14:35 Thurles

Thursday 6 February 2025

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thurles.ie Maiden Hurdle

5YO plus | 1m 7f 136y | Good | 17 Runners | Turf

Asisaid¹⁰⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mark McDonagh| T: D Hogan

Fair Flat winner but eleventh of 24 in handicap at the Curragh (7f, soft) in October. Not ruled out now going hurdling.

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Dunkerque

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Kevin Sexton| T: G P Cromwell

Fairly useful Flat winner. Won 9-runner minor event at Klampenborg (11.9f) 18 months ago for Soren Jensen. Needs to hit the ground running now hurdling for his new handler.

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God Of Thunder¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: D Hogan

Fairly useful Flat winner. Once-raced maiden over hurdles. 100/1, sixth of 20 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) on NH debut 12 days ago, not knocked about. Can take a step forward.

Form: 6

Polemon^t⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Daniel King| T: D Hogan

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Fairly useful winner at 12f on Flat. Fourth of 5 in minor event (9/4) at Dundalk (12f) 6 days ago. Switches to hurdles and holds good form claims.

Form: 30/36

Churchill Rose⁶²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Donagh Meyler| T: Arthur Goulding

Modest Flat winner. First run since leaving Charlie Fellowes when tenth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (12f, 33/1) 62 days ago. Goes hurdling with more required.

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Abitlikethat

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell

Policy Maker gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 2¼m) Lastoftheleaders and fairly useful hurdler (stayed 21f) Hit The Headlines. Possibilities.

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Hello Jack²¹

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

Promising sort who came in an excellent third of 13 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16.2f, soft) 21 days ago. Should improve again. Player.

Form: 33

Lucky Jack⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: J Smith⁽⁵⁾| T: Ian Donoghue

Once-raced maiden. 66/1, fifth of 14 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) on NH debut 9 days ago.

Form: 5

Milo Miller¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Philip Byrnes| T: C Byrnes

Promising sort. First run since leaving Sean Thomas Doyle when third of 15 in novice hurdle (5/2) at Down Royal (17.2f, soft) on hurdles bow 16 days ago. Likely to improve. Can make his presence felt.

Form: 21P-223

Runcok²⁶

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

Thrice-raced maiden. Very good fifth of 9 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, good to soft, 11/4) 26 days ago. Much respected on his hurdles debut.

Form: 0-35

Way Down We Go

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: Charlie Keegan

Where Or When gelding. Dam lightly raced over hurdles. Others appeal more on this occasion.

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Adela Icon^h1²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Brian Hayes| T: W P Mullins| BF

Lightly-raced maiden. First run since leaving David Harry Kelly when below form tenth of 16 in bumper at Cork (16f, soft, 2/1) 20 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Hooded for 1st time. Possibilities.

Form: 0/22-0

Auntie Lacey⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Jordan Gainford| T: P Nolan

Winning pointer but tenth of 23 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good, 125/1) on NH debut 42 days ago.

Form: 5-10

Jazzy Rock⁴⁶⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Mr I Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: Francis Casey| BF

Modest maiden on the Flat, fourteenth of 17 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, heavy). Off 15 months.

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Mollys Dolly¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: R P Treacy| T: D M O'Brien

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Tenth of 12 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Punchestown (19.2f, heavy) on hurdles bow 10 days ago.

Form: 690

Western Opera^h¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Ricky Doyle| T: G O'Loughlin

Once-raced maiden. 125/1 and hooded, eleventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (17.2f, soft) on NH debut 16 days ago.

Form: 0

San Aer^t¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Mullins| T: T Mullins| OR: 101

Fair hurdler. Creditable third of 9 in handicap hurdle (13/2) at this course (15.5f, good) 18 days ago. Remains a maiden after 11 hurdle runs. RESERVE.

Form: 703643

Non-Runners

Weston¹⁶

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: H Rogers J: Sean Flanagan

Toor Beag²⁸⁹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: Ms M Flynn J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Forecasts

Runcok (13/8), Hello Jack (4/1), Milo Miller (9/2), Adela Icon (5/1), San Aer (6/1), Auntie Lacey (10/1), Polemon (12/1), Toor Beag (14/1), Dunkerque (14/1), God Of Thunder (33/1), Abitlikethat (33/1), Asisaid (33/1), Jazzy Rock (50/1), Lucky Jack (66/1), Churchill Rose (66/1), Way Down We Go (66/1), Weston (66/1), Mollys Dolly (100/1), Western Opera (100/1)

A few with chances but HELLO JACK gets the vote on the back of his excellent Fairyhouse third, with the prospect of more to come. Milo Miller rates the chief threat if, as expected, building on his Down Royal debut third, while form pick Polemon and hurdling newcomer Runcok also need factoring in.