15:05 Punchestown
Sunday 18 February 2024
All13:3514:0514:3515:0515:4016:1016:4017:10
Madigan Group Irish EBF Sheila Bourke Novice Hurdle (Listed)
- 4YO plus  |  Class 1  |  1m 7f 189y  |  Heavy  |  8 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 15:14Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 4m 16.4s
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Horse A-Z
Show odds
Promising type. First run since leaving Stuart Crawford when winning 14-runner maiden at Tramore (16.8f, heavy) on hurdles bow 48 days ago, comfortably. Smart prospect.
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Progressive. Won Navan maiden in December. 4/1, 7 lengths second of 4 to Mystical Power in Moscow Flyer Novices' Hurdle at this course (16.7f, soft) 35 days ago. Likely capable of better again.
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Fairly useful hurdler. Won Thurles maiden in November. 24¾ lengths last of 4 to Mystical Power in Moscow Flyer Novices' Hurdle (5/2) at this course (16.7f, soft) 35 days ago. Townend looks elsewhere this time.
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Highly promising sort. Point winner. Created good impression when landing 28-runner maiden at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) on hurdle debut over Christmas. Open to significant improvement.
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Smart bumper performer. Turned over at short odds on course hurdle debut but made no mistake at Naas last month. Exciting prospect.
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Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. 5/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, second of 4 in minor event hurdle at Clonmel (16.5f, heavy) 38 days ago, clear of rest.
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Career best when winning 14-runner maiden hurdle (8/1) at Fairyhouse (18.2f, soft) 36 days ago, pushed out. This demands a lot more.
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Bumper winner for Willie Mullins. Better effort over hurdles (fair form) when third of 13 in Sligo maiden on stable debut at August. Outsider pitched in at the deep end back from 6 months off.
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Forecasts
Tullyhill (6/5), No Flies On Him (4/1), Boldog (9/2), Jigoro (6/1), Westport Cove (8/1), Lombron (25/1), Saddle Her Up (125/1), Tina Meehan (200/1)
A very interesting listed hurdle. The only time the exciting TULLYHILL hasn't gone off at odds on was in a Grade 1 bumper at Punchestown last spring and he's taken to add to last month's comfortable Naas maiden success for the Willie Mullins team. There are other promising sorts in opposition, though, headed by No Flies On Him, who looked a smart prospect when making a winning start to his hurdle career at the Leopardstown Christmas meeting. Boldog and Jigoro are others with bright futures.
Prize Money
1st: €18,000.002nd: €6,000.003rd: €3,000.004th: €1,500.005th: €900.006th: €600.00
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