13:40 Fairyhouse

Thursday 16 January 2025

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Fairyhouse, Racecourse Of The Year 2024 Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:42 | Winning time: 4m 16.10s

Costacurta

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

8/1

€42,000 3-y-o, Milan gelding. Brother to fair hurdler/fairly useful chase winner Latino Fling, and closely related to fair hurdler/modest chaser Barbaha Queen. Respected on debut.

Form:

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Fool Me Once¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Kieren Buckley| T: G P Cromwell

66/1

150/1, fifteenth of 21 in novice hurdle at Naas (16f, heavy) on NH debut 11 days ago.

Form: F-6630

Fourcardrun¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: D Hassett

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Eighth of 11 in novice hurdle (250/1) at Limerick (21f, soft) 19 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 7-8

Glens Sensation²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Sam Ewing| T: Peter Fahey

33/1

Tenth of 17 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good, 125/1) on NH debut 21 days ago.

Form: P/31-0

Hello Jack³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott

4/1

Promising individual. Third of 19 in novice hurdle (33/1) at Cork (16.2f, soft) on NH debut 34 days ago. Open to improvement and is well worth considering.

Form: 3

Kiss Will⁴⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

4/11

Tongue strap on for 1st time, second of 10 in bumper (11/1) at Fontainebleau (12.9f, good). Off 16 months. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving Francois Nicolle. Major player.

Form: 2-

Knockraha Eagle^t²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J Smith⁽⁵⁾| T: Ian Donoghue

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Down Royal (17.2f, good to soft, 80/1) 21 days ago, pulled up 2 out.

Form: FP-300P

Lambay Island²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

33/1

Once-raced maiden. 9/1, last of 11 in bumper at Leopardstown (16f, good) on NH debut 21 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0

Quinn The Eskimo²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J P O'Sullivan| T: P Nolan

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. 200/1, eighteenth of 23 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good) 21 days ago.

Form: 00

Ri An Chnoic^h1

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: G P Cromwell

40/1

Kingston Hill gelding. Brother to fair hurdler Kingston Bridge. Wears hood. Worth monitoring in the betting.

Form:

Sionainn

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

7/1

€170,000 3-y-o, Doctor Dino gelding. Brother to fairly useful French 2¼m hurdle winner Source du Mesnil. Dam placed on Flat in France. One to note on paper.

Form:

Small Doses¹⁰⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: R Deegan| T: P Nolan

28/1

Once-raced maiden. Tenth of 18 in novice hurdle (33/1) at Gowran (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 104 days ago.

Form: 0

Tizonlyadream⁸²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Collins

250/1

Once-raced maiden. 80/1, last of 14 in novice hurdle at Galway (16.4f, good to soft) on NH debut 82 days ago.

Form: 0

Forecasts

Kiss Will (4/11), Hello Jack (4/1), Sionainn (7/1), Costacurta (8/1), Small Doses (28/1), Lambay Island (33/1), Glens Sensation (33/1), Ri An Chnoic (40/1), Fool Me Once (66/1), Knockraha Eagle (150/1), Quinn The Eskimo (150/1), Fourcardrun (200/1), Tizonlyadream (250/1)

KISS WILL showed plenty in a bumper on his only French outing 16 months ago and his new yard has a tremendous record with similar types, so he gets the narrow vote over Hello Jack, who arrives on the back of a promising hurdling debut. Sionainn looks the pick of the newcomers on pedigree.