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Saturday 29 November 2025

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Kettles Country House Hotel Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:25 | Winning time: 4m 5.3s

Casterly Rock⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Eoghan Finegan⁽⁷⁾| T: P E Collins| D

11/2

Lightly-raced bumper winner. Creditable fifth of 9 in bumper at Listowel (16f, good to soft, 15/2) 63 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 445-15

Dysart Dolomite²³¹

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

9/4

Won 10-runner bumper at Ayr (16f, good to soft, 13/8) on debut 7 months ago, forging clear. Makes hurdles debut. Merits respect for top yard.

Form: 1-

Eyetrap¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Kevin Sexton| T: Aidan Melia

80/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Once-raced maiden over hurdles. Should progress in this sphere.

Form: 4

It Will Do Rightly

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Crawley

80/1

Primary gelding. Dam unraced. Limited appeal on paper.

Form:

It's Not His Fault³³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Jake Coen| T: E McNamara

80/1

Twice-raced maiden. Eighth of 14 in novice hurdle at Wexford (16.4f, soft, 14/1) 33 days ago, not knocked about. Probably more one for handicaps in due course.

Form: 38

Lohengrin^h,t²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Ryan Treacy| T: E D Delany

150/1

Fair Flat winner. 100/1 and hooded for 1st time tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, fifteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at this C&D (soft) on NH debut 25 days ago.

Form: 0

Max Meridius³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: T Mullins

50/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. Fifth of 25 in handicap (33/1) at the Curragh (10f, heavy) 39 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. 12/24 on last bumper outing.

Form: 0-

Minella Diamond²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Cian Quirke| T: W J Lanigan| OR: 114

14/1

Fair hurdler. 40/1, second of 16 in novice hurdle at this C&D (soft) 25 days ago. Solid claims.

Form: 2126/02

Ravendark

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott

9/1

€350,000 3-y-o, Doctor Dino gelding. Half-brother to numerous winners, including dual bumper winner/top-class hurdler Brighterdaysahead and smart hurdler/high-class chaser Mighty Potter. Skylight Hustle is presumably the stable No 1.

Form:

Ready For Road^t⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: G P Cromwell

40/1

Promising type. Tongue strap on for 1st time, seventh of 24 in novice hurdle (11/1) at Punchestown (19.4f, soft) 7 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 47

Reckless²¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott

66/1

Twice-raced maiden. Sixteenth of 18 in bumper (33/1) at Punchestown (16.7f, good to soft). Off 7 months. Makes hurdles debut. Yard saddles others with more appealing claims.

Form: 40-

Rony Has⁶⁹

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

25/1

Promising type. First run since leaving Jamie Snowden when fourth of 10 in novice hurdle at Listowel (22f, good to soft, 16/1) on hurdles bow 69 days ago. Back down in trip. Open to improvement.

Form: 24

Skylight Hustle²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

4/5

Promising individual. Second of 20 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16.1f, heavy, 7/4) on hurdles bow 21 days ago. Obvious claims.

Form: 14-2

Sneddy Eddie⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Carl Millar⁽⁵⁾| T: N C Kelly

200/1

Modest Flat winner. Once-raced maiden over hurdles. 66/1, thirteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.8f, good to soft) on NH debut 9 days ago.

Form: 0

Sock It To Me¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Ninth of 14 in novice hurdle (125/1) at Limerick (16f, heavy) 11 days ago.

Form: 99

Take Stock⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Conor Stone-Walsh| T: G P Cromwell

50/1

Promising type. Fifth of 24 in novice hurdle (16/1) at Punchestown (19.4f, soft) on NH debut 7 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 5-5

Emesteraye²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Donagh Meyler| T: R O'Sullivan

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 16 in novice hurdle (25/1) at Gowran (16.1f, heavy) 21 days ago, not knocked about.

Form: 60

Road To The Sea¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Ivan Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: Thomas Coyle

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. 250/1, eighteenth of 22 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy) 13 days ago.

Form: 000

Soldiers Lady⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Alix Balfe⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Eleventh of 16 in novice hurdle (250/1) at Thurles (15.8f, good to soft) 44 days ago.

Form: 00

Venturevango⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Caragh Monaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: Ian Donoghue

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 16 in novice hurdle (300/1) at this course (20.4f, heavy) 8 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 900

Walk In The Clouds⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Ben Harvey| T: C Collins

150/1

€10,000 3-y-o, £6,000 5-y-o, Walk In The Park . Half-sister to fair 21f hurdle winner Domandlouis, stays 3m. Dam unraced sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stays 4m) Big River. Off the mark between the flags last month, but likely to need a stiffer test.

Form: 4443-1

Westandtogether²⁶⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Eoin Walsh| T: Mrs D Foster

125/1

Twice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 25 in novice hurdle at Naas (19.5f, soft, 125/1). Off 8 months.

Form: 40-

Coup D'essay¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: G P Cromwell

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. 50/1, eighth of 14 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 11 days ago, left with lot to do. RESERVE.

Form: F8

Top Coeur²⁷⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Eoin Staples⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell| BF

50/1

Once-raced maiden. 2/1, third of 6 in bumper at Punchestown (16.7f, heavy) on debut, having run of race. Off 9 months. Makes hurdles debut. RESERVE.

Form: 3-

Non-Runners

Fairlander²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 4

T: P J Rothwell J: Dylan Robinson

Irish Chieftain

Weight: 11-12| Age: 4

T: J Fogarty J: Non Runner

Leonards Choice²

Weight: 11-5| Age: 4

T: F J Flood J: Non Runner

Riskaway²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Skylight Hustle (4/5), Dysart Dolomite (9/4), Casterly Rock (11/2), Ravendark (9/1), Riskaway (12/1), Minella Diamond (14/1), Rony Has (25/1), Ready For Road (40/1), Top Coeur (50/1), Max Meridius (50/1), Take Stock (50/1), Irish Chieftain (50/1), Reckless (66/1), Leonards Choice (66/1), Eyetrap (80/1), It Will Do Rightly (80/1), It's Not His Fault (80/1), Emesteraye (100/1), Coup D'essay (100/1), Fairlander (100/1), Westandtogether (125/1), Lohengrin (150/1), Walk In The Clouds (150/1), Soldiers Lady (200/1), Sock It To Me (200/1), Road To The Sea (200/1), Venturevango (200/1), Sneddy Eddie (200/1)

Point winner SKYLIGHT HUSTLE will likely be suited by a stiffer test in time, but he nevertheless shaped with plenty of promise when second in a big-field 2m maiden on hurdles debut at Gowran three weeks ago. He is taken to build on that and go one better here, perhaps at the chief expense of the Willie Mullins-trained Dysart Dolomite, who did the job well in a bumper at Ayr on his debut during the spring. Minella Diamond will also be a threat if able to build on his C&D second last time.

Previous Winners

2024

Ballygunner Castle

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 5

J: Paul Townend | T: W P Mullins

3/1

Prize Money

1st: €7,200.002nd: €2,399.003rd: €1,200.004th: €600.005th: €361.006th: €240.00