12:30 Cork

Friday 17 January 2025

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Annual Membership Available Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:30 | Winning time: 4m 15.06s

Bop Wont Stop⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: R Sweeney

33/1

Jukebox Jury gelding. Dam (b90) made frame in bumpers. Made frame on first of 2 starts in points, pulled up last time (Nov 24).

Form: 4P

Cappa Hill^t1⁵⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Sean Allen

16/1

Kingston Hill gelding. Dam, unraced, closely related to useful hurdler/smart chase winner (2m-2½m winner) Gorgeous Tom. Fourth both completed starts in points (latest Nov 23). Wears tongue strap.

Form: P-44

Kilcrea Castle⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mike O'Connor| T: J J Mangan

80/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Hooded for 1st time, fourteenth of 20 in novice hurdle at this course (15.7f, soft, 250/1) 40 days ago.

Form: 9-P0

Mujeres Isla²²

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

150/1

Well held in 2 maiden hurdles.

Form: 00

Pure Steel⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mark Walsh| T: J J Mangan

4/5

Offered something to work on when fourth of 20 in maiden hurdle at this course (15.7f, soft) on NH debut 40 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 1-4

Sean Mc

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: P Nolan

11/1

Mahler gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler/chaser Killiney Court. Dam unraced half-sister to high-class hurdler/smart chaser (2m-2½m winner) Accordion Etoile and fair hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 2½m) French Accordion. Appeals on paper so worth a market check.

Form:

Tea In The Park³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: Eamon Courtney

125/1

100/1, fifteenth of 19 in novice hurdle at this course (16.2f, soft) on NH debut 35 days ago. One for later on.

Form: 3P4-0

Diamond Steel²²

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

66/1

Well held in a brace of maiden hurdles.

Form: 00

Luker's Tipple¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: A Kinirons

6/5

Fair maiden on the Flat who made an encouraging debut in this sphere when second of 20 in juvenile at Punchestown (16.4f, soft, 9/2) on NH debut 17 days ago, no match for winner. Open to improvement and chance is there for all to see.

Form: 2

Meteor Storm²⁹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Kevin A Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan

100/1

Fair form in Flat maidens for G. M. Lyons, down the field last time (very lightly raced for age). Makes hurdle bow.

Form:

Nobody^h1²¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Brendan Walsh

100/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Hooded for hurdle debut.

Form:

Forecasts

Pure Steel (4/5), Luker's Tipple (6/5), Sean Mc (11/1), Cappa Hill (16/1), Bop Wont Stop (33/1), Diamond Steel (66/1), Kilcrea Castle (80/1), Nobody (100/1), Meteor Storm (100/1), Tea In The Park (125/1), Mujeres Isla (150/1)

LUKER'S TIPPLE shaped with plenty of promise behind a useful prospect on his Punchestown hurdling debut recently and this looks an excellent opportunity for him to go one better. Pure Steel should improve on encouraging debut here last month and can give the selection most to think about ahead of newcomer Sean Mc.