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Friday 31 October 2025

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:03 | Winning time: 5m 50.07s

Juke Hill¹⁹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott

18/1

€24,000 5-y-o, Jukebox Jury gelding. Half-brother to 4 winners, including useful hurdler Foryourinformation, stayed 3m, and useful hurdler Polar Present. Runner-up on second of 3 starts in points, unplaced last time (Apr 2025).

Form: 725-

Kazansky²⁰⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott

9/1

€68,000 3-y-o, £42,000 5-y-o, Milan gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner Knockanard Lady, stayed 21f. Off mark in points at third attempt (Apr 2025). Interesting Rules newcomer.

Form: 521-

Mount Mandela¹⁰⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: C A McBratney| OR: 98

40/1

Modest hurdler who was well on held on first run since leaving P. J. Rothwell when ninth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (17.8f, good to firm) 109 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 40255-9

Some Song¹⁸⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

7/2

€42,000 3-y-o, Mahler gelding. Dam unraced sister to fair hurdler/fairly useful chase winner (stayed 2½m) My Gaffer and half-sister to useful hurdler (stayed 19f) Supreme Present. Won sole start in points in April and has joined a top yard.

Form: 1-

Theflyingking²²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

1/3

Didn't need to improve to make it third time lucky in bumpers in 11-runner event at Wexford (16f, good to soft) in March, finding extra. Looks stable first string on jockey bookings and of major interest on hurdle debut.

Form: 1/221-

Artic Chief¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Caragh Monaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: L Lennon

200/1

Little impact in 2 maiden hurdles. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 90

Light Her Up^t³⁶⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Eoghan Finegan⁽⁷⁾| T: H P Finegan

150/1

No promise in bumpers/pair of maiden hurdles. Off 12 months.

Form: U/34086-

Non-Runners

Kaiser De Chanay²⁸⁶

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: M Brassil J: J J Slevin

Elsa Bay⁷

Weight: 11-5| Age: 7

T: William P Murphy J: Niall Moore

Venturevango¹²

Weight: 11-5| Age: 6

T: Ian Donoghue J: Keith Donoghue

Forecasts

Theflyingking (1/3), Some Song (7/2), Kaiser De Chanay (13/2), Kazansky (9/1), Juke Hill (18/1), Elsa Bay (33/1), Mount Mandela (40/1), Venturevango (66/1), Light Her Up (150/1), Artic Chief (200/1)

THEFLYINGKING showed a good attitude to make his third bumper start a winning one at Wexford in March and looks the first string on jockey bookings for a yard seeking a seventh consecutive win in the race, so he earns the vote. Some Song and Kaiser de Chanay are a couple of interesting recruits from the point sphere who merit plenty of respect.