13:25 Naas

Sunday 12 November 2023

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:25 | Winning time: 5m 2.90s

All For Rachel^t1¹⁸¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: O McKiernan| OR: 106

33/1

Fair hurdler. 4/1, creditable second of 15 in novice hurdle at Killarney (20f, good). Off 6 months. Tongue strap on 1st time and he just about sets the hurdles standard.

Form: 5878-22

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Ataboycharlie¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: E Cawley

28/1

Promising individual. Second of 12 in novice hurdle at Galway (16.4f, heavy, 40/1) on NH debut 15 days ago. Likely to improve and he's a big player.

Form: 2

Big Chou

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Sam Ewing| T: N Meade

66/1

Youmzain gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Mighty Meggsie, stays 19f. Dam unraced sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 2¾m) Burn And Turn.

Form:

Chigorin²⁷³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

25/1

€90,000 3-y-o, Shantou gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to very smart hurdler (2m winner) Abbyssial. Third sole start in points and transferred to a good yard.

Form: 3-

Chosen Witness¹⁹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

8/11

Useful winner at 18f in bumpers. 16/1, good fourth of 9 in bumper at Punchestown (16.2f, good to soft). Off 6 months. Makes hurdles debut for top yard and will take some stopping if taking to this discipline.

Form: 1/1504-

Clodders Dream²³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 111

17/2

Bit below form fourth of 8 in novice hurdle at Limerick (19f, soft, 4/1). Off 7 months but represents excellent yard.

Form: 04244-

Cloughroe³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

100/1

28/1, third of 10 in bumper at Stratford (16.3f, good to soft) 34 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving Denis Quinn.

Form: 43

Dorans Law¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: R P Treacy| T: M Hourigan

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 3/1, below form fifth of 9 in bumper at Sligo (18f, soft) 16 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Should progress.

Form: 9-035

Light That Fire³⁸⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Kieren Buckley⁽³⁾| T: E Cawley

250/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 100/1, last of 13 in bumper at Sligo (18f, soft) on bumper debut. Off 12 months. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: 0/0-

Mahon's Way^h²²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

3/1

10/3 and hooded, third of 8 in bumper at this course (16.3f, soft) on NH debut, no match for winner. Off 7 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 13-

Park The Giant²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: P Fenton

28/1

Sixth of 7 in novice hurdle at Cork (24.2f, good to soft, 22/1) on NH debut 28 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: U331-6

Prince Palace²²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J S McGarvey| T: P A Fahy

250/1

Turgeon gelding. Dam, maiden over hurdles/fences in France, half-sister to fairly useful French hurdler/chaser (2¼m-19f winner) Fou du Bresil. Unplaced both starts in points.

Form: 55-

Spread Boss Ted⁴⁶⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Mullins| T: W P Mullins| D

11/2

Fairly useful winner at 19f in bumpers. 85/40, second of 6 in bumper at Galway (16f, soft). Off 15 months. Makes hurdles debut and one of 2 Mullins runners.

Form: F/412-

The Nagger Reidy¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: P J Cawley⁽⁷⁾| T: S G Carey

150/1

Sixth of 13 in novice hurdle at Sligo (20f, soft, 16/1) on NH debut 16 days ago.

Form: 6

Forecasts

Chosen Witness (8/11), Mahon's Way (3/1), Spread Boss Ted (11/2), Clodders Dream (17/2), Chigorin (25/1), Park The Giant (28/1), Ataboycharlie (28/1), All For Rachel (33/1), Big Chou (66/1), Dorans Law (100/1), Cloughroe (100/1), The Nagger Reidy (150/1), Prince Palace (250/1), Light That Fire (250/1)

Willie Mullins unleashes a couple of well-above average bumper performers in CHOSEN WITNESS and Spread Boss Ted, with marginal preference for the former unless the market strongly suggests otherwise. Mahon's Way could be best of the rest.