18:00 Bellewstown

Saturday 5 July 2025

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Grimme Ireland Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:59 | Winning time: 4m 7.0s

Avondale²⁹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: B Connell

3/1

Once-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 12f on flat. 5/2, won 15-runner handicap at Galway (12f, good), always holding on. Off 9 months. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Warrants respect.

Form: 5-

De Temps En Temps^h1³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 118| BF

5/4

Back from 3 months off when creditable third of 10 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16.9f, good) 37 days ago, finding less than looked likely. Hood on first time. Must enter calculations.

Form: 2/214-3

Liceo²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: P J O'Hanlon| T: D A McLoughlin

25/1

Once-raced maiden. First run since leaving Jean-Claude Rouget when sixth of 22 in novice hurdle (66/1) at Punchestown (16.4f, good) on NH debut 28 days ago. May well do better.

Form: 6

Met Office²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: E Doyle

100/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fourteenth of 22 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.4f, good, 125/1) 28 days ago.

Form: 60

Encosta³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Danny Gilligan| T: N Meade| OR: 110

7/2

Fair winner on Flat who has shaped well in all 3 starts in this discipline, latest when second of 13 in novice at Listowel (16.4f, good to firm) 35 days ago. Holds strong claims.

Form: 7-52

Faithful Follower³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Donagh Meyler| T: E Mullins

6/1

Promising sort. 7/2, creditable third of 12 in bumper at Tramore (16f, good to soft) 36 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Should have more to offer.

Form: 7265-43

Red Or White⁵⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: H E Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan

100/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 200/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Killarney (17f, good) on hurdles bow 55 days ago, pulled up 3 out.

Form: 70-P

Rynok Square²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Maher

300/1

Twice-raced maiden. 300/1, twentieth of 22 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.4f, good) 28 days ago.

Form: 00

Take Chance²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Anna McGuinness⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 50/1, excellent eighth of 15 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good to soft) 20 days ago. Each-way claims.

Form: 26-578

Is She Now⁶¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Mr B M Coonan⁽⁷⁾| T: V C Ward

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Eleventh of 17 in novice hurdle (33/1) at Down Royal (17.4f, good) on hurdles bow 61 days ago. Work to do.

Form: 2/908-0

Jessie's Dreamgirl²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: P Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

50/1

Twice-raced maiden. 20/1 and hood on for 1st time in this code, pulled up in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good to soft) 20 days ago, shaken up circuit out.

Form: 4-P

Persian Daughter³⁰²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Brian Hayes| T: W P Mullins

12/1

Once-raced maiden. 6/1, eleventh of 15 in bumper at Kilbeggan (20f, good to soft) on NH debut. Off 10 months. Must be of interest on hurdles debut given connections.

Form: 3/30-

Ponderosa Lady

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Eoghan Finegan⁽⁷⁾| T: G Keane

80/1

Affinisea mare. Dam, modest hurdler (2¼m winner), half-sister to fair hurdler/useful chase winner (2m-2½m winner) Sholokjack.

Form:

Townscupsixtythree¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: A Sexton

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Twelfth of 14 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good, 80/1) on hurdles bow 19 days ago. Improvement required. RESERVE.

Form: 870

Castle Du Barra⁸³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell

50/1

Castle Du Berlais gelding. Closely related to fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser Francky du Berlais. Placed on last of 3 starts in Points. RESERVE.

Form: 0/P3-

Non-Runners

Cosmos D'ainay²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Jack Kennedy

El Bello¹⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: D Hogan J: D King

Alittlesetback³⁵³

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: F Costello J: Conor Stone-Walsh

Tamberian⁵⁰

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: Conor Maxwell J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

De Temps En Temps (5/4), Avondale (3/1), Encosta (7/2), Faithful Follower (6/1), Cosmos D'ainay (10/1), Persian Daughter (12/1), Liceo (25/1), Take Chance (33/1), El Bello (33/1), Jessie's Dreamgirl (50/1), Castle Du Barra (50/1), Is She Now (80/1), Ponderosa Lady (80/1), Red Or White (100/1), Met Office (100/1), Townscupsixtythree (150/1), Alittlesetback (150/1), Rynok Square (300/1)

ENCOSTA is going the right way over hurdles and is taken to open her account here. De Temps En Temps and Faithful Follower may provide the chief threat.