17:23 Down Royal

Friday 29 August 2025

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Hovis Ireland Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:24 | Winning time: 3m 58.5s

Fraher Field²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: D E Mullins| T: J & T Kiely| D

11/2

Career best when winning 10-runner bumper (9/4) at Wexford (16.7f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. In the picture.

Form: 4-3321

Keilah⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny Gilligan| T: W McCreery

5/1

Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 9f on flat. 17/2, second of 15 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good) 8 days ago, conceding first run. Switches from Flat to hurdles and not ruled out.

Form: 7-4

Arctic Flame^t²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Simon Torrens| T: P T Foley| OR: 109

2/1

Fair hurdler. 13/2, good third of 17 in novice hurdle at Cork (17.1f, good) 25 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 584-243

Astelia²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Sam Ewing| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 110| BF

9/4

Fair maiden on the Flat. Thrice-raced maiden. 8/15, good second of 7 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) 20 days ago. Leading form claims.

Form: 222

Crossbar Getaway¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

6/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Third of 5 in bumper at Downpatrick (18.8f, good to firm, 11/8) 19 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Trainer going well. Not discounted.

Form: 409-23

Run For The Border⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Donagh Meyler| T: J P Ryan

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 25/1, sixth of 16 in novice hurdle at Sligo (17.5f, good) on hurdles bow 9 days ago.

Form: 656

Wonderwalk^h²³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Mr B M Coonan⁽⁷⁾| T: V C Ward

66/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Hood on for 1st time in this code, sixth of 13 in novice hurdle at Wexford (16.9f, good to soft, 100/1) on NH debut 23 days ago. Can take a step forward.

Form: 6

Non-Runners

Herja⁵⁶

Weight: 10-13| Age: 5

T: P Griffin J: M M McDonagh

Oh Janey¹³

Weight: 10-13| Age: 5

T: S R B Crawford J: Jordan Gainford

Eponine Etoile⁴⁷

Weight: 10-10| Age: 4

T: Ciaran Murphy J: E Walsh

Frontier Rose³²

Weight: 10-10| Age: 4

T: T G McCourt J: Alex Harvey

Forecasts

Arctic Flame (2/1), Astelia (9/4), Keilah (5/1), Fraher Field (11/2), Herja (11/2), Crossbar Getaway (6/1), Oh Janey (7/1), Eponine Etoile (20/1), Frontier Rose (33/1), Run For The Border (50/1), Wonderwalk (66/1)

ASTELIA holds the edge on form so is taken to gain a first win at the chief expense of Herja, who looked set to strike until taking a late fall at Bangor last time out. Gordon Elliott's hurdling newcomer Crossbar Getaway also enters calculations along with Arctic Flame and Fraher Field.