14:40 Fairyhouse

Monday 10 April 2023

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Donohue Marquees Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2)

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 4m 7.8s

Blood Destiny^h1,t1²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 143| CD

8/11

Useful hurdler. C&D winner. 3/1, 26¾ lengths ninth of 15 to Lossiemouth in Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham (16.8f, good to soft) 24 days ago, refusing to settle. Hood on 1st time and tongue strap back on. Player if more settled here.

Form: 2-119

Carslake⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: Aengus King| OR: 108

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eighth of 16 in handicap at Bellewstown (14.3f, heavy, 10/1) 4 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 063

Cougar^h1¹⁰⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Simon Torrens| T: P Roche| OR: 127| D

12/1

Thrice-raced winner over hurdles. Useful winner at 10f on flat. 6/1, tailed-off eighth of 11 to Lossiemouth in Knight Frank Juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, soft) 105 days ago. Hood on 1st time and needs to bounce back.

Form: 118

Gust Of Wind²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: W P Mullins| OR: 135

5/2

Useful hurdler. Latest win in hurdle at Auteuil in September. 10 lengths fourth of 15 to Lossiemouth in Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham (16.8f, good to soft, 22/1) 24 days ago. Much respected.

Form: 154

Sir Allen²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: A Slattery| OR: 127| D

13/2

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. 2 wins from 4 runs this season. 10/1, creditable eleventh of 21 in juvenile hurdle at Cheltenham (16.4f, soft) 27 days ago. No forlorn hope.

Form: 2110

Enjoy The Dream⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: A McNamara

33/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. 16/1, first run since leaving Markus Klug when third of 16 in juvenile hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) on NH debut 51 days ago. Uphill task.

Form: 3

Non-Runners

Paradise Lost¹²

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: C O'Brien J: J B Foley

Rightsotom²⁴

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: T Mullins J: Danny Mullins

Tekao²⁷

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: W P Mullins J: Mark Walsh

Forecasts

Blood Destiny (8/11), Gust Of Wind (5/2), Tekao (9/2), Sir Allen (13/2), Cougar (12/1), Rightsotom (14/1), Enjoy The Dream (33/1), Paradise Lost (33/1), Carslake (150/1)

Willie Mullins looks to hold all the aces here and his BLOOD DESTINY is fancied to bounce back from his disappointing showing in the Triumph Hurdle when too free with the hood crucially now going on for the first time. Stablemates Gust of Wind and Tekao look much the biggest threats on form and can follow him home in that order.