13:57 Thurles

Saturday 20 December 2025

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William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 13:58 | Winning time: 4m 18.30s

Black Gem^t⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: J C McConnell| OR: 100

33/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Thrice-raced maiden. 15/2 and blinkered for 1st time, sixth of 12 in novice hurdle at Wexford (20f, soft) 55 days ago.

Form: 536

Bulgaden Castle⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: P J Rothwell

20/1

Twice-raced maiden. Third of 11 in novice hurdle at Naas (18.9f, heavy, 50/1) 41 days ago.

Form: 53-03

Chichester Park⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Daniel King| T: A J Martin

3/1

Promising individual. Last of 4 in bumper (5/2) at Down Royal (16.9f, good to soft) 50 days ago, finding less than looked likely. Encouraging third on hurdle debut prior to that. Respected.

Form: 3431-34

Cooladdi^h1¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Ivan Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: Conor Maxwell

10/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 18/1, seventh of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (19.4f, heavy) 18 days ago. Hood on 1st time.

Form: F-327

Drop A Threat^h,t⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Mullins| T: W P Mullins

16/1

Point winner but well beaten in bumper and maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse 12 months apart.

Form: 1/7-8

Eliodam²⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

13/8

4/1, twelfth of 17 in valuable bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) on debut in April. Could prove a totally different proposition for top yard now hurdling.

Form: 0-

Galavanting George⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Conor Stone-Walsh| T: G P Cromwell

80/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 80/1, sixth of 16 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, heavy) 5 days ago, not knocked about. May well do better.

Form: 006

Its Time For A Run²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Donovan⁽³⁾| T: P M J Doyle

25/1

Once-raced maiden. 150/1, seventh of 16 in novice hurdle at this course (20.2f, good to soft) on NH debut 23 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 7

Mistyburn¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Dylan Robinson| T: P J Rothwell

200/1

Eighth of 14 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.5f, heavy, 28/1) 18 days ago.

Form: 560908

Stay In The Game³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Paddy Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

40/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Thrice-raced maiden. 150/1, broke blood vessel when pulled up in novice hurdle at Cheltenham (16.4f, soft) 34 days ago, pulled up.

Form: 44P

Top Coeur²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

5/2

Promising individual. Fourth of 24 in minor event hurdle (50/1) at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) on hurdles bow 21 days ago. Should have more to offer.

Form: 3-4

Tellmemamema⁶⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Kieren Buckley| T: E Buckley

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Eighth of 13 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.4f, good to soft, 80/1) on NH debut 66 days ago.

Form: 8

Down Your Way¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁵⁾| T: M Hassett

150/1

Once-raced maiden. 200/1, sixteenth of 19 in novice hurdle at Cork (16.9f, soft) on NH debut 13 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

Supreme Axel⁷²

Weight: 11-5| Age: 6

T: J Fahey J: Josh Younge

Danny The Champ¹⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 4

T: J C McConnell J: Reserve 1

It Will Do Rightly²¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 4

T: S Crawley J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Eliodam (13/8), Top Coeur (5/2), Chichester Park (3/1), Cooladdi (10/1), Drop A Threat (16/1), Bulgaden Castle (20/1), Its Time For A Run (25/1), Black Gem (33/1), Stay In The Game (40/1), Galavanting George (80/1), Supreme Axel (100/1), It Will Do Rightly (100/1), Down Your Way (150/1), Tellmemamema (150/1), Danny The Champ (150/1), Mistyburn (200/1)

Although ELIODAM failed to figure on his bumper debut the fact he went off at 4/1 in a valuable race suggests he'd been giving the right signals at home and he could prove a different proposition now hurdling. Chichester Park also failed to fire in a bumper last time but his hurdle debut prior to that had been promising and he's feared most ahead of Top Coeur.