13:25 Naas

Thursday 3 April 2025

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Pat O'Hare Bookmakers Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 13:25 | Winning time: 4m 2.8s

Allo Al Khawaneej⁶⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Byrnes| T: C Byrnes

80/1

Showed fair form on second of 3 starts in minor events on Flat, below expectations on handicap debut final outing in 2023 and left Owen Burrows. Off 21 months ahead of this hurdles debut. The betting may guide.

Form:

Buckaway Freddie⁷⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell

100/1

Seventh of 17 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.9f, soft, 25/1) 78 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Gordon Elliott.

Form: 27-77

Colvin^t¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: S R B Crawford

50/1

Promising individual. 20/1 and tongue strap on, fifth of 15 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.9f, good) 17 days ago. Should have more to offer, especially when upped in trip.

Form: 5

Doorman Moe^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁵⁾| T: A McNamara

400/1

Libertarian gelding. Dam maiden hurdler (stayed 21f). Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Georgie Green²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: D W O'Sullivan

400/1

Sixteenth of 18 in bumper (66/1) at Thurles (15.6f, good to soft) on NH debut 28 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0

High Court Cave³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J S McGarvey| T: N C Kelly

33/1

Winner in bumper at Sligo in August. 33/1, seventh of 11 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.7f, heavy) 38 days ago.

Form: F-14107

I Feel Fine²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: L A McKenna⁽⁵⁾| T: M A Molloy

100/1

Once-raced maiden. 125/1, eighth of 20 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16.1f, heavy) on NH debut 26 days ago.

Form: 8

Kara Sacre³⁵⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Nolan

15/2

Half-brother to 15f bumper winner in France, from the family of dual Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Sprinter Sacre. Easy winner sole start in points (Apr 2024). That form is nothing special but he's clearly of interest starting out in a thin maiden for in-form yard.

Form: 1-

King Jon Oliver

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: L Fowler

16/1

Karaktar gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to smart hurdler/very smart chaser (stayed 4¼m) Gaillard du Mesnil.

Form:

Lips Freedom¹⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: K C Sexton| T: A Kinirons

20/1

Useful on Flat (stays 1½m), won listed event at Merano in 2024, well held in similar event for current yard in November. Gelded and one to note on hurdles debut.

Form:

Los Blanco⁸⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

8/11

Runner-up completed start in points. 11/1, third of 21 in novice hurdle at this C&D (heavy) on NH debut 88 days ago. That form is solid enough and he's open to improvement. Good shout.

Form: P2-3

Mags Nelson²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: R O'Sullivan

50/1

Point winner. 20/1, tenth of 25 in novice hurdle at this course (19.5f, soft) 25 days ago.

Form: P-U2210

Monnow Valley^t¹¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Niall Moore⁽⁵⁾| T: P Cluskey

400/1

Twice-raced maiden. 200/1, seventeenth of 19 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, soft) 117 days ago.

Form: 00

Orkneys Jack

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Cian Quirke⁽³⁾| T: L Young

300/1

Youmzain gelding. Half-brother to a point winner. Dam unraced.

Form:

Polemon^t,p²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D King| T: D Hogan| OR: 116

8/1

Fairly useful winner at 12f on Flat. Fourth of 6 in handicap at Dundalk (12f, 12/1) 20 days ago, never nearer. Has shown a fair bit over hurdles and one to consider in this company.

Form: 30/365

Zoffman¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: N Meade

7/2

Useful Flat winner. 7/1, second of 18 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, soft) on NH debut 12 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 2

Buttermere Ridge²¹³

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

80/1

Fairly useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Off 7 months. First run for yard after leaving W. McCreery.

Form:

Let's Go Mans

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Kieren Buckley| T: G P Cromwell

33/1

€29,000 3-y-o, Cokoriko gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including smart hurdler Coquin Mans and fairly useful hurdle winner/useful chaser Egality Mans. Interesting newcomer.

Form:

The Eggler⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Thomas O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: M Fahey

150/1

33/1, ninth of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 7 days ago. Bred to stay well.

Form: 9

Non-Runners

Catch Fire²

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: A J Martin J: Sarah Kavanagh

Forecasts

Los Blanco (8/11), Zoffman (7/2), Kara Sacre (15/2), Polemon (8/1), King Jon Oliver (16/1), Lips Freedom (20/1), High Court Cave (33/1), Let's Go Mans (33/1), Colvin (50/1), Mags Nelson (50/1), Catch Fire (66/1), Allo Al Khawaneej (80/1), Buttermere Ridge (80/1), I Feel Fine (100/1), Buckaway Freddie (100/1), The Eggler (150/1), Orkneys Jack (300/1), Doorman Moe (400/1), Monnow Valley (400/1), Georgie Green (400/1)

LOS BLANCO made a promising start over hurdles here at the turn of the year and can open his account with improvement expected back from a break. Zoffman and Polemon are feared, while Kara Sacre, Let's Go Mans and Lips Freedom are interesting on their first go in this sphere.