12:40 Down Royal

Tuesday 23 January 2024

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Molson Coors Beverage Company Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:40 | Winning time: 4m 34.6s

Beer With The Boys^t¹⁴⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Byrnes⁽⁵⁾| T: H D McGuigan

66/1

Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 13f on flat. 28/1, thirteenth of 16 in handicap at Navan (14f, good to soft). Switches from Flat to hurdles. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code. Up against it.

Form: 50-

Staffordshire Knot²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

8/15

Posted promising third of 17 in novice at Cork (16f, heavy) on hurdles debut in November and won a Fairyhouse bumper since. Leading contender.

Form: 31

An Peann Dearg^t1⁵⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Flanagan| T: P Nolan

13/2

Promising sort. Fifth of 17 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy, 22/1) on NH debut 58 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Should have more to offer.

Form: F/5

Battle Roar⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: E Walsh| T: Ciaran Murphy

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Fourth of 8 in bumper at Tramore (16.2f, soft, 28/1) on NH debut 56 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 5-4

Kinbara Firstdraft⁶⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford

80/1

Once-raced maiden. Fifth of 7 in bumper (40/1) at Navan (16f, heavy) on NH debut 66 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Trainer going well.

Form: P5-5

Paradise Lost²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Simon Torrens| T: C O'Brien| OR: 114

9/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Respectable fifth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy, 13/2) 25 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 242-25

Reve Inoui²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: D E Mullins| T: J P Flavin

50/1

Once-raced maiden. 6/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Tramore (21.6f, heavy) on NH debut 22 days ago, pulled up before 2 out. Down in trip.

Form: P-F1P

Supreme Authority^t¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D A Jacob| T: S R B Crawford

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Twenty third of 25 in novice hurdle at Naas (16f, soft, 100/1) 11 days ago. Stable in good form.

Form: 090

University Of Life⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: M J Molloy⁽⁷⁾| T: H Smyth

250/1

Once-raced maiden. 200/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.7f, soft) on NH debut 9 days ago.

Form: P

Desperado Genie¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: C Collins

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. 150/1, sixth of 14 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (18.2f, soft) 10 days ago. Improvement required.

Form: 2-286

Grooveykindoflove⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

7/2

Promising sort. 40/1, fifth of 16 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, soft) on NH debut 40 days ago. Entitled to build on that and merits consideration.

Form: 5

Non-Runners

Mister Vic²⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: N C Kelly J: J S McGarvey

Pay The Tab²⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Sam Ewing

Ragmans Corner²⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: G Keane J: Ricky Doyle

Forecasts

Staffordshire Knot (8/15), Grooveykindoflove (7/2), Paradise Lost (9/2), An Peann Dearg (13/2), Pay The Tab (14/1), Reve Inoui (50/1), Ragmans Corner (50/1), Beer With The Boys (66/1), Mister Vic (66/1), Kinbara Firstdraft (80/1), Battle Roar (150/1), Supreme Authority (150/1), Desperado Genie (200/1), University Of Life (250/1)

STAFFORDSHIRE KNOT has taken a bumper since his encouraging Cork hurdles bow and likely has more to offer in this sphere. He gets the nod. Grooveykindoflove and Paradise Lost head the list of dangers.