14:10 Gowran Park

Saturday 9 March 2024

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Golf Classics At Gowran Park Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 5m 43.4s

Angostura²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

2/5

Promising sort. Second of 14 in maiden hurdle (7/1) at Navan (15.7f, heavy) on NH debut 27 days ago, travelling as well as any. Obvious claims.

Form: 6-32

Bernie's Legacy

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: R Deegan| T: P Nolan

33/1

Alianthus gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful 17f chase winner in France Hirson. Dam ran once on Flat in France. Market should point the way.

Form:

Diamondfranticsoup¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: M M McDonagh⁽³⁾| T: E Griffin

200/1

Once-raced maiden. Last of 25 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Naas (15.6f, heavy) on NH debut 13 days ago.

Form: 0

Farrokh¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: B Connell

66/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, twenty-second of 25 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.6f, heavy) 13 days ago.

Form: 000

Glasgow Dan²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: A McCurtin| T: P Kiely

125/1

Imperial Monarch gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler/chaser who became temperamental Boyhood, stayed 31f. Dam unraced. No show in 3 starts between the flags.

Form: P6P

Hypersonic Missile¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| D

9/1

Promising type. Fairly useful winner at 17f in bumpers. 25/1, below form tenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.7f, heavy) 17 days ago. May well do better.

Form: 521500

Moudan⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: E Walsh| T: Ciaran Murphy

66/1

Once-raced maiden. Eighth of 14 in novice hurdle (125/1) at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy) on NH debut 45 days ago.

Form: 8

Nelsoria

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell

125/1

Mount Nelson gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to Auronzo (2m-2¼m hurdle/chase winner in Italy) out of prolific Italian jumps winner Fedian. Entitled to come on for the run.

Form:

Springboard

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: M J McDonagh

125/1

€12,000 3-y-o, Kingston Hill gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Howdyalikemenow. Dam winning pointer. Probably best watched on this occasion.

Form:

Tommies Call²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Fahey

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. 28/1, sixth of 12 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.6f, soft) on hurdles bow 25 days ago.

Form: 3-706

Stumblin In

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: J M Burke

125/1

Shantou mare. Dam 17f hurdle/chase winner in France. Doesn't appeal as a probable first-time-out winner on paper.

Form:

Rauzan²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: C Brassil⁽⁵⁾| T: E Doyle

150/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden. 200/1, last of 13 in juvenile hurdle at this C&D (heavy) 21 days ago.

Form: 90

Rocky's Diamond^h1,t1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: K C Sexton| T: D Queally

25/1

€20,000 3-y-o, Altruistic gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including fairly useful hurdler/chaser The Little Yank, stays 25f, and fairly useful hurdler Dedanann. Wears tongue strap. One to note in the betting.

Form:

Tannery Park³¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr F Maguire| T: B Connell

20/1

Making GB/IRE jumps debut. Thirteenth of 15 in maiden (200/1) at this course (7f, good to soft). Off 10 months.

Form:

Tranquil Sea⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 105

11/4

Lightly-raced maiden. Very good second of 6 in juvenile hurdle (3/1) at Punchestown (16.1f, heavy) 40 days ago. Solid chance.

Form: 69502

Non-Runners

Manatee Du Brizais¹³

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: D Queally J: Shane Fitzgerald

Forecasts

Angostura (2/5), Tranquil Sea (11/4), Hypersonic Missile (9/1), Tannery Park (20/1), Rocky's Diamond (25/1), Bernie's Legacy (33/1), Tommies Call (33/1), Moudan (66/1), Farrokh (66/1), Manatee Du Brizais (100/1), Glasgow Dan (125/1), Springboard (125/1), Nelsoria (125/1), Stumblin In (125/1), Rauzan (150/1), Diamondfranticsoup (200/1)

ANGOSTURA made a promising start under Rules when runner-up in a Navan maiden last month and, with the likelihood of better to come, he is taken to go one better here. Tranquil Sea is the obvious danger on the back of his near-miss at Punchestown, while bumper winner Hypersonic Missile has yet to make an impact in this sphere but he nevertheless remains of interest, while Rocky's Diamond could be the pick of the newcomers.