12:00 Leopardstown

Thursday 26 December 2024

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TRI Equestrian Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:02 | Winning time: 3m 52.08s

Bannow Blaze³⁵

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

150/1

33/1, fell in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.9f, good) on NH debut 35 days ago.

Form: F

Begorra Man

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

66/1

Flemensfirth gelding. Brother to fair 2m hurdle winner Fingle Bridge, and half-brother to smart hurdler/useful chaser Campeador, stayed 2½m,.

Form:

Bill Silvers¹⁰⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: O R Brown⁽⁵⁾| T: W Durkan

80/1

Useful handicapper on Flat (stays 1¼m), but well below form last time. Makes hurdle bow in a warm-looking race.

Form:

Come On The Lads^h1⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Kieren Buckley| T: G P Cromwell

100/1

Fairly useful winner at 12f on Flat but has failed to complete both starts over hurdles. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: UP

Dont Tell Jack¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien

13/2

Showed plenty to work on when fourth of 16 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, soft) on NH debut 19 days ago. Should have more to offer.

Form: 2-4

Dutch Gold¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Donagh Meyler| T: N Meade

40/1

Useful Flat winner who shaped better than the distance beaten suggests when sixth of 19 in novice hurdle at Cork (16.2f, soft) 13 days ago. Remains capable of better.

Form: 0-36

Jarvis Brook¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: R Deegan| T: P Nolan

200/1

Fair maiden on the Flat but looks more one for handicaps after this run over jumps.

Form: 68

Kawaboomga²⁹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Simon Torrens| T: W P Mullins

4/1

Bumper winner who made a promising start to hurdling career when third of 12 in juvenile hurdle at Auteuil (17.4f, soft, 56/10). Off 9 months. First run for yard after leaving Francois Nicolle. Open to plenty of improvement.

Form: 13-

Kopek Des Bordes²⁷⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins| D

4/6

Created a very good impression when winning14-runner bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) on NH debut, travelling strongly. Off 9 months but very interesting hurdling debutant.

Form: 1-

Mooretown Lad⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: J C McConnell| C

125/1

Fairly useful handicapper on Flat (stays 9f), successful at Leopardstown in August but below form last time.

Form:

Quinn The Eskimo¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁵⁾| T: P Nolan

200/1

66/1, eleventh of 16 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, soft) on NH debut 19 days ago.

Form: 0

Ravelli⁶⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: D A Kidd⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

200/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Thrice-raced maiden over jumps. 40/1, failed to repeat last effort when only sixth of 10 in novice hurdle at Wexford (20f, heavy) 60 days ago.

Form: 946

Royal Reprobate¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Jack Kearney⁽³⁾| T: G P Cromwell

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Ninth of 19 in novice hurdle at Cork (16.2f, soft, 125/1) 13 days ago. Needs another run for a handicap mark.

Form: 09

Saffronandblue^t⁶⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mike O'Connor| T: M Brassil| BF| C

150/1

Fair handicapper on Flat (stays 10.5f), successful twice in 2024 but disappointed last time. Tongue tie retained for hurdle debut.

Form:

Sheer Raz¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Alix Balfe⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. 125/1, eleventh of 18 in novice hurdle at Naas (19.5f, good to soft) 10 days ago.

Form: 200

Whinney Hill⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| D

7/1

Confirmed debut promise when winning 11-runner bumper at Navan (16.2f, good to soft) 40 days ago. Must enter calculations on hurdle bow.

Form: 2-21

Yeshil²⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: D A Jacob| T: H De Bromhead

7/1

50/1, shaped encouragingly when second of 25 in bumper at Punchestown (16.7f, good to soft) on NH debut. First run for yard after leaving Stuart Crawford after 8 months off. Interesting hurdling newcomer.

Form: 2-

Zillow^t1³³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny Mullins| T: W P Mullins

22/1

Fairly useful Flat winner (stays 1½m) who shaped as if needing the run after 14 months off when fifth of 14 in novice hurdle (9/2) at Punchestown (19.4f, soft) on NH debut 33 days ago, not knocked about. Open to improvement.

Form: 5

Auntie Lacey⁸²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Nolan

125/1

€18,000 3-y-o, £72,000 4-y-o, Getaway filly. Dam (b89), point/bumper winner, half-sister to useful hurdler/top-class chaser (stays 3¼m) Conflated. Off mark in points at second attempt.

Form: 5-1

Crescent Moon¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Jake Coen⁽³⁾| T: G P Cromwell

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 25/1, eighth of 19 in novice hurdle at Cork (16.2f, soft) 13 days ago. Looks more one for handicaps.

Form: 22-58

Thurman³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: R A Berry⁽⁷⁾| T: Colm Murphy

250/1

Little impact in maiden hurdles.

Form: 50

Tubberfinn Lady^t1¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: D King| T: M Mulvany

250/1

No show in 2 maiden hurdles. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: P0

Yoursimplythebest²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: E M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: G Keane

250/1

Fifth of 7 in bumper (20/1) at Fairyhouse (16.5f, good) on NH debut 25 days ago. Makes hurdles bow.

Form: 5

Forecasts

Kopek Des Bordes (4/6), Kawaboomga (4/1), Dont Tell Jack (13/2), Whinney Hill (7/1), Yeshil (7/1), Zillow (22/1), Dutch Gold (40/1), Begorra Man (66/1), Bill Silvers (80/1), Come On The Lads (100/1), Auntie Lacey (125/1), Mooretown Lad (125/1), Crescent Moon (150/1), Bannow Blaze (150/1), Saffronandblue (150/1), Jarvis Brook (200/1), Ravelli (200/1), Quinn The Eskimo (200/1), Tubberfinn Lady (250/1), Sheer Raz (250/1), Royal Reprobate (250/1), Yoursimplythebest (250/1), Thurman (250/1)

KOPEK DES BORDES created an excellent impression when running out a wide-margin winner of his sole outing in bumpers at Fairyhouse in March and looks one to follow now switching to hurdling. Whinney Hill, Kawaboomga and Yeshil head up the opposition in what is likely to prove an informative maiden.