13:44 Bangor-on-Dee

Saturday 2 December 2023

All12:3613:1113:4414:2114:5615:31

Thank You John Burgess Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)

Off time: 13:49 | Winning time: 5m 12.04s

Clondaw Royale²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: James Smith⁽⁷⁾| T: J & A O'Neill

11/2

Runner-up sole start in Irish points. Much better effort in novice hurdles this autumn when second of 13 over 19f at Warwick last month, with the reopposing Kilbarry Hill a neck behind him in third. Likely to be bang there again.

Form: 2-82

Exclusive Getaway¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Fergus Gregory| T: O Greenall & J Guerriero

150/1

Fair form when second of 4 in Warwick bumper on Rules debut but has been well held on all 3 starts over hurdles.

Form: 5U-2600

Idefix De Ciergues⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C Gethings| T: Miss R Curtis

5/1

Runner-up sole start in points. Shaped like a stayer in bumpers last winter and again when third on Ffos Las hurdling debut/reappearance. Open to improvement.

Form: 2/284-3

I See The Sea²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Houlihan| T: P Hobbs & J White

7/1

£160,000 after finishing second in an Irish point in May. Only fifth of 6 in a Chepstow bumper last month but could sharper with that behind him and the longer trip may also help now hurdling.

Form: 25

Jo Lescribaa²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Ned Fox⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss V Williams

9/1

Placed in 2 bumpers in France but only sixth on last month's Warwick hurdle debut, with the reopposing Clondaw Royale and Kilbarry Hill some 20 lengths ahead in second/third.

Form: 6

Kilbarry Hill²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: S Bowen| T: O Murphy

11/10

Runner-up twice from 5 starts in Irish points. Shaped well when 2 lengths third of 17 on Warwick hurdle debut 24 days ago, staying on from too far back. Clondaw Royale was narrowly ahead of him in second on that occasion but he might be able to turn the tables this time.

Form: 4P522-3

Streamsforth Lad²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Bryan Carver| T: G Hanmer

150/1

Has shown ability in bumpers but not enough to suggest he's likely to make a winning start over hurdles now.

Form: 30-7

Ultra Beat³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: R Patrick| T: H D Daly

11/2

Third sole start in Irish points and on bumper debut at Warwick in March. Pulled up (found to have an irregular heartbeat) on his Chepstow hurdle debut 32 days ago. Hard to assess.

Form: 33-P

Wexford Park⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Stan Sheppard| T: G Hanmer

80/1

Third in a couple of Irish points but more one for the longer term judged on his efforts in a bumper and 2 hurdles in recent months.

Form: 33-845

Non-Runners

Captain Wallace²⁴

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: S Thomas J: Shane Quinlan

Forecasts

Kilbarry Hill (11/10), Idefix De Ciergues (5/1), Clondaw Royale (11/2), Ultra Beat (11/2), I See The Sea (7/1), Captain Wallace (7/1), Jo Lescribaa (9/1), Wexford Park (80/1), Exclusive Getaway (150/1), Streamsforth Lad (150/1)

KILBARRY HILL shaped well when third on his Warwick hurdle debut last month and is taken to improve past Clondaw Royale, who was narrowly ahead of him in second on that occasion. Idefix de Ciergues also rates a likely improver following an encouraging hurdles debut run at Ffos Las in October.