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Thursday 2 March 2023

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 16:26 | Winning time: 5m 0.3s

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Je T'ai Porte^h³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

25/1

Fairly useful handicapper on Flat, stays 1½m, again ran creditably last time. Hood retained for hurdles debut and needs considering.

Form:

Battle It Out²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Dwyer

3/1

Improved again when third of 16 in maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Open to further progress.

Form: 073

Castle Field Boy^t¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: D F O'Regan| T: P T Foley

11/2

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Third of 18 in maiden hurdle at this course (16f, heavy, 50/1) 14 days ago. More needed for win purposes.

Form: 753

Do Whatever³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: L P Dempsey| T: J T R Dreaper

150/1

Well held in a pair of maiden hurdles.

Form: 00

Figaroc³⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

4/1

14/1, possibly still needed the run when eighth of 17 in maiden hurdle at Down Royal (17.2f, soft) 37 days ago.

Form: 2/P8

He's Home Again³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: E Cawley

250/1

Offered little in maiden hurdle at Naas (19f, soft) on NH debut 32 days ago.

Form: 0

Ik's Man^t³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: T O'Brien| BF

7/2

Proved a disappointment when a well-held fourth of 8 in maiden hurdle at Gowran (20.4f, heavy) 35 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 2-33624

Mount Gable⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: E Dwan⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs J Cashin

200/1

Well held in a pair of maiden hurdles.

Form: 00

Spanish John²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D E Mullins| T: P A Fahy

125/1

Modest in bumpers and well held in a trio of maiden hurdles.

Form: 69000

Starman^h1⁷⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: D L Queally| T: D Queally| BF

14/1

Shaped well when fifth of 19 on his only outing in bumpers at Punchestown but that was over 2 years ago. Has left Willie Mullins. Hood fitted.

Form: 5/

Trust Me Nate³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J C Gainford| T: G Elliott

5/2

Improved on hurdling debut form when second of 14 in maiden at Limerick (16f, soft) 30 days ago. Sets the standard.

Form: 2-452

Wantage¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

300/1

Fair form at best on the Flat and was well held in maiden hurdle at Naas (18.8f, soft) on NH debut 72 days ago.

Form: 0

Alo's Vision¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: W J Burke

50/1

Safely held both starts over hurdles.

Form: 442168

Champagne Secret^h¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: L Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: Jayne Hearne

100/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Seventh of 9 in bumper (125/1) at Gowran (17f, heavy) on bumper debut 12 days ago, dropping away quickly. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: 0/77

Like Ta Ma³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: B P Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: S Fahey

66/1

Went with little encouragement when sixth of 12 in claiming hurdle at Limerick (21f, soft) on NH debut 30 days ago.

Form: 3P-5126

No Fussing¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules who never threatened on hurdling debut at this course (18.9f, heavy) 14 days ago.

Form: 40-560

Tiernaboul¹⁰⁸⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: B O'Keeffe

150/1

Dylan Thomas mare. Dam placed in points/no show over hurdles. Failed to complete all 3 starts in points in early-2020.

Form: PPF/

Unklipped³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Sam Ewing| T: D Leahy

250/1

Jumped none too fluently when tailed off in maiden hurdle at Down Royal (17.2f, soft, 125/1) on NH debut 37 days ago.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

Dylan Og⁸¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: Ms Debbie Hartnett J: Reserve 1

The Shantou King¹¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: Aengus King J: Reserve 2

Lorna Yeats²⁹¹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 9

T: Daniel O'leary J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Trust Me Nate (5/2), Battle It Out (3/1), Ik's Man (7/2), Figaroc (4/1), Castle Field Boy (11/2), Starman (14/1), Je T'ai Porte (25/1), Dylan Og (33/1), Alo's Vision (50/1), Like Ta Ma (66/1), No Fussing (66/1), The Shantou King (66/1), Lorna Yeats (66/1), Champagne Secret (100/1), Spanish John (125/1), Do Whatever (150/1), Tiernaboul (150/1), Mount Gable (200/1), He's Home Again (250/1), Unklipped (250/1), Wantage (300/1)

TRUST ME NATE finished well clear of the rest when runner-up at Limerick at the end of January and sets the standard on that effort. Je T'ai Porte is an interesting recruit to hurdling judged on her fairly useful Flat form, with Battle It Out another to consider.