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- Atlantic Gamble
- Liam Quinlan / P J Gilligan
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33/1 |
Atlantic Gamble
Won six times at around 1m last year in Britain, including four times on the AW; has won on soft and heavy; officially rated 77; could be a useful recruit to hurdling for Paul Gilligan.
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- Allow Sound
- Michael Kenneally / J J Mangan
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125/1 |
Allow Sound
Pulled-up when sent off 200-1 for Cork maiden hurdle debut and impossible to fancy based on that.
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- Convincing
- Eoin Walsh / Ciaran Murphy
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66/1 |
Convincing
Placed form on the Flat, leaves him with a mark of 67 in that sphere; likely needs a lot of improvement for this switch to hurdles.
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- Dearg Mor
- Peter Smithers / A A Howard
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105
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100/1 |
Dearg Mor
Never a factor in Gowran debut at 200-1 and tailed off at Cork last time; ruled out in first-time hood.
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- Jessbers Wish
- Tiernan Power Roche / P J Rothwell
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16/1 |
Jessbers Wish
Showed potential when third in a point-to-point for Denis Murphy (winner sold for 200,000GBP) and wasn't disgraced on rules debut in a Fairyhouse heavy-ground bumper after being pestered for the lead and weakening into fourth of six.
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- Laurets D'estruval
- Sean O'keeffe / W P Mullins
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5/6 |
Laurets D'estruval
Wore a tongue-tie (now left off) when runner-up in sole French start, a heavy ground 2m1f Pau conditions hurdle; the winner of that race has gone on to score Listed hurdle and chase wins; makes debut for top connections and could be anything, but that French run was more than a year ago, so may improve for the run.
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- Le Roi Du Livet
- Mr E P O'brien / P Fenton
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13/2 |
Le Roi Du Livet
Good runs in bumpers the last two times; beaten just a nose at Tramore in October (2m, yielding) and the rival who beat him that day easily won over hurdles subsequently; ran to a similar level when fourth at Navan last time in a better quality contest (soft to heavy); makes hurdling debut now.
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- Lucky Crystal
- Gary Noonan / Brendan Walsh
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40
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125/1 |
Lucky Crystal
Sent off 250-1 for Cork hurdles debut and was tailed off; very unlikely.
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- Parkland
- Alex Harvey / A Mccann
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66
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100/1 |
Parkland
Placed twice on the Flat for Andrew Balding; questions to answer on his 2025 Flat form and didn't answer those when tailed off on hurdling debut at Navan last time.
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- Poets Oath
- Ryan Treacy / R Tyner
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83
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125/1 |
Poets Oath
Big odds for opening three maidens and ran like it; rule him out.
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- Ravendark
- Danny Gilligan / G Elliott
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123
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6/1 |
Ravendark
Half-brother to five winners, including high-class Mighty Potter, French Dynamite and Brighterdaysahead; purchased for E350,000 as a 3yo; was a 26l third behind stable first-string at Fairyhouse on debut (yielding to soft); should be sharper now.
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- Sense Of Occasion
- Aidan Kelly / H De Bromhead
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113
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11/1 |
Sense Of Occasion
Runner-up in a Belclare maiden point-to-point on second start in that sphere; shaped as if he needed the run when 23l behind on rules debut in a decent-looking maiden hurdle at Navan (soft to heavy); more required.
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- Sound As A Bell
- Conor Stone-Walsh / G P Cromwell
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104
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14/1 |
Sound As A Bell
Homebred easily won a Quakerstown point-to-point in April under Derek O'Connor on second start in that discipline; towards the top of the market for maiden hurdle debut at Punchestown (2m3f, soft to heavy) but tailed off; likely capable of better.
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- Star Of The Week
- J J Slevin / A L T Moore
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50/1 |
Star Of The Week
Fourth foal; closely related to point and 2m1f hurdle/2m4f chase winner Forcing Bull; dam ran once in Switzerland, half-sister to smart 2m-2m4f hurdle/chase winner Farclas, out of Swiss 10.7f Listed winner; interesting jockey booking.
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- Starting Fifteen
- Sean Flanagan / E Mcnamara
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135
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15/8 |
Starting Fifteen
Flat-bred ran fine races in bumpers here and at Punchestown last spring; stepped up on poor Listowel bumper run when travelling strongly jumping the second-last over C&D (good to yielding) last time before making a mess of the last to finish second; the winner that day has won a Grade 3 since and runs in a Grade 1 over Christmas so the form is solid; big player.
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- The Dancen Kid
- Ben Harvey / R O'sullivan
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86
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125/1 |
The Dancen Kid
Not a potential maiden winner at this stage, judged on two Punchestown runs.
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- Wise Man
- Ben Kennedy / D Hassett
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66/1 |
Wise Man
No wins in his opening four point-to-points and that form shouldn't be good enough.
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- Cailin Mahler
- Calum Hogan / Brendan Walsh
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100/1 |
Cailin Mahler
Sixth foal; dam unraced half-sister to 2m5f/3m hurdle winner Atlantic Gold and bumper winner Tina Marie, out of bumper winner; others more appealing.
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- Jaynemax
- Reserve 1 / Thomas Dowling
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97
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125/1 |
Jaynemax
First reserve; tailed off in opening two maiden hurdles and 18.5l behind at Naas last time; unlikely.
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- Success Mode
- Reserve 2 / R Hackett
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100/1 |
Success Mode
Second reserve; dam unraced half-sister to 1m Flat/2m hurdle winner Lady In Lavender and point/2m7f chase winner Lady Kate; not of huge appeal on paper.
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- Roc Dino
- Reserve 3 / W P Mullins
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114
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11/4 |
Roc Dino
Third reserve; joined top connections following three French heavy ground runs; took the runner-up spot in a Pau conditions hurdle in January and third in a more valuable Auteuil contest in February; of obvious interest in getting a run.
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