13:52 Down Royal

Monday 17 March 2025

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Bluegrasshorsefeed.com Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:52 | Winning time: 4m 11.0s

Fortune The Brave¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Kieren Buckley| T: J C McConnell

20/1

Promising sort. Fairly useful winner at 20f in bumpers. 11/2, tenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 15 days ago. May well do better.

Form: 310

Quantum Leap^h²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: P Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

50/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. First run since leaving Ed Bethell when ninth of 12 in maiden at Punchestown (16.7f, heavy, 80/1) on hurdle debut 21 days ago.

Form: 9

Walk On The Beach²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr J L Gleeson⁽³⁾| T: J P O'Brien| D

4/7

Promising sort. 1 win from 3 runs this season. Second of 20 in maiden at Naas (15.5f, heavy, 8/1) on hurdles bow 22 days ago, running on. Should progress.

Form: 412

Colvin^t1

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr S Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: S R B Crawford

20/1

Yeats gelding. Closely related to bumper winner Lanty Slea, stayed 21f. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Glenashling^h1³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽³⁾| T: G P Cromwell

14/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 150/1, eighth of 14 in novice hurdle at Navan (15.7f, heavy) 36 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 608

Hello Jack⁶⁰

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

85/40

Promising type. Third of 13 in novice hurdle (4/1) at Fairyhouse (16.2f, soft) 60 days ago. Open to progress.

Form: 33

On The Cards⁸⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D A Kidd⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

100/1

Fair maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. 100/1, thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f) 89 days ago.

Form:

Rockandrose^t1⁷⁷⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: Gavin Brouder⁽³⁾| T: D M Christie

50/1

Winning pointer, third last time (Jan 2023). Makes a very belated hurdle debut.

Form: F13/

Savant Du Mesnil^t⁸¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford

16/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Eighth of 15 in novice hurdle at this course (20.1f, good to soft, 80/1) on hurdles bow 81 days ago.

Form: 08

Speedy Box⁹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: H E Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: S Millar

125/1

Arcadio gelding. Dam (c115/h110), 3m hurdle winner, half-sister to fairly useful hunter chase winner (stayed 29f) William Somers.

Form: P-2F453

Zuzukel^h1,t⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr J Costello⁽⁷⁾| T: A J Martin

80/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Thrice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 20 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16.1f, heavy, 100/1) 9 days ago, not knocked about. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 6F-0

Rushes And Whins

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: J Smith⁽⁵⁾| T: Gerald Quinn

80/1

Wings of Eagles mare. Dam (b93) bumper winner out of fairly useful 2m-2½m hurdle winner Felinious.

Form:

Are We Dancing¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: L Lennon

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 300/1, last of 12 in juvenile hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy) 16 days ago.

Form: 900

Chancing Dreams

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Phillip Enright| T: C Collins

33/1

€18,000 3-y-o, Shirocco gelding. Half-brother to 4 winners, including useful hurdler Pyffo and fairly useful hurdle/chase winner Mr Glass. Check the betting for this newcomer.

Form:

Itcantjustbeluck

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: C P McNamara| T: N C Kelly

100/1

Yorgunnabelucky gelding. Dam lightly raced on Flat.

Form:

Result Amended

Walk On The Beach - Original Position 1st. Amended Position 2nd.

Glenashling - Original Position 2nd. Amended Position 1st.

Non-Runners

High Court Cave²¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: N C Kelly J: J S McGarvey

Krak⁵⁰

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: S R B Crawford J: J J Slevin

Sporting Glance²⁰⁷

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: C Collins J: B W Harvey

W B Easy⁷¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: R O'Sullivan J: K C Sexton

Young And Foolish

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: P J Rothwell J: D Robinson

Forecasts

Walk On The Beach (4/7), Krak (15/8), Hello Jack (85/40), Sporting Glance (6/1), Glenashling (14/1), Savant Du Mesnil (16/1), Colvin (20/1), Fortune The Brave (20/1), W B Easy (25/1), Chancing Dreams (33/1), Rockandrose (50/1), Quantum Leap (50/1), Young And Foolish (50/1), High Court Cave (50/1), Rushes And Whins (80/1), Zuzukel (80/1), On The Cards (100/1), Itcantjustbeluck (100/1), Speedy Box (125/1), Are We Dancing (200/1)

KRAK shaped well in a couple of similar events around the turn of the year and can make it third time lucky. Bumper winner Walk On The Beach rates an obvious danger on the back of his hurdle debut second last month, while Hello Jack should have more to offer for Gordon Elliott.