12:58 Limerick

Tuesday 26 December 2023

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Signsplus Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:58 | Winning time: 4m 24.3s

Spasiba¹⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Curling

8/1

Visored for 1st time tongue strap on for 1st time, ninth of 17 in handicap (25/1) at Galway (12f, good). First run for yard after leaving P. Twomey.

Form:

Diamond Dollar³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Kevin A Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: C Byrnes

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 13 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy, 125/1) 30 days ago.

Form: 00

Fernhill Fling¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell

150/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Nineteenth of 26 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy, 200/1) on hurdles bow 17 days ago.

Form: 60

Hatfield Hammer¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Nolan

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Seventh of 17 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (19.1f, heavy, 200/1) 19 days ago.

Form: 07

Joyau De Thaix⁴⁵

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

7/1

Promising individual. Third of 17 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy, 11/1) on NH debut 45 days ago. Should progress.

Form: 3

Manor Royale¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: R P Treacy| T: C Byrnes

250/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Sixteenth of 24 in novice hurdle at Cork (16.8f, heavy, 150/1) 16 days ago.

Form: 500

Nathan Wells²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott

12/1

Twice-raced maiden. Seventh of 16 in novice hurdle at Thurles (16.5f, good to soft, 10/3) 26 days ago. Trainer going well.

Form: 37

Rinnaseer King⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: E Walsh| T: T P O'Connor

250/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Thirteenth of 15 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Thurles (15.9f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 9 days ago.

Form: 70

Spavango

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: D King⁽³⁾| T: E McCarthy

125/1

Ocovango gelding. Closely related to a winner, and half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Foundry Square, stayed 3½m,.

Form:

Tellmeyourtroubles³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: G Kelleher

250/1

Once-raced maiden. Eleventh of 13 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Cork (16f, heavy) on NH debut 30 days ago.

Form: 0

The Fairy Man²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: E Doyle

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. Ninth of 12 in novice hurdle (50/1) at Tramore (16.2f, soft) 28 days ago, going in snatches.

Form: 89

Tropical Speed²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Richard Condon⁽⁵⁾| T: M Butler

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 16 in novice hurdle at Thurles (16.5f, good to soft, 200/1) 26 days ago.

Form: U0

Wholelotofbusiness

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: John Shinnick⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy

100/1

Arctic Cosmos gelding. Dam unraced sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 25f) Oscars Business.

Form:

Bigira⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: M Fahey

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 150/1, eleventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.9f, good to soft) 9 days ago.

Form: 47880

Jolie Coeur Allen^h²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: J S McGarvey| T: W P Mullins| BF

11/10

Promising type. Hooded for 1st time, second of 12 in novice hurdle (2/9) at Tramore (16.2f, soft) on hurdles bow 28 days ago, finding nothing. Stable having good spell. Open to improvement.

Form: 25-2

Picture Of You^h³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Mike O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: H De Bromhead

6/4

Promising type. Second of 13 in novice hurdle (9/2) at Cork (16f, heavy) 30 days ago, staying on well. Yard in good form. Should go well again.

Form: 32

Princess Preskina

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Donagh Meyler| T: H De Bromhead

20/1

€5,500 3-y-o, Yeats filly. Sister to fair 3m hurdle winner Blairgowrie, and half-sister to fairly useful hurdler Victarion. Yard having good spell.

Form:

Relax Annie

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: C P McNamara| T: Michael C Griffin

100/1

Kingston Hill filly. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdle/smart chase winner (stays 25f) Giovinco.

Form:

Non-Runners

Coulrophobia⁴⁷

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: N Stokes J: Reserve 1

Shesabreeze²⁶

Weight: 10-6| Age: 4

T: E McNamara J: Reserve 2

Inforapound

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: J C McConnell J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Jolie Coeur Allen (11/10), Picture Of You (6/4), Joyau De Thaix (7/1), Spasiba (8/1), Nathan Wells (12/1), Princess Preskina (20/1), Inforapound (20/1), Coulrophobia (66/1), Wholelotofbusiness (100/1), Relax Annie (100/1), Shesabreeze (100/1), Spavango (125/1), Diamond Dollar (150/1), Fernhill Fling (150/1), The Fairy Man (150/1), Bigira (200/1), Hatfield Hammer (200/1), Tellmeyourtroubles (250/1), Manor Royale (250/1), Tropical Speed (250/1), Rinnaseer King (250/1)

JOLIE COEUR ALLEN found disappointingly little when push came to shove on her hurdles debut at Tramore, but she remains a useful prospect in view of what she showed in bumpers and is taken to get the job done this time. Picture of You is the clear main danger on the back of her near miss at Cork, while Nathan Wells and likely improver Joyau de Thaix both make each-way appeal.