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Wednesday 5 February 2025

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Treo Eile Supporting Racehorse Aftercare Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 4m 10.70s

Flashaway³¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Miss A L Fitzgibbon⁽⁷⁾| T: C Byrnes

33/1

Bumper winner for Willie Mullins this time last year. Has changed stable ahead of this hurdle debut/reappearance. Interesting to see what the betting makes of her.

Form: 14-

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Glens Lullaby²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Peter Fahey| D

14/1

Winner of bumper at Wexford in October. Well-held sixth of 10 in maiden at Punchestown (19.6f, soft, 11/4) on hurdles bow 23 days ago. Should be capable of better in this sphere.

Form: 3246-16

Karoline Banbou⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Mark Walsh| T: W P Mullins| BF

4/9

Dual French bumper winner. Promising second of 20 in maiden (1/2) at Naas (16.2f, good to soft) on hurdle debut 51 days ago. Looks a sure-fire improver for top connections.

Form: 1222-2

Lady Leanora^h1,t⁴⁸¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: R A Berry⁽⁷⁾| T: G M Doyle| OR: 86

250/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Off 16 months. Switches from Flat to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving Tony Martin. Hooded for 1st time. Likely outsider.

Form: 0000-

Johanna'sjean³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Carl Millar⁽⁵⁾| T: Thomas Coyle

250/1

Once-raced maiden. 100/1, ninth of 12 in maiden hurdle at this course (20f, soft) on NH debut 35 days ago.

Form: 9

Leading Endeavour⁹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Simon Torrens| T: P J Rothwell

80/1

Leading Light mare. Sister to point winner Eager Eyes and half-sister to fair 2m hurdle winner/smart staying chaser who became temperamental Daklondike. Won a point in November. The betting should guide now hurdling.

Form: P1

Marie's March^h1¹¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁵⁾| T: Ms S J Connell

80/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Third of 5 in maiden hurdle at Downpatrick (21.8f, good to soft, 7/2) 117 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Willie Mullins. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 953

Midnight Fairy²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: John Shinnick⁽⁵⁾| T: T O'Brien

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Ninth of 13 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.9f, soft, 250/1) 21 days ago.

Form: 09

Shuil Swift

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Philip Byrnes| T: C Byrnes

40/1

Order of St George mare. Half-sister to 3 winners, including fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Sugar Baron and useful hurdler/fairly useful chaser The Way We Were. One of 2 runners for connections and the betting should help guide to expectations.

Form:

Swing Davis²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| BF

11/2

Promising individual. 4/5, second of 10 in novice hurdle at this course (20f, soft) on hurdles bow 20 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: F1-332

Turn Up The Heat¹⁰⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney

25/1

Fairly useful on Flat. Won 8-runner handicap (5/2) at Leicester (8.2f, heavy) in October (final start for Ralph Beckett). Makes hurdle debut.

Form:

Place De La Nation¹³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: W P Mullins

10/3

Promising type. Third of 13 in juvenile hurdle (23/1) at Auteuil (17.9f, soft) in September. First run for yard after leaving Y. Fouin. Very interesting runner.

Form: 3

Forecasts

Karoline Banbou (4/9), Place De La Nation (10/3), Swing Davis (11/2), Glens Lullaby (14/1), Turn Up The Heat (25/1), Flashaway (33/1), Shuil Swift (40/1), Marie's March (80/1), Leading Endeavour (80/1), Johanna'sjean (250/1), Lady Leanora (250/1), Midnight Fairy (250/1)

The strength in the betting behind KAROLINE BANBOU on her Naas hurdle debut suggests she's well regarded and she can build on that promising second and go one better now. Her stablemate Place de La Nation, who shaped well on her debut in France in the autumn, is a possible big threat, particularly if the betting vibes are strong. Swing Davis looks best of the remainder.