12:00 Leopardstown

Tuesday 28 December 2021

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Savills Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:02 | Winning time: 4m 59.6s

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Bearwithmenow¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: J J Slevin| T: G J Power

300/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 100/1, tenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (23.5f, soft) 17 days ago.

Form: 0-90P10

Dartan^t³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Keith Donoghue| T: M J Smith

9/1

Fair Flat winner. Tongue strap on, first run since leaving Markus Klug when second of 15 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, good, 33/1) on NH debut 37 days ago, closing all way to line. Promising.

Form: 2

Frontier General⁷²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Sean Flanagan| T: H De Bromhead| BF

40/1

Point winner. Disappointing start when tenth of 14 in novice hurdle at Cork (20.4f, good to soft, 3/1) 72 days ago.

Form: 10

Happy Du Mesnil⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: D E Mullins| T: T Mullins

11/1

Promising sort. 3/1, first run since leaving Alain Couetil when third of 21 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (19.6f, good to soft) on IRE NH debut 45 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 3-3

Horantzau D'airy⁴⁶⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

11/10

Won maiden bumper at Fontainebleau in 2020/21 despite pulling very hard. Got to be of big interest despite long absence having joined top connections.

Form: 1-

Howyabud⁹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: Mary Ellen Doyle

25/1

Runner-up in 2 Ballinrobe bumpers and a point. Off 7 months. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip.

Form: 2-22

I Am Spider Man¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: P J Carberry| T: M J Smith

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. 250/1, sixteenth of 21 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 80

Kilnacarra¹⁶¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: C D Maxwell| T: Mrs P Dobbs

250/1

Modest hurdler. Below form eighth of 15 in novice hurdle (20/1) at Ballinrobe (17.4f, good) 161 days ago.

Form: 30-8F58

Life In The Park³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

7/1

Third of 9 in novice hurdle (9/4) at Punchestown (21.7f, good to soft) on NH debut 35 days ago, barely adequate test. Staying handicaps will be his bag in due course.

Form: F-3

Mary's Pride^t1¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: D F O'Regan| T: E Cawley

200/1

Fair winner at 16f in bumpers. 18/1, first run since leaving V. C. Ward when seventeenth of 23 in novice hurdle at Naas (18.8f, soft) on hurdles bow 12 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 1-0

Perfect Arch³²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Lambe

250/1

Fairly useful maiden at best on Flat, stays 1¾m, well held both starts in 2021 following 13-month absence. Hard to fancy.

Form:

Roaring Potter³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

10/3

Promising sort. 12/1, second of 12 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, good) on NH debut 31 days ago, running on late. Up in trip. Sure to improve and leading claims.

Form: 2

Rotten Row¹⁰¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: A Mullins

150/1

Winner in bumper at Roscommon in August. 20/1, first run since leaving Joseph Patrick O'Brien when eighth of 19 in novice hurdle at Navan (15.8f, good) on hurdles bow 101 days ago.

Form: 18

Sixhandsinmypocket³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Dwyer

125/1

Twice-raced maiden. 12/1, ninth of 13 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, good) 30 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip.

Form: 29

Valirann Gold^t²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: R Deegan⁽³⁾| T: C W J Farrell

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 40/1, ninth of 18 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, soft) 23 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 5-P49

Heia⁵¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: B J Cooper| T: W P Mullins

15/2

Won maiden bumper at Le Lion-d'Angers early in 2020/21. Another who has not been seen for a while, but like her stablemate Horantzau d'Airy must be of interest for top new connections.

Form: 1-

Secret She Keeps⁸⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: M P Walsh| T: H De Bromhead

16/1

Shirocco filly. Half-sister to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser Financial Climate. Point winner, beating a couple of subsequent winners for Gary Moore. Starts out over hurdles in deep contest.

Form: 1

Non-Runners

Shillwantfornotin⁵²⁹

Weight: 11-2| Age: 4

T: B McMahon J: J G Gilligan

Forecasts

Horantzau D'airy (11/10), Roaring Potter (10/3), Life In The Park (7/1), Heia (15/2), Dartan (9/1), Happy Du Mesnil (11/1), Secret She Keeps (16/1), Howyabud (25/1), Frontier General (40/1), Shillwantfornotin (66/1), Sixhandsinmypocket (125/1), Valirann Gold (125/1), Rotten Row (150/1), Mary's Pride (200/1), I Am Spider Man (250/1), Perfect Arch (250/1), Kilnacarra (250/1), Bearwithmenow (300/1)

HORANTZAU D'AIRY did plenty wrong but still managed to win his bumper in France comfortably and a big run is probably on the way for new connections despite a long absence. Heia has a similar profile and it will be interesting to see how the stablemates compare in the betting. Roaring Potter made a bright start at Fairyhouse and is the clear danger of those with hurdles experience.