13:10 Cork

Sunday 9 April 2023

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Dermot Casey Tree Care Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:10 | Winning time: 3m 59.2s

Blue Reed⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Burke

25/1

Once-raced maiden. 14/1, seventh of 10 in bumper at Punchestown (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 46 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 7

Chilled Out¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Simon Torrens| T: J P Broderick

100/1

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden in this sphere. Tenth of 13 in juvenile hurdle at this C&D (heavy, 66/1) 17 days ago.

Form: 00

Gimmeago¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Philip Byrnes⁽⁵⁾| T: Ian O'Connor

300/1

Once-raced maiden. Tongue strap on, twenty-first of 23 in juvenile hurdle at Naas (16.3f, soft, 200/1) on NH debut 10 days ago.

Form: 0

Luminous Light^h¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: A McCann| OR: 108

9/2

Fair hurdler. Hooded for 1st time, creditable fourth of 13 in juvenile hurdle (9/4) at this C&D (heavy) 17 days ago. Vulnerable for win purposes.

Form: 584944

Mighty Mo Missouri^p,t²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Conor Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 116

9/4

Fairly useful hurdler. Sixteenth of 21 in juvenile hurdle at Cheltenham (16.4f, soft, 50/1) 26 days ago. Leading claims back in calmer waters.

Form: 055220

Samadabad^t³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: D Moloney⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Ellmarie Holden

10/3

Promising individual. 6/1 and tongue strap on/first run since leaving Jean-Claude Rouget when third of 25 in juvenile hurdle at Navan (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 36 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 3

Sea The Sunset²⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽³⁾| T: J Morrison

66/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. 33/1, sixth of 9 in handicap at Southwell (11.1f), merely passing beaten rivals. Off 8 months ahead of this hurdles bow/debut for new yard.

Form:

Vector Belle³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: P J Carberry| T: G Scott

250/1

Once-raced maiden. 40/1, nineteenth of 25 in juvenile hurdle at Navan (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 36 days ago.

Form: 0

Yeats Star

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: J S McGarvey| T: G Elliott

15/2

Yeats gelding. Closely related to fairly useful bumper winner Chosen Thyme. Dam fell sole start in point. Represents leading yard and interesting to see what the market has to say.

Form:

Alittlebitofrita²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁵⁾| T: M Hourigan

250/1

Once-raced maiden. 25/1, seventh of 8 in juvenile hurdle at Limerick (16.2f, heavy) on NH debut 28 days ago.

Form: 7

Bowgate Street^t²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: T Gibney

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. 250/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, thirteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) 29 days ago.

Form: 00

Boxcar Molly

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: E McCarthy

150/1

Urban Poet filly. Half-sister to fair hurdler/chaser Pound A Stroke. Dam modest maiden hurdler. Limited appeal on paper.

Form:

Calico^t¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 108| BF

11/4

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 11 hurdle runs. 5/6, respectable second of 13 in juvenile hurdle at this C&D (heavy) 17 days ago, travelling best. Should give it a good shot.

Form: 322352

Inchiquin Star³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: A McCurtin| T: P Kiely

25/1

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. 28/1, first run since leaving David Marnane when seventh of 14 in novice hurdle at Wexford (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 35 days ago.

Form: 7

My Second Chance

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Carl Millar⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

22/1

Arctic Cosmos filly. Half-sister to 2 winners on Flat, including 11f-1½m winner Dancing Belief. Doesn't appear to be yard's first-string judged on jockey bookings.

Form:

Non-Runners

Montys Rock¹⁷

Weight: 11-7| Age: 4

T: E Doyle J: I J Power

Knocknacree

Weight: 11-7| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: Reserve 1

Weseekherthere¹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: Reserve 2

Western Model¹⁷

Weight: 11-7| Age: 4

T: P Nolan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Mighty Mo Missouri (9/4), Calico (11/4), Samadabad (10/3), Luminous Light (9/2), Yeats Star (15/2), Knocknacree (10/1), Weseekherthere (10/1), Montys Rock (16/1), My Second Chance (22/1), Blue Reed (25/1), Inchiquin Star (25/1), Western Model (50/1), Sea The Sunset (66/1), Chilled Out (100/1), Boxcar Molly (150/1), Bowgate Street (250/1), Vector Belle (250/1), Alittlebitofrita (250/1), Gimmeago (300/1)

French Flat winner SAMADABAD shaped with plenty of promise whe third on his hurdles debut at Navan and, with improvement on the cards, he could be the answer. Mighty Mo Missouri was well held at the Cheltenham Festival but sets the standard back in maiden company judged on his solid placed efforts at Naas and Gowran. He is feared most ahead of Calico and Luminous Light.