12:50 Wexford

Friday 17 November 2023

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BoyleSports Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:50 | Winning time: 5m 53.4s

Intense Approach⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: B W Harvey⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell

6/5

Dual winner in bumpers who makes plenty of appeal switched to hurdling up in trip.

Form: 1-211

Balally Park¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Donagh Meyler| T: T Cooper

66/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Tenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, soft, 50/1) 12 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 6-U0

Grizzley Adams²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Mr A Burke-Ott⁽⁷⁾| T: A Ott

250/1

Once-raced maiden. 80/1, eleventh of 13 in novice hurdle at Sligo (20f, soft) on NH debut 21 days ago.

Form: 0

Iceberg Theory³³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean Flanagan| T: P Nolan

5/2

Promising sort. Third of 14 in novice hurdle at Cork (20.4f, good to soft, 12/1) on hurdles bow 33 days ago. Strong claims.

Form: 30-3

Jack Du Large

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

8/1

€95,000 3-y-o, Kapgarde gelding. Half-brother to fair French hurdler/chaser Goldchop. Interesting newcomer from top stable.

Form:

Johnny Cakes¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Simon Torrens| T: P J Rothwell

250/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 300/1, seventeenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, soft) 12 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 000

Sportinthepark²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Sam Ewing| T: N Meade| BF

10/1

Once-raced maiden. 9/4 and hooded, fifth of 9 in bumper at Galway (16.4f, heavy) on NH debut 20 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip.

Form: 2-5

Tramps Like Us^t²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: D F O'Regan| T: D H Kelly

25/1

Promising individual. 25/1, third of 17 in novice hurdle at Limerick (21f, heavy) on hurdles bow 27 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 54-903

A La Carte⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Liz Doyle

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 150/1, twelfth of 15 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) 6 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 8-760

Cobra Queen²²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

11/1

€26,000 3-y-o, £75,000 4-y-o, Milan filly. Half-sister to modest hurdler Ange Endormi. Dam winning pointer, half-sister to useful chaser (stayed 23f) Conrad Hastings. Successful on second of 2 starts in points in the spring and joined a leading yard. Notable Rules newcomer.

Form: 31-

Pfeiffer

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: Colm Murphy

12/1

€4,500 3-y-o, Soldier of Fortune filly. Half-sister to bumper winner/fair hurdler Al Reesha. Dam unraced sister to useful hurdler (stayed 2¾m) General Cloney.

Form:

Tuscaloosa Anna

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: J J Slevin| T: S Slevin

200/1

Parish Hall filly. Dam, little show in bumper/over hurdles, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/very smart chaser (stays 3m) Bennys King.

Form:

Non-Runners

Mossy Fen Park²⁷¹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: H De Bromhead J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Intense Approach (6/5), Iceberg Theory (5/2), Mossy Fen Park (3/1), Jack Du Large (8/1), Sportinthepark (10/1), Cobra Queen (11/1), Pfeiffer (12/1), Tramps Like Us (25/1), Balally Park (66/1), A La Carte (150/1), Tuscaloosa Anna (200/1), Johnny Cakes (250/1), Grizzley Adams (250/1)

MOSSEY FEN PARK was an impressive winner of a point and has picked up for a good fee by top connections, so he's fancied to make a winning Rules debut at the likely expense of Intense Approach, who was well above average in bumpers. Iceberg Theory also makes plenty of appeal in what could prove to be a strong race.