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Tuesday 3 November 2026

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Winter Festival 28th & 29th November 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:11 | Winning time: 4m 0.20s

Factor Five

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Eoin Staples⁽⁵⁾| T: P Nolan

16/1

Vekoma gelding. Half-brother to numerous winners on Flat, including Strike The Bell. Dam maiden on Flat in US. The only one of these without experience but yard (has 3 runners here) has sent out a couple of juvenile hurdle winners in recent weeks.

Form:

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Mahzuz²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Aidan Kelly| T: P Roche

6/1

Well beaten in Flat maiden in March but showed much more sent hurdling 7 months on when fourth at Punchestown 3 weeks ago, outpaced after 2 out. Might want further already.

Form: 4

Maxminelli^t⁸⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

15/8

Fair maiden on the Flat (held his form well at up to 1½m this summer) for this stable. Tongue tied for hurdles debut and must be of interest.

Form:

Sir Benji⁹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

15/8

Fairly useful Flat winner (stays 12.5f). Makes hurdles debut after just 4 starts and has to be respected.

Form:

Threebiggulps^h⁸⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Philip Byrnes| T: J G Coogan

125/1

Maiden well beaten in 6 runs on the Flat this year. Hard to fancy on hurdles debut.

Form:

Willofthepeople³⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-0| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: P W Flynn

66/1

Modest maiden on the Flat for Ger Lyons. Unproven beyond 5f in that sphere so tricky to make a case for on hurdles debut.

Form:

Belle Nuit³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: P Nolan

14/1

Fair maiden on the Flat, though unproven beyond 8.5f. One of 3 runners for yard that has had a couple of successful hurdlers first time up in this sphere in recent weeks.

Form:

Ella's Gold²²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: James Smith⁽³⁾| T: M J Smith

14/1

Modest maiden on the Flat (stays 10.5f). Related to some fairly useful hurdlers on her dam's side.

Form:

Espritroyale^h²³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Conor Stone-Walsh| T: G P Cromwell

12/1

Fair maiden on the Flat up to 1¾m, runner-up twice in handicaps this summer. Has the make of a hurdler and a market move would be interesting.

Form:

Premier Princess^t²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Daniel King| T: D Hogan

33/1

Little form, always behind on hurdles debut at Listowel in September.

Form: 0

Sazerac Dance²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Jordan Gainford| T: P Nolan

66/1

Little impact in a quartet of Flat starts. Looks the outsider of the yard's 3 runners.

Form:

Shushi¹²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁵⁾| T: P Roche

14/1

Fair maiden on Flat (stays 1¾m) for Andrew Balding (sold 28,000gns). Some appeal on paper now switched to hurdles. Yard also runs the experienced Mahzuz.

Form:

Star Of Tara^t1¹⁷¹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-7| J: Phillip Enright| T: Jamie Flynn

150/1

Well beaten in 5 runs on the Flat. Tongue strap on for hurdles debut.

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Forecasts

Sir Benji (15/8), Maxminelli (15/8), Mahzuz (6/1), Espritroyale (12/1), Belle Nuit (14/1), Ella's Gold (14/1), Shushi (14/1), Factor Five (16/1), Premier Princess (33/1), Willofthepeople (66/1), Sazerac Dance (66/1), Threebiggulps (125/1), Star Of Tara (150/1)

SIR BENJI is the best of these on the Flat and could be the way to go before any betting clues. Maxminelli is another of the more likely contenders, while Mahzuz's hurdles experience will count for plenty.