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Saturday 30 November 2024

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Close Brothers Rated Novice Hurdle

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 4m 59.40s

Freemans Bay²¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: S Byrne| OR: 125| D

20/1

Cork hurdles debut winner who ran well upped in grade when fifth of 14 in minor event hurdle at Punchestown (19.3f, good to soft). Off 7 months but not taken lightly.

Form: 14315-

Milo Lises¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: D H Kelly| OR: 125

40/1

Fairly useful hurdler who was well held on first run since leaving W. P. Mullins when sixth of 7 in For Auction Novices' Hurdle at Navan (16.2f, good to soft, 125/1) 14 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: U401F-6

Palamon^p,t²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁷⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 123

14/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, second of 4 in novice hurdle at Naas (16f, good to soft, 8/1) 20 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 3P2-102

Run For Harry^p,t²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Donagh Meyler| T: Mrs G Callaghan| OR: 123

16/1

Fairly useful hurdler who wasted no time getting back to form when third of 11 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (16f, good to soft, 17/2) 21 days ago. Back up in trip and likely to make presence felt.

Form: 33-1103

Stormbreaker⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

9/4

Fairly useful Flat winner who confirmed hurdling debut promise when landing 16-runner maiden at Listowel (18f, soft) 64 days ago, driven out. Stable in good form and could easily have more to offer.

Form: 21

Apple's Of Bresil^t⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: B Connell| OR: 119| D

11/4

Made the most of a good opportunity to open his account as a hurdler in 12-runner maiden at Gowran (20.2f, good) 56 days ago, unchallenged.

Form: 33-1431

Disco Dancer^t²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Carl Millar⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 118

10/1

Fairly useful hurdler who again ran well when second of 11 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (16f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Back up in trip. Expected to be bang there again.

Form: 433432

Stuntman Steve²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

25/1

Made a successful debut over hurdles on first run since leaving L. Byrne in 10-runner maiden hurdle at Clonmel (16.2f, good to soft) 23 days ago, just holding on. Should do better.

Form: PF-PP11

Big Chou¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: N Meade| OR: 116| CD

6/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Creditable fourth of 19 in handicap hurdle (8/1) at Navan (20.2f, good to soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 45-164

Brave Fortune²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Doyle| T: P M J Doyle| OR: 116

11/2

Didn't need to improve to win 9-runner minor event hurdle at Clonmel (19.2f, good to soft, evens) 23 days ago. This is obviously tougher but he's likely to give another good account.

Form: 532-631

Desert Cave^t³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: D Queally| OR: 115

50/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Kilbeggan in June but ran one of his lesser races when last of 10 in handicap hurdle (10/1) at Galway (21.9f, good to soft) 35 days ago.

Form: 0-51P30

Heroes Rise³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| OR: 116| D

25/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles who possibly unsuited by conditions when fourth of 5 in novice hurdle at Galway (20.7f, heavy, 6/1) 34 days ago.

Form: 18-3164

Non-Runners

On The Steel¹²¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: C O'Dwyer J: C G O'Dwyer

Soloman Lane²⁷¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 9

T: M Hassett J: R P Treacy

Forecasts

Stormbreaker (9/4), Apple's Of Bresil (11/4), Brave Fortune (11/2), Big Chou (6/1), Disco Dancer (10/1), Palamon (14/1), Soloman Lane (14/1), Run For Harry (16/1), Freemans Bay (20/1), Stuntman Steve (25/1), Heroes Rise (25/1), On The Steel (33/1), Milo Lises (40/1), Desert Cave (50/1)

DISCO DANCER ran another fine race when beaten only by a subsequent winner at Gowran 3 weeks ago, so he's the percentage call to go one better. Stuntman Steve and Stormbreaker are a couple of potential threats in an open-looking affair.