15:10 Thurles

Thursday 6 February 2025

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www.thurlesraces.ie Maiden Hurdle

5YO plus | 2m 3f 187y | Good | 16 Runners | Turf

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: D M O'Brien| OR: 109

Fair hurdler. Bumper winner at Clonmel in November. Creditable tenth of 16 in handicap hurdle (20/1) at Punchestown (20.6f, heavy) 25 days ago, not knocked about. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 419430

Pour Les Filles¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott| OR: 124| BF

Promising type. Creditable second of 15 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (17.2f, soft, 11/10) 16 days ago. Hard to beat.

Form: 115/33-2

Be Positive²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: S Neville

Once-raced maiden. Seventh of 9 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Fairyhouse (20f, soft) on NH debut 21 days ago.

Form: 4/P-F47

Cappa Hill^t²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Sean Allen

Once-raced maiden. Tongue strap on, fourth of 11 in novice hurdle at Cork (16.9f, soft, 16/1) on NH debut 20 days ago.

Form: P-444

Glenmore River²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: R P Treacy| T: S Curling

Twice-raced maiden. Fifth of 17 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.9f, soft, 150/1) 22 days ago.

Form: 05

Kasper Blou^t1⁶⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: H Morgan| T: E Doyle

€15,000 3-y-o, Stormy River gelding. Dam unraced. Wears tongue strap. Pulled up sole start between the flags.

Form: P

Kir Royal Blou²⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Donagh Meyler| T: W J Burke| OR: 85

Thrice-raced maiden. 250/1, last of 22 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (19.4f, good). Off 8 months.

Form: 0-00

My Boy Christy⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C P McNamara| T: Liam G O'brien

Once-raced maiden. Sixteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Naas (19.5f, good to soft, 100/1) on NH debut 52 days ago.

Form: 0

Slieve Annilog²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: O R Brown⁽⁵⁾| T: R Dunne

Twice-raced maiden. 25/1, fifth of 9 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, soft) 21 days ago.

Form: 84-165

Syracus Du Houx^p,t⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: O McKiernan| OR: 106

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 7 hurdle runs. Tenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (20.1f, good to soft, 7/1) 42 days ago. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 7-245U0

Two's Kompany

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: John Shinnick⁽⁵⁾| T: W J Burke

€16,000 3-y-o, Kool Kompany gelding. Half-brother to numerous winners on Flat, including French 10.5f-15f winner Shorn Grass. Dam 2-y-o 6f/7f winner.

Form:

Union Alley⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Danny Mullins| T: Ms M Mullins

Twice-raced maiden. 66/1, tenth of 11 in bumper at Leopardstown (16f, good) 42 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip.

Form: 00

Youlita⁸⁶

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

Once-raced maiden. 14/1, third of 7 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, good) on NH debut 86 days ago. Up in trip for this hurdles/yard debut.

Form: PP-133

Ellies Rock^h²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: J Smith⁽⁵⁾| T: Olivia Hegarty

Twice-raced maiden under Rules. 150/1 and hooded for 1st time, fourteenth of 16 in bumper at Cork (16f, soft) on bumper debut 20 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Back up in trip.

Form: 00

Herja^h,t⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Mark McDonagh| T: P Griffin

Promising type. Hooded tongue strap on, fourth of 18 in novice hurdle at this course (16.1f, good, 100/1) on NH debut 47 days ago. Up in trip and she's open to progress.

Form: 4

So Far Away²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: J M Burke

Lightly-raced maiden. 33/1, creditable sixth of 16 in bumper at Cork (16f, soft) 20 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Back up in trip.

Form: 85-P36

Non-Runners

Weather Alert⁴⁹⁰

Weight: 11-4| Age: 9

T: T Mullins J: Sean Flanagan

Forecasts

Pour Les Filles (11/10), Youlita (4/1), Slieve Annilog (11/2), Mic Drop (8/1), Syracus Du Houx (10/1), Cappa Hill (10/1), Herja (10/1), So Far Away (25/1), Union Alley (25/1), Two's Kompany (33/1), Weather Alert (33/1), Glenmore River (50/1), Kasper Blou (50/1), Be Positive (66/1), My Boy Christy (100/1), Ellies Rock (100/1), Kir Royal Blou (100/1)

This represents a good opportunity for POUR LES FILLES, who went close on his belated seasonal reappearance at Down Royal recently and this step back up in trip looks a good move. Herja is next best on the back of a promising debut here, while Slieve Annilog is third choice ahead of Cappa Hill.