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- Ballyfad
- Jack Kennedy / G Elliott
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5/2 |
Ballyfad
Won a point for Luke Murphy at Fairyhouse in April; purchased for E175,000 to join the Gigginstown team; got on top late on to win a Down Royal bumper on rules debut at the beginning of November; showed a good attitude when following up under a penalty at Punchestown three weeks later; very promising; perhaps will come into his own when tackling further over hurdles.
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- Gonewild
- Conor Brassil / M Brassil
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66/1 |
Gonewild
Free Eagle gelding; first foal; dam bumper winner on good ground, half-sister to three Flat winners, including Shena's Dream, the dam of Group 2 6f 2yo winner Miss Amulet; set a tough assignment here on debut.
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- It Will Do Rightly
- James Smith / S Crawley
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46
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125/1 |
It Will Do Rightly
Big price when down the field on debut at Fairyhouse late last month; up against it.
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- Las Brisas Boy
- Kieren Buckley / E Buckley
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96
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200/1 |
Las Brisas Boy
Not a bad run in mid-division in a Punchestown festival bumper; big price when down the field in maiden hurdles at Gowran and Navan; same likely here.
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- Laxxio
- Donagh Meyler / A Mullins
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33/1 |
Laxxio
First foal; dam French/German winner, half-sister to German Derby winner Laccario; family of German Derby winners Lando and Laroche; hooded for debut.
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- Le Midnightdancer
- Daniel King / G P Cromwell
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40/1 |
Le Midnightdancer
E48,000 3yo; first foal; dam placed hurdle/chase in France, half-sister to useful French hurdle/chase winner Valban; one of three runners for Gavin Cromwell; this is a big task for an inexperienced horse.
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- Le Tatoue Madrik
- Keith Donoghue / G P Cromwell
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100/1 |
Le Tatoue Madrik
E115,000 3yo; first foal; dam unraced half-sister to two winners, notably smart jumps scorer Niko Has; looked in trouble before halfway when contesting a valuable sales bumper at Fairyhouse in April; likely to be capable of much better.
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- Leader D'allier
- Danny Mullins / W P Mullins
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4/5 |
Leader D'allier
First foal; dam twice-raced half-sister to 1m4f AQPS Flat and useful hurdle/chase winner Herbiers; winner of five of his six races in AQPS events at trips ranging from 1m4f to 1m7f; most significant display when taking a Grade 3 event at Vichy in July; sole runner here for the champion trainer.
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- Mont St Michel
- D G Hogan / D Hogan
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16/1 |
Mont St Michel
93-rated on the Flat; twice a beaten favourite before winning over 2m1f at Killarney; out of depth in the Group 2 Prix Foy and well below best at the Curragh on final start for Aidan O'Brien; trainer takes the mount on first outing for the stable.
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- Playtime
- Kevin Sexton / G Elliott
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28/1 |
Playtime
Handicap win over 1m4f (good) at Chester in September was the highlight of his Flat career for Andrew Balding; unlikely to be in the same league as stablemate Ballyfad.
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- Potters Pal
- Gavin Brouder / T Cooper
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40
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200/1 |
Potters Pal
Half-brother to French winners at below 1m; dam unplaced; ordinary form in points, two fourth placings, but soundly beaten; towards the rear on hurdles debut at Cork.
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- Straight John
- Jake Coen / G Elliott
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12/1 |
Straight John
E170,000 3yo; sixth foal; half-brother to four winners, most notably the smart Botox Has, a multiple winner of Graded races over hurdles, including the Rendlesham in 2024; dam French hurdle/chase winner; an interesting unknown quantity; same owner as Tim Toe, same trainer as Ballyfad.
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- Thankyouforthedays
- Luke Dempsey / J P Dempsey
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66/1 |
Thankyouforthedays
Two bumper runs; shaped quite well without posing any threat in a 20-runner event at the Punchestown festival; kept on into a distant fourth at Fairyhouse last month; lack of hurdling experience is a drawback.
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- Tim Toe
- Darragh O'keeffe / H De Bromhead
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116
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9/2 |
Tim Toe
Emphatic winner of a good-ground Thurles bumper in March for Pat Doyle; third-placed Galileo Sands won two bumpers in the summer; a ragged round of jumping proved costly when he was a beaten odds-on favourite at Gowran last month on stable/hurdling debut; early days, could feature if his jumping holds up this time; same ownership as Straight John.
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- War Rooms
- Brian Hayes / G Keane
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55
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80/1 |
War Rooms
Third in the 2024 Dante and generally kept good company on the Flat in Britain; started brightly in Ireland in the spring; failed to sustain that form and was tailed off on hurdles debut at Navan.
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- Wilde Words
- Cian Quirke / Ms M Mullins
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83
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100/1 |
Wilde Words
Tailed off in sole point-to-point start; better on hurdling debut at Gowran; major improvement needed to feature in a maiden of this standard.
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- Your Out Of Line
- Liam Mckenna / R O'sullivan
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125/1 |
Your Out Of Line
Best Flat effort for former yard came in a 1m Gowran cliamer in May 2024; rated a modest 62 on the Flat and makes hurdles debut for new yard after a 575-day absence.
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- Frontier Rose
- Shane Fitzgerald / Thomas Coyle
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94
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200/1 |
Frontier Rose
Modest form in bumpers and maiden hurdles for her previous trainer; faces a huge task on stable debut.
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- Moonlight Paradise
- Philip Donovan / P Nolan
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104
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80/1 |
Moonlight Paradise
Beat a subsequent winner when winning a point for Denis Murphy in April; unlikely to be good enough judged on unplaced runs at Clonmel and Thurles.
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- Saveforarainyday
- Simon Torrens / G P Cromwell
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114
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40/1 |
Saveforarainyday
Beaten 12l in fourth behind subsequent expensive purchase Clondaw Park when favourite for a heavy-ground point at Lisronagh in February; unfancied at 25-1 on hurdling debut at Navan, showed up well before fading into sixth in a 22-runner contest; open to improvement.
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- Shoda
- R Deegan / J P O'brien
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119
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13/2 |
Shoda
Useful staying handicapper on the Flat; ended the season with a Clonmel win that earned her promotion to a respectable 88; ran twice in juvenile hurdles last season; third in a maiden at Limerick, same placing but well beaten in a small-field Grade 3 event at Naas.
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