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Friday 15 November 2024

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50,000 Euro BetVictor Graduation Bonus Series Maiden Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   1m 7f 110y  |   19 Runners  |   Turf
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Horse silk
Bayrann6
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-12| J: Mr D Doyle(7)| T: T Doyle
25/1
Promising sort. Hooded for 1st time, fifth of 14 in novice hurdle (18/1) at Gowran (16f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 6 days ago. Should improve.
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Fair maiden on the Flat. Second of 20 in handicap at Navan (14f, good to soft, 16/1) 23 days ago, no match for winner. Work to do on hurdles debut.
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€1,500 3-y-o, Wings of Eagles gelding. Half-brother to 4 winners, including fair hurdle winner/fairly useful chaser Delight of Dubai and fairly useful hurdler Shanroe Tic Tec, stays 25f.
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4
Horse silk
100/1
Once-raced maiden. Tongue strap on, thirteenth of 16 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Down Royal (16.9f, good to soft) on NH debut 13 days ago. Hooded for 1st time. Up against it.
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Horse silk
20/1
Once-raced maiden. Seventh of 13 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, good, 16/1) on NH debut 10 days ago. Likely a longer-term prospect.
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£30,000 5-y-o, Fame And Glory gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/top-class chaser (2m/17f winner) Ferny Hollow. Point winner in 2022. Market check advised on NH debut.
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Horse silk
Irancy349
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-12| J: M P Walsh| T: W P Mullins
5/4
Winner of bumper in France in 2021 and made promising yard/hurdles debut when third of 24 in novice at Fairyhouse (16f, soft, 20/1) in December. Booking of Walsh a plus. Likely more to come yet.
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Horse silk
Let's Avitt130
Age: 4|  Weight: 11-12| J: E Walsh| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR:  95
33/1
66/1 and hooded for 1st time, last of 13 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (15.9f, good to soft) 130 days ago.
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Horse silk
Monnow Valleyt1152
Age: 4|  Weight: 11-12| J: D Meyler| T: P Cluskey
66/1
Making GB/IRE jumps debut. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, fourteenth of 15 in handicap at Gowran (8f, good, 33/1). Tongue strap on for 1st time. Best watched.
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10
Horse silk
50/1
€10,000 3-y-o, Berkshire gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including fairly useful chaser Gabriel's Getaway and fair hurdler Chosen Hero.
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11
Horse silk
Rapparee Champ27
Age: 4|  Weight: 11-12| J: P Byrnes| T: C Byrnes
4/1
Fairly-useful winner on Flat who has made the frame in 3 of his 4 starts over hurdles, latest when creditable second of 17 in novice at Limerick (16.3f, good to soft, 11/2) 27 days ago, running on. Looks sure to give another good account.
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12
Horse silk
16/1
Twice-raced maiden. 12/1, fourth of 7 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.6f, good to soft) 22 days ago, not knocked about. Each-way claims.
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Horse silk
Tumuch251
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-12| J: J W Kennedy| T: G Elliott
12/1
Once-raced maiden. 7/1, fifth of 9 in bumper at Gowran (18f, heavy) on NH debut. Off 8 months. Warrants respect on hurdles debut.
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Horse silk
3/1
Won sole start in points and made successful start under Rules when landing 14-runner bumper at this course (16f, soft, 11/4) in May. Must be of interest on hurdles debut.
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Horse silk
66/1
Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 8f on flat. 66/1, tenth of 17 in handicap at Galway (8.6f, good to soft). Switches from Flat to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving Ciaran Murphy.
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Horse silk
50/1
Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Ninth of 13 in novice hurdle (80/1) at Fairyhouse (16f, good) on hurdles bow 10 days ago. Hard to fancy.
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Elusive Pimpernel filly. Dam, jumps winner in Czech Republic, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 21f) Big Time Dancer.
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Horse silk
66/1
Modest maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden. 125/1, fell in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.9f, good to soft) 13 days ago.
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Horse silk
25/1
12/1, below form sixth of 11 in bumper at Down Royal (16.9f, good) 77 days ago. Improvement required on hurdles debut.
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Forecasts

Irancy (5/4), Will The Wise (3/1), Rapparee Champ (4/1), Hills Of Glory (10/1), Tumuch (12/1), Thehardandthewild (16/1), Goody Four Shoes (20/1), Black Soul (20/1), Bayrann (25/1), Wild Mandate (25/1), Lost Features (33/1), Let's Avit (33/1), Busy Being Busy (33/1), Party President (50/1), Lea Lass (50/1), La Tulipe Noire (66/1), Monnow Valley (66/1), Wayside Lady (66/1), Captain Porridge (100/1)

Verdict

IRANCY is in good hands and shaped with plenty of encouragement when third on his hurdles bow at Fairyhouse in December. He can land the spoils here. Rapparee Champ and Will The Wise are feared most.

Previous Winners

2023
It's For Me
Weight: 11-12  |Age: 5
8/13

Prize Money

1st: €7,500.002nd: €2,500.003rd: €1,250.004th: €624.005th: €375.006th: €250.00

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