Dam maiden on Flat (stayed 6f).

Form: 35

Enoughofthat¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: E Walsh| T: E M O'Sullivan

150/1

Once-raced maiden. 18/1, ninth of 12 in novice hurdle at Cork (20f, heavy) on NH debut 14 days ago.

Form: 9

Feu Du Bresil²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: K Callaghan⁽⁴⁾| T: W P Mullins

4/1

Fair hurdler. 15/2, second of 15 in maiden at Thurles (16.4f, heavy) 24 days ago. Likely to be thereabouts.

Form: 2/55P2

Killeemore Lad¹³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Niall Moore⁽⁴⁾| T: A Slattery

100/1

Doyen gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser (stayed 3¼m) Merry Path.

Form: PU

Lacken Run

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽⁴⁾| T: G M Doyle

125/1

El Salvador gelding. Dam (b88) bumper winner.

Form:

Lucky Policy^h1³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁴⁾| T: P W Flynn

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. 200/1, eleventh of 13 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) 31 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 90

Marciano

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁴⁾| T: E J O'Grady

22/1

€54,000 3-y-o, Presenting gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including fairly useful chaser The Cobbler Swayne and fairly useful hurdler Theflickeringlight. Check betting.

Form:

Paul's Pal⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Conor Clarke⁽⁴⁾| T: A Mullins

100/1

Once-raced maiden. Sixth of 13 in bumper at Punchestown (16f, good to soft, 20/1) on NH debut 46 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 6

That's About Right²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: P J O'Hanlon| T: P J Rothwell

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Last of 5 in bumper (125/1) at Limerick (16f, heavy) 25 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 65

The Shantou King¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: M M McDonagh⁽²⁾| T: Aengus King

80/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 150/1, fell in novice hurdle at Limerick (19f, soft) on hurdles bow 11 days ago.

Form: 0F

Top Speed¹⁰¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Mike O'Connor| T: H De Bromhead

11/8

Promising sort. Sixth of 21 in novice hurdle (25/1) at Leopardstown (16f, soft) 101 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Trainer going well. Should improve.

Form: 13-86

Up The Club⁵⁶⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: T Joseph Kelly⁽⁴⁾| T: D E Fitzgerald

250/1

66/1, creditable ninth of 17 in bumper at Listowel (16f, good to soft). Off 18 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 8/06099-

Longhouse Star⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Philip Byrnes⁽²⁾| T: S Curling

66/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Seventh of 14 in novice hurdle (50/1) at Limerick (21f, heavy) on hurdles bow 7 days ago, not knocked about. Down in trip. RESERVE.

Form: 3F32P7

Non-Runners

Mastermacblack²⁴

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: P Corkery J: S Fitzgerald

May Call You Back

Weight: 10-11| Age: 5

T: Steve Jones J: Reserve 2

Hees Dynamite

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: E McNamara J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Top Speed (11/8), Fameaftertheglory (9/4), Feu Du Bresil (4/1), Champagne Mahler (10/1), Conyers Hill (11/1), San Martino (11/1), Marciano (22/1), May Call You Back (33/1), Hees Dynamite (33/1), Mastermacblack (33/1), Longhouse Star (66/1), The Shantou King (80/1), Paul's Pal (100/1), Killeemore Lad (100/1), Dream Jet (125/1), Lacken Run (125/1), Battle Of Ridgeway (150/1), Enoughofthat (150/1), Lucky Policy (150/1), That's About Right (200/1), Up The Club (250/1)

FAMEAFTERTHEGLORY has been knocking at the door in similar company this year and is taken to finally get his head in front. Feu du Bresil ran his best race coming over from France when second at Thurles last time and will be a threat if building on that. Conyers Hill and Top Speed look capable of better than they've shown and also make the shortlist.