12:30 Cork

Friday 13 December 2024

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I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:30 | Winning time: 4m 3.02s

Beefeater^t1¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: Eamon Courtney

100/1

Tailed off in 2 maiden hurdles. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: P/4P5-00

Choose Your Answer²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: R Tyner

125/1

Jumped none too fluently when tailed off in maiden hurdle at Tipperary (20.4f, soft) on debut 3 weeks ago. Down in trip.

Form: 0

Faceman²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: D H Kelly

33/1

14/1, went backwards from hurdling bow when tailed-off ninth of 14 in maiden at Limerick (16f, soft) 24 days ago.

Form: 3439

He's Gorgeous²¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: H E Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy

80/1

40/1, wasn't seen to best effect when sixth of 14 in bumper at Clonmel (16.2f, soft), left poorly placed. Off 7 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 89-06

His Nibs⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Kieren Buckley| T: G P Cromwell

4/1

Fair hurdler. Well-held seventh of 25 in maiden at Navan (16f, soft) 6 days ago. Will be better off in handicaps.

Form: 233-307

Hitthehayson⁵

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

125/1

Tailed off in 2 maiden hurdles.

Form: 70

I Ballyadam Moon^t¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: T O'Brien

40/1

80/1, showed more than first time up over hurdles when sixth of 18 in maiden at Clonmel (19.4f, soft) 10 days ago.

Form: 252/2-96

Ifyouaskme⁵⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Richard Hennessy

25/1

Bred more for stamina than speed but offered something to work on when fourth of 11 in maiden hurdle (17/2) at Limerick (16.3f, good to soft) on debut 54 days ago.

Form: 4

Justlikefire

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: D Queally

28/1

Doyen gelding. Brother to fairly useful hurdler Killeemore Lad. Dam unraced half-sister to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser (stayed 3¼m) Merry Path.

Form:

Mic Drop²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D M O'Brien| D

4/1

Bumper winner at Clonmel last month. 16/1, didn't get home making hurdling bow when tailed-off ninth of 20 in maiden at Tipperary (20.4f, soft) 3 weeks ago, finishing tired. Back down in trip.

Form: 31-3419

Raby Mere¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: R P Treacy| T: Louise G Lyons

100/1

Placed on second start in bumpers and might have needed the run after 4 months off when tailed-off sixth of 7 in maiden hurdle at Thurles (20.7f, good, 40/1) 15 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 6-396

Relieved Of Duties¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott| BF

3/1

Turned over at short odds in a bumper and the same happened on hurdling bow at Thurles (15.9f, good to soft) 2 weeks ago, losing out only on the nod. Should be bang there again.

Form: 31-32

Sheriffhill¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: John Shinnick⁽⁵⁾| T: T O'Brien

100/1

Seemingly being brought along with handicaps in mind, never better than mid-field but not knocked about in 2 maiden hurdles.

Form: P-88

Wrecking Ballbilly¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J S McGarvey| T: N C Kelly

66/1

Bumper winner but no promise in both starts over hurdles so far (stiff task first occasion) and he'll make minimal appeal this side of handicaps.

Form: 2213-P0

Are You Busy³⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Mike O'Connor| T: R Sweeney

100/1

Milan mare. Dam (c104/h114) 21f/2¾m hurdle winner (stayed 25f). Third on second of 2 starts in points (Dec 2023).

Form: 43-

Calypso Bluebird²³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Calum Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy

80/1

Tongue strap on, fourteenth of 15 in maiden hurdle at Tramore (16.6f, good to soft, 100/1) on debut 7 months ago.

Form: 0-

Magic McColgan²²⁶

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

6/5

Bumper winner on second start at Leopardstown in March. Possibly amiss when tailed-off last in Grade 3 bumper at Punchestown 7 months ago but makes plenty of appeal now hurdling with Paul Townend taking over in the saddle.

Form: 4120-

Paul's Dream

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: D N Cullinane⁽⁵⁾| T: A Mullins

100/1

Mahler mare. Dam fairly useful 2m-2½m hurdle winner, also 1¾m winner on Flat. Likely outsider on debut.

Form:

Forecasts

Magic McColgan (6/5), Relieved Of Duties (3/1), Mic Drop (4/1), His Nibs (4/1), Ifyouaskme (25/1), Justlikefire (28/1), Faceman (33/1), I Ballyadam Moon (40/1), Wrecking Ballbilly (66/1), He's Gorgeous (80/1), Calypso Bluebird (80/1), Are You Busy (100/1), Sheriffhill (100/1), Paul's Dream (100/1), Raby Mere (100/1), Beefeater (100/1), Choose Your Answer (125/1), Hitthehayson (125/1)

Lots of deadwood in this maiden and it looks a match between MAGIC MCCOLGAN and Relieved of Duties, with preference for the former having shown fairly useful form in bumpers last season. Gordon Elliot's charge has been turned over at short odds in a bumper and maiden hurdle, but he won't allow the selection to have it all her own way, while Ifyouaskme and Mic Drop can fight out minor honours.