13:20 Killarney

Saturday 23 August 2025

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Irish Examiner Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:20 | Winning time: 4m 2.30s

Abbado¹²⁰⁶

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

20/1

Fairly useful Flat winner, making jumps debut. Fourth of 7 in handicap at Chester (12.3f, good to soft, 11/2). Off over 3 years. First run for yard after leaving Sir Mark Prescott Bt.

Form:

Akmaam^t⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: John Shinnick⁽³⁾| T: D Duggan| OR: 103

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Tongue strap on for 1st time, twelfth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (8f, 25/1) 8 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 447

Hurricane Helen¹⁰⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Donagh Meyler| T: R O'Sullivan

25/1

Fair winner at 10f on Flat. Sixth of 14 in handicap (15/2) at Cork (8f, good). Well held previous hurdles outing back in 2023. First run for new yard.

Form: 0/

Champagne Eclipse³⁰⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: R P Treacy| T: T J O'Mara

125/1

€26,000 3-y-o, Flemensfirth gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler Cottesloe Sunshine, stays 2¾m. Pulled up both starts in points last year.

Form: P/P-

Fast Felix^t¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Calum Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 104

9/2

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 12 hurdle runs. Ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle (25/1) at Wexford (20.2f, good to soft) 17 days ago.

Form: 4-52739

Tinking Man¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Thomas O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 103

20/1

Maiden pointer. Fourth of 14 in novice hurdle (125/1) at Cork (18.4f, good) 19 days ago.

Form: 5P3-004

Val Venus^h³⁸⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: Edward F Power

12/1

Winning pointer. Ninth of 20 in novice hurdle (125/1) at Galway (16.8f, soft). Rejoined yard after leaving P.M.Hurley.

Form: 31/509-

Walkmethroughit¹¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Abbie Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: J Motherway

80/1

£6,500 4-y-o, £2,000 5-y-o, second foal, dam (h96), maiden hurdler (stayed 3m), closely related to Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Synchronised and useful 21f/2¾m hurdle winner Cross The Flags out of useful 2m hurdler/2½m chase winner Mayasta. Maiden pointer, last of 8 finishers last time (Apr 27).

Form: 9/4P578-

Wholelotofbusiness^t¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Jack Kennedy| T: E McCarthy| OR: 112

4/5

Fair hurdler. 10/1, creditable third of 9 in handicap hurdle at Cork (17.1f, good) 19 days ago. Booking of Kennedy a plus and he just about sets the standard.

Form: 63/2643

Ballymacderke

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: A Leahy

125/1

Idaho gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Caughtinyourtrance. Dam fair 2m hurdle winner (stayed 2½m), also 10.7f winner who stayed 2m on Flat.

Form:

Amburana⁹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Brian Hayes| T: Padraig Butler

150/1

Shirocco mare. Dam unraced. Runner-up in a point though pulled up last time.

Form: P6-2P

Mystic Idaho

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Eoin Staples⁽⁷⁾| T: P O'Flynn

150/1

Idaho mare. Half-sister to fair hurdler A Nod To Getaway, stays 23f. Dam (h101) placed over hurdles.

Form:

Whitewinewednesday⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Cian Quirke| T: M A Daly

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Thirteenth of 14 in bumper at Bellewstown (17.2f, good, 11/1) 49 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: 453P-10

Crystabel⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan

11/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. First run since leaving Andrew Balding when sixth of 13 in novice hurdle at Sligo (17.4f, good, 15/2) on hurdles bow 41 days ago. Should improve in this sphere.

Form: 27-6

Game Phoenix^h,t1¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Paul Power| OR: 99| BF

5/1

Modest hurdler. Remains a maiden after 7 hurdle runs. 13/8, respectable third of 13 in novice hurdle at Wexford (16.9f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Hood back on, tongue strap on first time.

Form: 26305-3

Premier Banner²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Gilligan

200/1

Refused to race in novice hurdle (150/1) at Galway (22f, good to soft) on NH debut 24 days ago. Down in trip. RESERVE.

Form: R

Non-Runners

Welcome Back⁹²

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: C Collins J: Danny Gilligan

North Winterfell⁸²

Weight: 11-1| Age: 4

T: C Byrnes J: Reserve 2

Miss Donna

Weight: 10-8| Age: 4

T: Patrick Kiely J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Wholelotofbusiness (4/5), Fast Felix (9/2), Game Phoenix (5/1), Crystabel (11/1), Val Venus (12/1), Welcome Back (12/1), Tinking Man (20/1), Abbado (20/1), Hurricane Helen (25/1), Akmaam (25/1), Whitewinewednesday (25/1), Walkmethroughit (80/1), Ballymacderke (125/1), Champagne Eclipse (125/1), Amburana (150/1), Mystic Idaho (150/1), Premier Banner (200/1)

WHOLELOTOFBUSINESS has been knocking on the door over hurdles and with a fully-fledged rider taking over, this could be his day. Tinking Man and Game Phoenix are a couple of potential dangers.