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Saturday 11 January 2025

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SBK Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:33 | Winning time: 4m 37.06s

Daisy Fingall

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

12/1

€54,000 3-y-o, Policy Maker mare. Sister to useful hurdler/fairly useful chaser Brookie, and half-sister to useful hurdler/high-class chaser Captain Guinness. Noteworthy newcomer.

Form:

Estamour^t⁸⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Kieren Buckley| T: S Crawley

250/1

Once-raced maiden. 100/1 and tongue strap on, eighth of 11 in bumper at Punchestown (15.8f, good) on NH debut 88 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 8

Gino Bella⁶⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Brian Hayes| T: Barry J Fitzgerald

33/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 7/1, third of 10 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.2f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 65 days ago. Needs to build on it.

Form: 3-3

Kimi De Mai^h1,t1²³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

5/6

Completed a hat-trick in 8-runner bumper at Vichy (12.9f, soft, 11/10) 7 months ago for Bruno Audouin. Interesting hurdling recruit for top yard.

Form: 21-11

Kinturk Maggie^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney

50/1

Kingston Hill mare. Half-sister to fairly useful hurdler Kinturk Kalanisi. Dam, fair maiden hurdler (stayed 2¾m), sister to useful hurdler (stayed 3m) Grand Theatre. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Lauro Lady²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: W J McLernon

250/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Seventeenth of 20 in novice hurdle at Naas (16.2f, good to soft, 250/1) 26 days ago.

Form: P000

Qualimita²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| C

10/3

Progressive type who posted an excellent fourth of 20 in novice hurdle (7/2) at Naas (16.2f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Holds very good form claims.

Form: 1/3-24

She's Got Gears⁶²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: M Magnussen

150/1

Lucky Speed mare. Half-sister to 3 winners, including fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser Away At Dawn and fair 19f/2½m hurdle winner Easy To Follow. Fourth in a point so she's no forlorn hope now going hurdling.

Form: F4

Sixandahalf¹⁰⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

2/1

Fairly useful winner at 14f on Flat, also successful in a bumper. Much respected on her hurdles debut.

Form: 21-

Stretchemout⁸³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott

33/1

€16,000 3-y-o, £30,000 4-y-o, Kingston Hill mare. Half-sister to fairly useful hurdler Name In Lights. Successful in a point in October so considered starting out in this sphere for leading yard.

Form: 71

Telnobody¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Ricky Doyle| T: R O'Sullivan

250/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fell 3rd in novice hurdle at Down Royal (20.1f, good to soft, 150/1) 16 days ago. Lots to find on form.

Form: 7-00F

Unique Frequency¹⁰

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

250/1

Once-raced maiden. First run since leaving James M. Barrett when fifth of 6 in minor event hurdle at this course (16.5f, soft, 100/1) on NH debut 10 days ago.

Form: 5

Walk In The Sea^h¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: P J O'Hanlon| T: Ian Donoghue

200/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 33/1 and hooded for 1st time, well-held fourth of 8 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (17.2f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 16 days ago.

Form: 6-474

Yoursimplythebest¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Jack Kearney⁽³⁾| T: G Keane

250/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 250/1, twenty second of 23 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good) on hurdles bow 16 days ago.

Form: 50

Non-Runners

Ballinlegane Lady⁴³

Weight: 11-7| Age: 6

T: P J Gilligan J: J G Gilligan

Beautiful Chaos¹⁴

Weight: 11-7| Age: 7

T: R O'Sullivan J: Shane Markey

Dee's Lady²⁸

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: J P Dempsey J: Donagh Meyler

Forecasts

Kimi De Mai (5/6), Sixandahalf (2/1), Qualimita (10/3), Daisy Fingall (12/1), Dee's Lady (14/1), Beautiful Chaos (14/1), Stretchemout (33/1), Gino Bella (33/1), Kinturk Maggie (50/1), She's Got Gears (150/1), Ballinlegane Lady (150/1), Walk In The Sea (200/1), Telnobody (250/1), Lauro Lady (250/1), Yoursimplythebest (250/1), Unique Frequency (250/1), Estamour (250/1)

The market should reveal plenty but Willie Mullins' French recruit KIMI DE MAI showed some fairly useful form when bagging three bumpers in the spring and is taken to make a winning start in this sphere. Gordon Elliott's Qualimita rates much the pick of those with hurdling experience and seems sure to be on the premises, while other newcomers to note are Daisy Fingall, Sixandahalf and Stretchemout in this intriguing maiden.