19:18 Clonmel

Thursday 15 May 2025

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Clonmel Racecourse Supporters Club Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 19:18 | Winning time: 3m 54.20s

Keilah¹⁷⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Ricky Doyle| T: W McCreery

9/1

Fair Flat winner. Once-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 9f on flat. Seventh of 21 in novice hurdle (33/1) at Navan (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 179 days ago. Up against it.

Form: 7-

Moonlit Mist²⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Cian Quirke⁽³⁾| T: D H Kelly

18/1

Fairly useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. 6/1, second of 6 in handicap at this course (9.6f, good). Off 8 months. Market check advised on hurdles bow.

Form:

Arctic Flame^t²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Simon Torrens| T: P T Foley

7/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 10/3 and tongue strap on for 1st time, fourth of 15 in bumper at this course (19.9f, good) 28 days ago. Warrants respect on hurdles debut.

Form: 584-

Belle The Tigress¹¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 116| BF

8/11

Clearly not right at Gowran when last seen in January and posted good third at Naas (16.2f) previously. Sets the standard on that form.

Form: 536-

Russellsbelle³²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Phillip Enright| T: Con McSweeney| OR: 109

17/2

Fair hurdler. Still in the mix, back from 10 months off, when coming down 2 out at Tramore (16.6f, good to soft) 32 days ago. Respected.

Form: 293/8FF-

East Cork Flyer

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: John Shinnick⁽⁵⁾| T: W J Burke

50/1

4,000 gns 4-y-o, Poet's Word filly. Dam (c125/h124) 2½m-3m hurdle/chase winner.

Form:

Kick On Nellie³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan

125/1

Once-raced maiden. 66/1, tenth of 11 in juvenile hurdle at Limerick (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 35 days ago. Improvement required.

Form: 0-

Rhythm Of Life³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott

4/1

Improved on debut effort when fourth of 11 in juvenile hurdle at Limerick (16f, good to soft) 35 days ago. May well do better yet and is one for shortlist.

Form: 54-

Small Bucks^h¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: P E Collins

28/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden. 125/1 and hooded for 1st time, eighth of 18 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (17.4f, good) 10 days ago. Hard to fancy.

Form: P-8

Tiffany Mae¹⁰⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Danny Power⁽⁷⁾| T: O J Power

200/1

Making GB/IRE jumps debut. Fifth of 6 in maiden at Dundalk (10.7f, 33/1). Best watched on hurdles bow.

Form:

Vangaway

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: P Kiely

150/1

Ocovango filly. Closely related to fairly useful hurdler Ocean Drifter, and half-sister to bumper winner Driftwood Bounty.

Form:

Forecasts

Belle The Tigress (8/11), Rhythm Of Life (4/1), Arctic Flame (7/1), Russellsbelle (17/2), Keilah (9/1), Moonlit Mist (18/1), Small Bucks (28/1), East Cork Flyer (50/1), Kick On Nellie (125/1), Vangaway (150/1), Tiffany Mae (200/1)

RHYTHM OF LIFE found plenty of improvement when fourth at Limerick last month and it's likely we haven't seen the best of her yet. She can get off the mark. Belle The Tigress and Russellsbelle look the likeliest dangers.