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Supermac's Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 18:19 | Winning time: 5m 39.60s

San Martino²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: E A Fitzgerald⁽⁷⁾| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 111

8/1

Fair hurdler. 11/1, respectable sixth of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.6f, heavy) 26 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 875446-

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True Companion³⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: A M King⁽⁷⁾| T: John Cullen

200/1

Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Naas (5.9f, heavy, 200/1) 37 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Pulled up on last hurdle outing.

Form: 9P/

Aldworth Court¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: R Deegan| T: Niall O'flynn

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. 200/1, twelfth of 13 in novice hurdle at Tramore (16f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 00-

All For Rachel²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Richard Condon⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 102

5/1

Fair hurdler. 12/1, eighth of 10 in novice chase at Clonmel (19.9f, heavy) 26 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 0/85878-

Asatisfiedmind^p1⁸⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Ian Power| T: D Cullen

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Twenty-first of 23 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, good to soft, 150/1) 80 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 300-

Crouching Tiger^b1¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: S Curling

40/1

Presenting gelding. Half-brother to very smart hurdler/high-class chaser Champ and 19f bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Drury. Uninspiring record in points and wears blinkers for this Rules debut.

Form: 5PFP-

Cullenwaine¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Conor Owens⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Fourteenth of 19 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Tipperary (20.2f, soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 78P00-

Didyouseethelight⁶⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Daniel King⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss J M Lee

200/1

Once-raced maiden. 100/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.4f, good to soft) on NH debut 69 days ago, tailed off when pulled up early final circuit.

Form: P-

Easy Fella^p1⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: R P Cody

15/8

Fair hurdler. Creditable fifth of 10 in novice hurdle (4/1) at Limerick (24f, heavy) 51 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. One to consider.

Form: 534625-

Friends N Commerce³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: C D Maxwell| T: P G Kelly| OR: 111

7/2

Fairly useful hurdler. 11/2, creditable third of 8 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 33 days ago. Significantly back up in trip and obvious claims.

Form: 662343-

Policy Breaker³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. First run for yard after leaving Peter Maher. Best to look elsewhere.

Form: 0/PPP-

Rainbow Chaser²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: Ricky Doyle| T: L Comer

66/1

Twice-raced maiden. 200/1, first run since leaving William Durkan when seventeenth of 24 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, soft) 24 days ago.

Form: F3415/0-

Showurappreciation⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J S McGarvey| T: Jonathan Sweeney| OR: 111

3/1

Promising individual. Third of 18 in novice hurdle (5/1) at Gowran (16f, heavy) 52 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Should improve.

Form: 683-

Trackman Tommy¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: P G Kelly| OR: 105

17/2

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. 6/1, respectable fourth of 12 in novice hurdle at this course (17.4f, soft) 18 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 60544-

Up The Club¹⁴

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

200/1

200/1, twelfth of 18 in novice hurdle at Tipperary (20.2f, soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 6099/00-

Non-Runners

Pipers Boreen¹⁴

Weight: 10-11| Age: 5

T: S Nolan J: Reserve 1

The Ballyline Man²³

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: W P Mullins J: J B Foley

Impulse¹⁴

Weight: 10-11| Age: 5

T: Liam G O'brien J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Easy Fella (15/8), Showurappreciation (3/1), Friends N Commerce (7/2), All For Rachel (5/1), The Ballyline Man (7/1), San Martino (8/1), Trackman Tommy (17/2), Impulse (16/1), Pipers Boreen (25/1), Crouching Tiger (40/1), Rainbow Chaser (66/1), Policy Breaker (200/1), Asatisfiedmind (200/1), Cullenwaine (200/1), True Companion (200/1), Up The Club (200/1), Didyouseethelight (200/1), Aldworth Court (250/1)

This step up in trip is likely to unlock improvement in SHOWURAPPRECIATION, who was doing his best work at the finish when third in a big-field over 2m at Gowran last time. He is marginally preferred to Friends N Commerce, who deserves to pick up a race and is likely to make a bold bid to shed his maiden tag here. Easy Fella is best of the rest, though Trackman Tommy is also worth a second look.