16:50 Down Royal

Friday 29 August 2025

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Golden Cow 3-Y-O Hurdle

Off time: 16:50 | Winning time: 4m 1.00s

Hopes Are High¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 11-4| J: Philip Byrnes| T: W Durkan| D

11/4

Once-raced winner over hurdles. First run since leaving John Joseph Murphy when winning 13-runner juvenile hurdle at Ballinrobe (16.5f, good) on NH debut 18 days ago, suited by emphasis on speed. Well in the mix.

Form: 1

Cinammon Coco¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P O'Brien| BF

6/5

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat. Promising type. 1¼ lengths third of 13 to Hopes Are High in juvenile hurdle (11/4) at Ballinrobe (16.5f, good) 18 days ago. Stable in good form. Leading claims.

Form: 43

Combs¹²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

7/2

Fairly useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Won 8-runner maiden at Tipperary (12.4f, good to soft, 11/1), keeping on well. Trainer going well. Not taken lightly.

Form:

Jr Mahon^p²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Sam Ewing| T: Ian Donoghue

11/2

33/1, first run since leaving Mrs J. Harrington when fourth of 16 in handicap at Naas (10.4f, good to soft) 25 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code. Respected.

Form:

Masego⁴²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Anna McGuinness⁽⁷⁾| T: Ms M Mullins

66/1

Poor maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. 33/1, 16 lengths last of 7 to Something Noble in juvenile hurdle at Killarney (17f, good to soft) on NH debut 42 days ago, pulling hard.

Form: 7

Your Call⁵⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 10-12| J: Caragh Monaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: L Lennon

50/1

Fair Flat winner. Fifth of 14 in juvenile hurdle at Tipperary last month final run for Noel Meade. Can build on it for his new handler.

Form: 5

National Voice^t³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 10-11| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁵⁾| T: J Bedi| D

66/1

Once-raced winner over hurdles. First run since leaving Lemos De Souza when fifteenth of 18 in maiden at Galway (12.2f, good to soft, 80/1) 30 days ago, folding. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 1

Non-Runners

Something Noble⁴²

Weight: 11-4| Age: 3

T: Ciaran Murphy J: E Walsh

Forecasts

Cinammon Coco (6/5), Hopes Are High (11/4), Combs (7/2), Something Noble (4/1), Jr Mahon (11/2), Your Call (50/1), Masego (66/1), National Voice (66/1)

CINAMMON COCO shaped well when third in a Ballinrobe juvenile recently and looks the way to go here unless Gordon Elliott's hurdling newcomer Combs proves well above average. Hopes Are High and Something Noble can also have a say in this fairly useful contest.