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Thursday 30 March 2023

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Supermac's (C & G) Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 5m 29.1s

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Castle Field Boy^t²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: S D Torrens| T: P T Foley

4/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. 11/2, good fourth of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (18.7f, soft) 28 days ago. Each-way claims.

Form: 7534

Cool Cookie Claude¹²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: P G Kelly

25/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fifth of 14 in novice hurdle at this course (16f, heavy, 12/1) 128 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 5P-55

Freddie's Frontier⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Turlough O'connor⁽⁷⁾| T: T O'Connor

80/1

Pulled up in claiming hurdle (33/1) at Clonmel (18.5f, heavy) 9 days ago, behind when pulled up soon after seventh.

Form: 353-P6P

Grange Pearl⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

150/1

Once-raced maiden. 100/1, sixth of 8 in novice hurdle at this course (19f, soft) on NH debut 4 days ago.

Form: 6

Longhouse Star¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S Curling

50/1

Once-raced maiden. Pulled up in hunter chase at Thurles (25.4f, soft, 5/1) on NH debut 17 days ago, behind when pulled up before last. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: P-3F32P

Macdermott¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D E Mullins| T: W P Mullins

15/2

Twice-raced maiden under Rules. Sixth of 19 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.9f, heavy, 10/3) on hurdles bow 13 days ago. Up in trip. Should improve.

Form: 36

Micheal's Magic³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: C P McNamara| T: Liam G O'brien

25/1

Twice-raced maiden. 300/1, ninth of 22 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20f, good to soft) 39 days ago, going in snatches.

Form: 09

Policy Breaker^b1,t1⁷⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: P J Carberry| T: Peter Maher

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. 250/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy) 74 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Blinkered for 1st time, tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 0-PP

Potters Party^p1⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 111

6/5

Promising sort. Fourth of 15 in novice hurdle at Thurles (22.8f, good to soft, 7/2) 49 days ago, needing stiffer test. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Likely to improve.

Form: 2-344

Sir Dan Dan¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Derek McGrath⁽⁷⁾| T: D A Kiely

125/1

Once-raced maiden. Seventh of 16 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Thurles (16f, soft) on NH debut 12 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: FF7

So Des Flos^p1³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D F O'Regan| T: G Elliott

9/4

Thrice-raced maiden. Third of 11 in novice hurdle (4/1) at Thurles (23.7f, good to soft) 35 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Big player.

Form: 423

The Mass Path⁶⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Byrnes⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes

25/1

Califet gelding. Brother to fair hurdler Kavanaghs Cross. Dam unraced sister to bumper winner/useful 23f hurdle winner Senor Lombardy. Little impact in 4 runs between the flags.

Form: 4FP7

Trackman Tommy¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: P G Kelly

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. 80/1, fifth of 15 in novice hurdle at Thurles (16.4f, heavy) on hurdles bow 17 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 605

Whip Whitaker¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: S Fitzgerald⁽³⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 80

66/1

Poor hurdler. Remains a maiden after 11 hurdle runs. 33/1, ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (23.2f, soft) 12 days ago.

Form: 490559

Forecasts

Potters Party (6/5), So Des Flos (9/4), Castle Field Boy (4/1), Macdermott (15/2), The Mass Path (25/1), Cool Cookie Claude (25/1), Micheal's Magic (25/1), Longhouse Star (50/1), Whip Whitaker (66/1), Freddie's Frontier (80/1), Trackman Tommy (125/1), Sir Dan Dan (125/1), Grange Pearl (150/1), Policy Breaker (200/1)

This drop in trip and the addition of cheekpieces could be just the ticket for SO DES FLOS, who wasn't beaten far despite looking rather laboured when third over 23.7f at Thurles last month. Potters Party remains open to improvement and he is second choice ahead of Castle Field Boy. Macdermott produced a rather tame finishing effort on his hurdles debut at Down Royal but he couldn't be in better hands and may be seen in a better light now faced with a stiffer test.