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Monday 7 October 2024

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Buy Your Early Bird Winter Festival Tickets Now (C & G) Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:33 | Winning time: 3m 45.07s

Sky Legend^t¹⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: N C Kelly

100/1

Fair Flat winner. Once-raced maiden over hurdles. 40/1, fourteenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (17.8f, good) on NH debut 164 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code.

Form: 0-

Banana Three³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan

6/1

Fairly useful Flat winner who made a promising start in this discipline when third of 13 in novice at Wexford (16.9f, good to soft) on NH debut 38 days ago. Likely more to come yet.

Form: 3

Oh So Charming^h¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: S Fitzgerald| T: D Queally| OR: 112

5/2

Promising sort. Fairly useful winner at 8f on Flat. Best effort over hurdles when second of 20 in Galway maiden (16.7f) last month. Fell first in handicap at Listowel since. Remains capable of better.

Form: 5-882F

Cutthewire¹⁶²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Keith Donoghue| T: Ian Donoghue

28/1

€50,000 3-y-o, Jack Hobbs gelding. Half-brother to a point winner and fair 2½m hurdle winner Hercules Morse. Dam modest 2m hurdle/chase winner.

Form: 6P-

Minella Sixo¹⁴⁸

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

11/10

£115,000 5-y-o, Shantou gelding. Brother to useful dual bumper winner Brechin Castle, and half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Wynn House, stays 3m. Won sole start in points and is the choice of Jack Kennedy.

Form: 1

Gather Yourself¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Jordan Gainford| T: C Collins

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 9/1, fell at fifth in novice hurdle at Listowel (16f, soft) on hurdles bow 11 days ago. Others more appealing.

Form: 354F

Jarvis Brook²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean Flanagan| T: P Nolan

28/1

Fair maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Last of 12 in handicap (9/2) at Punchestown (9.2f, good) 20 days ago.

Form:

Kaikoura^h1⁷⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Dempsey

28/1

Twice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 14 in bumper (18/1) at Galway (16.6f, good to soft) 70 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 7-0

Yarraman Makarrata

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott

15/2

€50,000 3-y-o, Australia gelding. Brother to bumper winner/fair hurdler Mrs Grimley, and half-brother to 2 winners, including fair 2m hurdle winner Backing Band. Interesting newcomer.

Form:

Zentopia³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: M Hamill| T: S M Duffy

150/1

Making GB/IRE jumps debut. 80/1, fourteenth of 15 in handicap at Navan (5f, good) 30 days ago. Likely best watched.

Form:

Non-Runners

Desert Ian³⁰⁹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: D Queally J: K C Sexton

Taponthego¹⁹⁰

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: H De Bromhead J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Ardera Gun⁸¹

Weight: 11-3| Age: 4

T: E Doyle J: H Morgan

Jerrari

Weight: 11-3| Age: 4

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Sam Ewing

Forecasts

Minella Sixo (11/10), Oh So Charming (5/2), Banana Three (6/1), Taponthego (7/1), Yarraman Makarrata (15/2), Desert Ian (8/1), Ardera Gun (10/1), Jerrari (10/1), Gather Yourself (14/1), Cutthewire (28/1), Jarvis Brook (28/1), Kaikoura (28/1), Sky Legend (100/1), Zentopia (150/1)

This can go to BANANA THREE, who was fairly useful on the level and is entitled to progress from his encouraging Wexford hurdling bow. Oh So Charming looks the obvious danger on form, whilst Minella Sixo and Taponthego appeal most of the newcomers.