15:10 Naas

Thursday 4 April 2024

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Treo Eile Rated Novice Hurdle

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 4m 8.30s

Stoke The Fire⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

2/1

Twice-raced winner over hurdles. 7/1, 6¼ lengths third of 6 to Largy Hill in Michael Purcell Memorial Novices' Hurdle at Thurles (20.8f, soft) 42 days ago. Yard in good form. Should go well again.

Form: 13

Faulty¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Sam Ewing| T: N Meade| OR: 125

7/2

Fairly useful hurdler. 1 win from 2 runs this season. 5/4, didn't need to improve to win 20-runner novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.9f, soft) 18 days ago, always holding on. Should go well again.

Form: 323S-21

Toto Too¹⁶⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| BF| D

16/5

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. 9½ lengths fifth of 8 to Lookaway in Sharp Novices' Hurdle (13/8) at Cheltenham (16.4f, good to soft) 160 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Peter Fahey. Warrants respect.

Form: 2115

Aeros Luck^h,t1¹⁹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Sean Flanagan| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 124| D

22/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 3/1, career best when winning 14-runner novice hurdle at Listowel (16f, soft), comfortably. Off 6 months. Tongue strap on 1st time. May have more to offer yet.

Form: 652221

Dark Note¹⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 122

22/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Sligo in July. Respectable sixth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (16.9f, soft, 22/1) 145 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 321426

Undeniable Alibi⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 119| D

15/2

Stepped up on hurdle debut third to win 10-runner maiden at Clonmel (16f, heavy) 49 days ago, pushed out. Open to improvement and holds strong claims.

Form: 1-531

El Champo^p1²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Simon Torrens| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 117| D

25/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 3 wins from 13 runs this season. 25/1, creditable third of 6 in novice chase at Gowran (20f, heavy) 26 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Others more persuasive.

Form: 944793

Summer Melody¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Philip Byrnes⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 117| BF| D

33/1

Fair hurdler. 4/6, below form second of 9 in novice hurdle at Limerick (19f, heavy) 11 days ago. Work to do.

Form: 4/174-42

Como Park^t¹²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 116

8/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Cork in November. Creditable sixth of 20 in handicap hurdle (8/1) at Fairyhouse (19.8f, soft) 124 days ago. Should go well again.

Form: 4-43316

Killeemore Lad¹⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: T Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 113| D

66/1

Fair hurdler. Below form thirteenth of 20 in handicap (22/1) at the Curragh (14f, heavy), unable to sustain effort. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 04-1154

Forecasts

Stoke The Fire (2/1), Toto Too (16/5), Faulty (7/2), Undeniable Alibi (15/2), Como Park (8/1), Dark Note (22/1), Aeros Luck (22/1), El Champo (25/1), Summer Melody (33/1), Killeemore Lad (66/1)

Preference is for UNDENIABLE ALIBI, who got off the mark at Clonmel in February and remains open to further improvement. Stoke The Fire and Como Park rate the principal dangers.