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Sunday 23 March 2025

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:55 | Winning time: 4m 54.2s

Amron Diamond¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mike O'Connor| T: J Motherway

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Fifteenth of 25 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Naas (19.5f, soft) on hurdles bow 14 days ago, saddle slipped when.

Form: 5-P6580

Ballykinlar^t¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: A McCurtin| T: D Duggan

100/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 150/1, sixth of 25 in novice hurdle at Naas (19.5f, soft) on hurdles bow 14 days ago.

Form: F6-U556

Cappa Hill^t¹⁷

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

14/1

Twice-raced maiden. 16/1, third of 14 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.6f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: P-4443

Champagne Kid²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Mullins| T: P E Collins| OR: 122

9/4

Winner in bumper at Listowel in September. Fairly useful form when placed on 3 off 4 starts in maiden hurdles since. Likely to be on the premises again

Form: 513432

Dr Eggman³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 123| BF

3/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 11/10, creditable second of 21 in maiden at Punchestown (19.1f, soft) on reappearance 31 days ago. Sets the form standard.

Form: 32243-2

Gold Gatewood

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: N Lee

150/1

Gatewood gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 3m) Alpesh Amin.

Form:

Good N' Kind³⁷⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

11/8

Point winner. 7/4, shaped well when second of 9 in bumper at Gowran last March. Off since but looks the type who could make up for lost time.

Form: 412-

Jerisk Star^h,t²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: Liz Doyle

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 40/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, fifteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) 21 days ago, pulling hard.

Form: 2/P00

Journey So Far²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 150/1, ninth of 20 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.5f, heavy) 28 days ago. Up in trip. Yard in good form.

Form: F-8U9

Mister Box³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott

14/1

Promising type. 12/1, fourth of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.1f, soft) on hurdles bow 38 days ago. Should progress for top yard.

Form: 64

Nukie's Artic²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: E McCarthy

150/1

Once-raced maiden. 150/1, seventh of 12 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.7f, heavy) on NH debut 27 days ago.

Form: 7

Promontory⁴³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁵⁾| T: Sarah Connell

16/1

Promising type. Fourth of 15 in novice hurdle at Naas (18.5f, good to soft, 50/1) on NH debut 43 days ago. May well do better.

Form: 4

Rilo Tang¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: Ms Alice Curran

125/1

Once-raced maiden. 100/1, sixth of 10 in bumper at Gowran (18f, heavy) on NH debut 15 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 6

Teds Corner^t²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D King| T: A J Martin

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Tongue strap on for 1st time, sixth of 10 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, soft, 66/1) on bumper debut 29 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: 996

Tennesse Boy²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: R Tyner

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. 250/1, eighth of 12 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) 29 days ago.

Form: P8

Annie Button²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Ricky Doyle| T: P Flood

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 250/1, seventh of 12 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) 29 days ago.

Form: 907

Nelsons Dawn¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Byrnes| T: E Cawley

250/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 125/1, eighteenth of 25 in novice hurdle at Naas (19.5f, soft) 14 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 800

Non-Runners

Cabaret Prince²¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: E McNamara J: C P McNamara

Shuil Swift²⁴

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: C Byrnes J: Non Runner

Mags Nelson¹⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: R O'Sullivan J: Reserve 2

Be Positive²¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: S Neville J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Good N' Kind (11/8), Champagne Kid (9/4), Dr Eggman (3/1), Cabaret Prince (10/1), Cappa Hill (14/1), Mister Box (14/1), Promontory (16/1), Be Positive (16/1), Journey So Far (50/1), Mags Nelson (50/1), Shuil Swift (66/1), Amron Diamond (80/1), Ballykinlar (100/1), Jerisk Star (100/1), Teds Corner (125/1), Rilo Tang (125/1), Tennesse Boy (150/1), Nukie's Artic (150/1), Gold Gatewood (150/1), Annie Button (200/1), Nelsons Dawn (250/1)

DR EGGMAN has let favourite backers down on a few occasions but is given one more chance on the back of a good reappearance second at Punchestown. Henry de Bromhead's Good N' Kind has been absent since finishing second in a bumper a year ago but might still be the one to give the selection most to do ahead of Champagne Kid.