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Randox Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:13 | Winning time: 4m 32.0s

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Campbell Black

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J C Gainford| T: William Harvey

11/4

€16,000 3-y-o, Mahler gelding. Brother to fair 2m hurdle winner Rule Me In. Probably best watched on debut.

Form:

Scary Askari²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr N McParlan| T: S McParlan

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. 20/1, twelfth of 15 in novice hurdle at this course (17.8f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 21 days ago.

Form: 620

Artic Chief

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Caragh Monaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: L Lennon

200/1

€4,000 3-y-o, Arctic Cosmos gelding. Dam, maiden hurdler (stayed 21f), sister to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler (stayed 2½m) Fortmassini. Limited appeal on paper.

Form:

Barrys Spirit²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Eoin Staples⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell

9/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fourth of 7 in bumper (25/1) at this course (17.8f, soft) 21 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Luker's Tipple appears to be the stable No 1.

Form: 94

Laska Du Breuil¹³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Kieren Buckley| T: G P Cromwell

33/1

Once-raced maiden. Tenth of 14 in bumper (40/1) at Ballinrobe (16.6f, good) on NH debut 137 days ago. Makes hurdles/yard debut.

Form: 7-0

Luker's Tipple¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 118

1/2

Fairly useful hurdler. First run since leaving Andrew Kinirons when creditable sixth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (16f, good to soft, 6/1) 15 days ago. Difficult to oppose.

Form: 2F0-226

Blossomfort Flyer^t¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Michael Kenneally⁽⁷⁾| T: D Queally

80/1

Once-raced maiden. Hooded tongue strap on, sixth of 10 in bumper at Roscommon (15.6f, good to soft, 14/1) on NH debut 11 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 6

Bethngracieschance²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Flanagan| T: C Bowe

200/1

Once-raced maiden. 80/1, eleventh of 14 in novice hurdle at Navan (21f, good to soft) on NH debut 20 days ago. Opposable.

Form: 0

Grennanstown Lady¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: G Keane

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Ninth of 15 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (15.6f, good to soft, 250/1) on NH debut 11 days ago.

Form: 9

Trixaboutmaisie²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: C Bowe

125/1

Once-raced maiden. Eighth of 15 in novice hurdle (33/1) at this course (17.8f, good to soft) on NH debut 21 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 8

Tropical Twist⁷

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

12/1

Twice-raced maiden under Rules. Fifth of 19 in novice hurdle (66/1) at Gowran (16.4f, soft) on hurdles bow 7 days ago. Ea ch-way chance if able to build on that.

Form: 65

Rule 4

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Non-Runners

Black Gem⁷⁷

Weight: 11-11| Age: 4

T: J C McConnell J: Alex Harvey

Forecasts

Luker's Tipple (1/2), Campbell Black (11/4), Black Gem (15/2), Barrys Spirit (9/1), Tropical Twist (12/1), Laska Du Breuil (33/1), Scary Askari (33/1), Blossomfort Flyer (80/1), Trixaboutmaisie (125/1), Grennanstown Lady (150/1), Artic Chief (200/1), Bethngracieschance (200/1)

It's hard to look beyond LUKER'S TIPPLE, who was runner-up in four maiden hurdles for Andrew Kinirons and wasn't seen to best effect in a listed handicap at Listowel on recent debut for this yard. Tropical Twist gets the nod ahead of Black Gem for forecast purposes.

Previous Winners

2024

Impero

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 5

J: J C Gainford | T: C Collins

5/6

Prize Money

1st: €6,000.002nd: €2,000.003rd: €999.004th: €500.005th: €300.006th: €200.00

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