Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 16:07 | Winning time: 6m 52.4s

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Churchstonewarrior²³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: D F O'Regan| T: Jonathan Sweeney| BF

2/1

Promising sort. Winner in bumper at Thurles in January. Very good second of 16 in novice hurdle (11/10) at Thurles (23.4f, heavy). Off 7 months. Open to progress.

Form: 2/6312-

Humble Glory²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: J C Gainford⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 116| BF

6/4

Fairly useful hurdler. Creditable second of 14 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (20f, good, 5/6) 25 days ago, albeit flattered by proximity to the winner. Sure to go well.

Form: 2123F-2

Highland Sting

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: D E Mullins| T: J P Ryan

18/1

£6,500 4-y-o, Scorpion gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler (stayed 2½m) Heath Hunter and fairly useful chaser (stays 21f) Oscar Wilde. Market should point the way.

Form:

Lanziano^p³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: A W Short| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 112

16/1

Fair hurdler. Good sixth of 16 in novice hurdle at Listowel (24f, good to soft, 22/1) 33 days ago.

Form: 0-B9026

Midnight It Is^t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: G P Cromwell

3/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. 4/1, second of 6 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (21.5f, soft) on hurdles bow 14 days ago. May well do better.

Form: F222-42

Coolaney Express²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy

200/1

Once-raced maiden. 33/1, eleventh of 14 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, good) on NH debut 21 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 0

Young Moloney²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: S Curling

66/1

Once-raced maiden. Fifth of 18 in novice hurdle at Listowel (16f, good, 80/1) on NH debut 27 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 5

Non-Runners

Western Lad³³

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: J J Hanlon J: J S McGarvey

Forecasts

Humble Glory (6/4), Churchstonewarrior (2/1), Midnight It Is (3/1), Lanziano (16/1), Highland Sting (18/1), Young Moloney (66/1), Western Lad (66/1), Coolaney Express (200/1)

But for a final-flight mistake, it's likely that CHURCHSTONEWARRIOR would have gone mightly close at Thurles when last seen in February. He remains open to improvement in this sphere and is marginally preferred to Humble Glory, who found just one too good for the third time over hurdles at Roscommon last month and she should be winning before long. Midnight It Is also enters calculations.