13:50 Tipperary

Tuesday 23 April 2024

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Welcome To Tipperary Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:51 | Winning time: 4m 59.0s

Pour Les Filles¹⁹⁶

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

3/1

Promising sort. 11/8, third of 19 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20f, good) on hurdles bow. Off 6 months. Open to progress.

Form: 115-3

Fortunate Lighting²⁶²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Philip Byrnes⁽³⁾| T: C Byrnes

22/1

Lightly-raced winner in bumpers. Fair winner at 16f in bumpers. Career best when winning 15-runner bumper at Galway (16f, soft, 7/2). Off 8 months. Makes hurdles debut. Back up in trip.

Form: 65-51

Brave Fortune⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Doyle| T: P M J Doyle| BF

3/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. 15/8, third of 16 in novice hurdle at Thurles (16.2f, soft) 49 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 7-153

Depalma²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: L A McKenna⁽⁵⁾| T: Colm Murphy

80/1

Once-raced maiden. Sixth of 20 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy, 100/1) on NH debut 23 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 6

El Phenomeno¹⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: M J McDonagh

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Eleventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy, 200/1) 164 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 60

Emperor Of Silk²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: L Comer

200/1

Modest maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Ninth of 14 in handicap (14/1) at Dundalk (12f) 28 days ago.

Form:

Little Eddie¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J B Foley| T: L P Cusack

250/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Naas (16f, soft, 300/1) on hurdles bow 19 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 78P

Nas Na Riogh⁶¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 118

2/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable third of 6 in novice hurdle at Thurles (23.6f, soft, 7/4) 61 days ago. Major player.

Form: F1-4223

Notarazoo⁴¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Calum Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: E McNamara

100/1

€20,000 3-y-o, Mahler gelding. Dam, ran twice over hurdles, half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3m) Daisy's Gift. Third sole start between the flags last spring.

Form: 3-

Park The Giant⁹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Brian Hayes| T: P Fenton| OR: 119

7/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Very good third of 12 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy, 25/1) 94 days ago. Leading contender.

Form: 31-6533

Recoded^t¹¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: L Fowler

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. 12/1, second of 7 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) 113 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Up in trip.

Form: 3-32

Red Coral House^t⁸⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: C P McNamara| T: L P Cusack

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, tenth of 12 in novice hurdle (250/1) at Punchestown (16.1f, heavy) 85 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: P-P00

Saynothinatall²¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Collins

250/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. 250/1, tenth of 12 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (15.9f, soft). Off 7 months. Up in trip.

Form: 000

Shanroe Nelson

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: B W Harvey| T: K Thornton

100/1

€10,000 3-y-o, Mount Nelson gelding. Brother to fair 19f hurdle winner Tommys Charm. Entitled to come on for the run.

Form:

Toor Beag

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: E M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: Ms M Flynn

50/1

Barely A Moment gelding. Brother to modest hurdler Toor Moment. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler (stayed 19f) Topolski. Toor Khov is presumably the stable No 1.

Form:

Toor Khov³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: Ms M Flynn

9/1

Promising individual. Very good second of 18 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.9f, heavy, 7/1) 38 days ago. Back up in trip. Open to improvement.

Form: 333632

Cullig^h⁸⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: P T Foley

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Last of 12 in bumper (66/1) at Naas (18.5f, soft) 86 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 90

Thunder Rose⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Sam Ewing| T: Peter Fahey

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Creditable eighth of 15 in novice hurdle (25/1) at Down Royal (19.8f, soft) 9 days ago.

Form: P-485U8

Aisling's Court³²³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Phillip Enright| T: D Hassett

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. 200/1, last of 11 in bumper at Listowel (20f, good). Off 10 months. Makes hurdles debut. RESERVE.

Form: 00

Non-Runners

Kilheffernan¹²

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: M A Gunn J: Shane Fenelon

Daly Pursuit⁶⁵⁵

Weight: 10-11| Age: 7

T: Patrick J Hassett J: M M McDonagh

Leinster King

Weight: 11-4| Age: 9

T: Ms M Flynn J: Reserve 2

Kilbrin Rose

Weight: 10-11| Age: 5

T: M Winters J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Nas Na Riogh (2/1), Brave Fortune (3/1), Pour Les Filles (3/1), Park The Giant (7/2), Toor Khov (9/1), Recoded (16/1), Fortunate Lighting (22/1), Kilbrin Rose (25/1), Toor Beag (50/1), Kilheffernan (50/1), Leinster King (50/1), Depalma (80/1), Notarazoo (100/1), Shanroe Nelson (100/1), Thunder Rose (150/1), Daly Pursuit (150/1), Emperor Of Silk (200/1), Saynothinatall (250/1), Red Coral House (250/1), Cullig (250/1), El Phenomeno (250/1), Little Eddie (250/1), Aisling's Court (250/1)

It was a decent maiden hurdle in which POUR LES FILLES was a promising third on his hurdles debut at Punchestown when last seen in October and he may well find the necessary improvement to see off the likes of Nas Na Riogh, Park The Giant and Brave Fortune (in order of preference). Indeed, Gordon Elliott's charge achieved a useful level of form in bumpers (wasn't beaten far in a Grade 2 event at Aintree last spring) and he is not short of potential. Toor Khov also enters calculations.