12:55 Limerick

Thursday 28 December 2023

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CUBE Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:55 | Winning time: 5m 55.80s

Walk Away Harry³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: C Byrnes

7/2

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. 10/3, very good fourth of 17 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 32 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Should progress.

Form: 21-64

Asksarcaras

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Kevin A Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan

200/1

Ask gelding. Dam, no show over hurdles, 8.4f/9f winner on Flat. The stable won this last year but this is a tough ask for a newcomer.

Form:

Beau Walking^t1¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Conor Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington

3/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Third of 9 in novice hurdle (5/1) at Punchestown (19.2f, heavy) 16 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: F2-333

Built By Ballymore^t⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C Brassil⁽⁵⁾| T: M Brassil

4/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 25/1, below form eighth of 22 in novice hurdle at Naas (16f, soft) 46 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Likely to improve but plenty more needed to go close.

Form: 2/05-8

Chiefs Kingdom^t³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: R Deegan| T: P Nolan| OR: 109

11/1

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 7 hurdle runs. 9/4, below form sixth of 14 in novice hurdle at this course (16f, heavy) 37 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 0-23726

Granco Rof

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: E Walsh| T: C Collins

200/1

Ocovango gelding. Dam unraced. Best watched unless the betting strongly hints otherwise.

Form:

Native Speaker⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mike O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: H De Bromhead

9/2

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Second of 8 in maiden hurdle (9/1) at Punchestown (20.8f, soft) 42 days ago. Stable in good form. Open to further progress.

Form: 14-92

Implicit^h1⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Danny Mullins| T: W P Mullins

3/1

Promising individual. 6/1, third of 17 in maiden at Clonmel (19.4f, heavy) on debut 49 days ago. Hood on 1st time. One to take seriously.

Form: 3

Non-Runners

Cleatus Poolaw²⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Keith Donoghue

Forecasts

Cleatus Poolaw (9/4), Beau Walking (3/1), Implicit (3/1), Walk Away Harry (7/2), Built By Ballymore (4/1), Native Speaker (9/2), Chiefs Kingdom (11/1), Asksarcaras (200/1), Granco Rof (200/1)

CLEATUS POOLAW has been a promising second on both starts under Rules and can go one better now, although Implicit and Native Speaker have shown more than enough promise to suggest Gordon Elliott's charge won't get things all his own way.