14:45 Limerick

Tuesday 1 December 2020

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:46 | Winning time: 5m 56.4s

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Costalotmore⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: M P Fogarty| T: R P O'Keeffe| BF

5/2

Thrice-raced winner in bumpers. 13/8 and hooded for 1st time, sixth of 10 in bumper at Cork (19f, good) 44 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 5112/16

Captain Mc³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: J M Moore| T: N Meade

11/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Third of 10 in novice hurdle at Sligo (24f, good to soft, 9/4) 39 days ago, needing stiffer test. Should be on the premises.

Form: 4/5-23

En Beton²⁷¹

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

11/8

Promising sort. Second of 7 in bumper at Thurles (16f, heavy, 5/2) when last seen in March. Runner-up sole start over hurdles in France and this 6-y-o is open to improvement.

Form: 2/52-

Fahrenheit De Lecu⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: P T Enright| T: J J Mangan

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. 125/1, eighth of 14 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 9 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 08

Fissa³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| BF

9/4

Promising sort. Third of 16 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.6f, soft, 11/4) on NH debut 34 days ago. Stable having good spell and he's a big player with improvement on the cards.

Form: 3

Fort William²⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: P K Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan

250/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Last of 8 in bumper at Gowran (18f, heavy, 33/1). Off 8 months ahead of this hurdles debut.

Form: 9048-

Johngus²⁶¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: D F O'Regan| T: S Aherne

18/1

Promising sort. 40/1, fourth of 10 in novice hurdle at this course (24f, heavy) on hurdles bow on final start of last season. Looks competitive on form and he's probably capable of better still.

Form: 5/45264-

Mister Bells¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: S F O'Keeffe| T: P Nolan

50/1

Twice-raced maiden under Rules. 50/1, fourth of 15 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) on hurdles bow 11 days ago. Significantly up in trip. No more than an each-way squeak.

Form: 44

Mount Melleray¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: D J O'Keeffe| T: J Motherway

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. Fifth of 14 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy, 50/1) 18 days ago. Significantly up in trip and he's open to progress.

Form: 7-U5

Boss Girl¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: T Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: W J Austin| OR: 92

80/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 13 in novice hurdle (66/1) at this course (16f, heavy) 14 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 005

Bowes Hill^h,t¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: I J Power| T: Jayne Hearne

150/1

Once-raced maiden. 150/1 and hooded tongue strap on, seventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) on NH debut 11 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 7

Haveuseentherain¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: D P Holden⁽⁷⁾| T: S G Walsh

80/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. Sixth of 14 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (19.4f, heavy, 100/1) on hurdles bow 19 days ago. Improvement needed.

Form: 676

Quarry Girl¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

66/1

Once-raced maiden. 50/1, fifth of 13 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy) on NH debut 18 days ago. Easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: 2-5

Forecasts

En Beton (11/8), Fissa (9/4), Costalotmore (5/2), Captain Mc (11/1), Johngus (18/1), Mount Melleray (28/1), Mister Bells (50/1), Quarry Girl (66/1), Boss Girl (80/1), Haveuseentherain (80/1), Bowes Hill (150/1), Fahrenheit De Lecu (200/1), Fort William (250/1)

FISSA made a promising start to his career when third at Punchestown in October, form which was given a boost when the runner-up scored at Naas recently. Henry de Bromhead's charge will be more street-wise this time and is marginally preferred to En Beton, who should step up on what he showed in a couple of bumpers last season now back over hurdles. Johngus and Captain Mc are others to consider.