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Wednesday 24 January 2024

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Easter Festival Early Bird Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 4m 33.5s

Mirazur West²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mark Walsh| T: W P Mullins| BF| D

8/11

Won bumper at Naas last March. 5/6, second of 23 in maiden hurdle to useful King of Kingsfield at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 29 days ago. May prove tough to peg back with significant improvement on the cards.

Form: F1-2

Al Gasparo^t²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin

50/1

33/1, ran to a poor level on hurdling debut when well-beaten fourth of 11 in maiden at this course (20.6f, heavy) 23 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 31-64

Boston Bongo³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Brian Hayes| T: Barry J Fitzgerald

150/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Tailed off on hurdling debut. 80/1, blundered and unseated rider second in maiden hurdle at Thurles (15.6f, heavy) 3 days ago.

Form: 0U

Camino Mission⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: S Fahey

150/1

Making GB/IRE jumps debut. First run since leaving Ross O'Sullivan when tenth of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (16f, 125/1) 56 days ago, slowly away.

Form:

D B Cooper²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

10/11

9/2, made a promising hurdling debut when second of 28 in maiden at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Should take a step forward so he's fancied to go close.

Form: 1-22

Darcy's Friend⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁵⁾| T: S M Duffy

100/1

£16,000 3-y-o, £45,000 4-y-o, Elusive Pimpernel gelding. Half-brother to modest 3m chase winner Youngoconnor. Dam (h96) lightly raced in bumpers/over hurdles. Third sole start in British points (Dec 3).

Form: 3

Do The Math²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Kieren Buckley| T: S Crawley

150/1

150/1, could hardly have shown any less when twenty sixth of 28 in maiden hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) on debut 29 days ago.

Form: 0

Glenriver⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽³⁾| T: D A McLoughlin

150/1

Tailed off in 2 maiden hurdles so is impossible to fancy.

Form: 00

Harveyshonor²⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Danny Mullins| T: R Donohoe

80/1

Leading Light gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Western Honour, stayed 23f. Third sole start in points (May 2023).

Form: 3

Interieur Cuir²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

22/1

4/1, made some appeal on paper but proved to be a disappointment when eleventh of 15 in maiden hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) on debut 27 days ago. Clearly thought capable of better.

Form: 0

Jasmin De Cotte¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽³⁾| T: P Nolan

20/1

16/1, showed more than first time up over hurdles after 8 weeks off when fifth of 10 in maiden at Cork (24f, heavy) 18 days ago. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 2-65

Shuil Na Tra¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: R P Geoghegan⁽⁷⁾| T: N Lee

200/1

Offered little when eleventh of 14 in maiden hurdle at Clonmel (16.5f, heavy, 200/1) on debut 13 days ago.

Form: 0

Del Girl²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S Crawley

150/1

No impact in pair of maiden hurdles.

Form: 00

Hollies Choice^h1⁷³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Phillip Enright| T: O McKiernan

66/1

Offered little when eighteenth of 19 in bumper at Naas (16f, soft, 7/1) on debut 73 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 0

Realtin Lonrach

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: J J Slevin| T: M O'Dowd

150/1

Ocovango mare. Half-sister to modest hurdler Occidental Lady. Dam, lightly raced over hurdles, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3m) Gortinard.

Form:

Forecasts

Mirazur West (8/11), D B Cooper (10/11), Jasmin De Cotte (20/1), Interieur Cuir (22/1), Al Gasparo (50/1), Hollies Choice (66/1), Harveyshonor (80/1), Darcy's Friend (100/1), Glenriver (150/1), Realtin Lonrach (150/1), Del Girl (150/1), Camino Mission (150/1), Do The Math (150/1), Boston Bongo (150/1), Shuil Na Tra (200/1)

Plenty of deadwood in this maiden but there may well be a couple of smart prospects in MIRAZUR WEST and D B Cooper, who both found one too strong in big-field maidens at Leopardstown last month and Willie Mullins' 6-y-o is taken to emerge victorious. Interieur Cuir, who was towards the head of the betting but disappointed at Limerick last month, and Jasmin de Cotte can fight out third spot.