12:40 Fairyhouse

Wednesday 1 January 2025

All12:1012:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:35

ITM Irish Stallion Trail 10th - 11th January Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:40 | Winning time: 5m 17.40s

1^st

Sounds Victorius

611-12

4/11f

T: W P MullinsJ: Paul Townend

Disputed lead, bumped at 1st, pushed along briefly approaching 2nd, led from 7th, pushed along next, ridden and strongly pressed entering straight, headed 2 out, rallied to press leader at last, led inside final furlong, stayed on well op 4/9

2^nd

2 ¾

Come Walk With Me

611-12

17/2

T: E CawleyJ: Keith Donoghue

Mid-division, good headway into close 3rd 3 out, 2nd entering straight, led travelling well 2 out, pushed along at last, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace op 7/1 tchd 13/2

3^rd

Champagne Kid

611-12

11/2

T: P E CollinsJ: Patrick M O'Brien (7)

Tracked leaders in 3rd for most, ridden in 3rd 2 out, no impression on leaders, kept on one pace tchd 9/2 and tchd 6/1

4^th

1 ¼

Supreme Ruler

611-12

5/1

T: B ConnellJ: Sean Flanagan

Tracked leaders, slight mistake 3rd, ridden in 4th on outer 2 out, no impression on leaders, kept on one pace op 9/2

5^th

Roxboro River

611-12

66/1

T: Miss T L CoganJ: Paddy Hanlon (7)

Mid-division, jumped left at times, pushed along in moderate 7th 2 out, kept on one pace op 100/1

6^th

Glenetty

811-5

100/1

T: C O'ConnellJ: J Smith (5)

Mid-division, pushed along entering straight, ridden in moderate 6th 2 out, no impression tchd 125/1

7^th

Mister Frostie

611-12

150/1

T: C A McBratneyJ: Kevin Sexton

Tracked leaders, ridden in 5th entering straight, moderate 5th and bad mistake at last, no impression op 100/1

8^th

Cocovic

511-12

22/1

T: E McNamaraJ: C P McNamara

Towards rear, took keen hold, no impression from 4 out, never a factor op 16/1

9^th

2 ¼

Johanna'sjean

611-5

100/1

T: Thomas CoyleJ: Carl Millar (5)

Always behind, slight mistake 2nd and not fluent 7th, slight mistake 2 out, never a factor tchd 125/1

10^th

4 ¾

General Glea

611-12

80/1

T: T GibneyJ: Kieren Buckley

Disputed lead, jumped right at 1st, headed 7th, soon ridden and weakened op 100/1 and tchd 125/1

11^th

Patty O'Farrell

711-5

100/1

T: P MaherJ: Sean O'Keeffe

Rear of mid-division, no impression from 4 out, never a factor tchd 150/1

Also Ran

Dromineer Smurphy

511-12

100/1

T: C CollinsJ: Jack Kearney (3)

Always behind, no impression from 4 out, pulled up before last tchd 125/1

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Non-Runners

Grimaud²⁵

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Sam Ewing

Johanna Whitty¹⁹

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: J S Bolger J: Donagh Meyler

Los Blanco²⁴⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: H De Bromhead J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Lovely Hurling²¹⁷

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: Colm Murphy J: Mark Walsh

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€1.37Pl:€1.10, €1.70, €1.10EX:€6.10Trifecta:€19.40SF:€5.64

Forecasts

Sounds Victorius (4/11), Lovely Hurling (4/1), Supreme Ruler (5/1), Champagne Kid (11/2), Grimaud (6/1), Los Blanco (7/1), Come Walk With Me (17/2), Cocovic (22/1), Johanna Whitty (25/1), Roxboro River (66/1), General Glea (80/1), Glenetty (100/1), Johanna'sjean (100/1), Patty O'Farrell (100/1), Dromineer Smurphy (100/1), Mister Frostie (150/1)

SOUNDS VICTORIUS and Lovely Hurling have both shown talent in bumpers and are open to improvement in this discipline, so they might well fight this out with the former preferred. Los Blanco is an interesting recruit from points.

SOUNDS VICTORIUS (IRE)
LOVELY HURLING (IRE)
LOS BLANCO (FR)

Previous Winners

2024

I Will Be Baie

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 6

J: Paul Townend | T: W P Mullins

11/8

Prize Money

1st: €7,200.002nd: €2,400.003rd: €1,199.004th: €600.005th: €360.006th: €240.00