12:31 Cork

Sunday 7 December 2025

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BAR 1 Casino Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 12:32 | Winning time: 4m 26.00s

Allow Sound

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Mike O'Connor| T: J J Mangan

200/1

Maxios gelding. Dam (h88), maiden hurdler (stayed 19f), half-sister to smart hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 19f) Grumeti.

Form:

Ballindenisk²¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Eoin Walsh| T: J J Murphy

66/1

Point winner but could manage only sixteenth of 22 in bumper at Punchestown (18.8f, good to soft, 33/1) on NH debut. Off 7 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 310-

Crypto Crash⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Carl Millar⁽⁵⁾| T: D Budds

200/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden. 250/1, sixteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (19.4f, heavy) 5 days ago.

Form: 00

Dani Donadoni²²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

8/11

Made a winning bumper debut at Limerick in April. Matched that form when fourth of 12 in bumper at Punchestown (16.4f, good to soft, 9/1). Off 7 months. Makes hurdles debut and he'll take some stopping for his leading stable.

Form: 14-

Dearg Mor²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: A A Howard

200/1

Tenth of 16 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Gowran (16.1f, heavy) on NH debut 29 days ago.

Form: 0

Harty Cup¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Mark Walsh| T: R Tyner

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. 80/1, eleventh of 16 in novice hurdle at this course (15.9f, soft) 14 days ago. Yard in good form but he's a handicap project.

Form: 3-00

Ifallgoeswell¹⁹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Byrnes| T: C Byrnes

25/1

Modest hurdler. 10/1, seventh of 10 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16.9f, good). Off 6 months. Stable in good form.

Form: B223-47

Illtakehimmyself¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Jake Coen| T: E McNamara

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Ninth of 16 in novice hurdle (66/1) at Thurles (15.8f, good to soft) 17 days ago.

Form: 609

Lord Rouge²⁸⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

10/3

Castle Du Berlais gelding. Half-brother to 4 winners, including winning hurdler/useful chaser Gin On Lime and French 19f chase winner Fast Rouge. Dam unraced. Runner-up sole start in points and has joined a very successful stable.

Form: 2-

Lucky Crystal

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: Brendan Walsh

250/1

Fourth foal, dam (b76), lightly raced in bumpers/over hurdles, closely related to useful hurdler (2m/2¼m winner) Theatre Girl and half-sister to smart hurdler/useful chaser (2m-2½m winner) Ring The Boss.

Form:

One Of Mine

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Ricky Doyle| T: Eamon Courtney

250/1

Mahler gelding. Dam, fairly useful hurdle winner up to 2½m, half-sister to useful bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler (stayed 3m) Ballywilliam.

Form:

Reliable Prince²⁸⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr J L Gleeson| T: E Bolger

80/1

Showed ability on debut but in nothing like the same form when tenth of 12 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft, 33/1). Off 9 months.

Form: 40-

The Last Minute¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: J Barcoe

150/1

Winning pointer. 125/1, first run since leaving W. P. Murphy when sixth of 16 in novice hurdle at Thurles (20.2f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 10 days ago.

Form: 835P-46

Time Is A Thief⁶³⁷

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

7/2

€28,000 3-y-o, £130,000 4-y-o, Doyen gelding. Closely related to fairly useful hurdler Beaufort Scale. Runner-up sole start in points in March 2024. Off since but he's in expert hands.

Form: 2/

Ballingurteen²⁸¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: John Shinnick⁽³⁾| T: T O'Brien

66/1

Mahler mare. Half-sister to poor hurdler/modest chaser Bells of Stamford, stays 3m. Runner-up in a point during the spring.

Form: 2-

Down Your Way

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean Flanagan| T: M Hassett

200/1

Sumbal filly. Half-sister to fair hurdler Miss Adventure. Dam (c79) maiden chaser (stayed 25f).

Form:

Madam Elle

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Eoin Staples⁽⁷⁾| T: D Duggan

250/1

Fifth foal, dam, ran twice in bumpers, half-sister to smart hurdler/useful chaser (2¼m-25f winner) Coolcashin and fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3m) High Nellie out of 2¼m-2½m hurdle winner Daisy A Day.

Form:

Mahon Falls¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Danny Mullins| T: W P Mullins| BF

6/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Good second of 8 in novice hurdle (11/10) at Tramore (21f, soft) 12 days ago. Sets the standard and she's one of 2 runners for the stable.

Form: 2622

Lar Na Pairce¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Aidan Kelly⁽³⁾| T: E Bolger

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. 125/1, ninth of 24 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (19.4f, soft) 15 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 79

Non-Runners

Goin'³⁶

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: A J Martin J: Daniel King

Its Time For A Run¹⁰

Weight: 11-12| Age: 4

T: P M J Doyle J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Dani Donadoni (8/11), Lord Rouge (10/3), Time Is A Thief (7/2), Mahon Falls (6/1), Ifallgoeswell (25/1), Goin' (33/1), Ballingurteen (66/1), Ballindenisk (66/1), Its Time For A Run (66/1), Reliable Prince (80/1), Harty Cup (100/1), Lar Na Pairce (100/1), Illtakehimmyself (125/1), The Last Minute (150/1), Dearg Mor (200/1), Crypto Crash (200/1), Down Your Way (200/1), Allow Sound (200/1), One Of Mine (250/1), Madam Elle (250/1), Lucky Crystal (250/1)

This looks ripe for a hurdles newcomer, with bumper scorer DANI DONADONI preferred in favour of point recruits Lord Rouge and Time Is A Thief with all 3 representing excellent yards.