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13:35 Thurles

Sunday 19 January 2020

All13:0013:3514:1014:4515:2015:5016:20

W.T. O'Grady Memorial Irish EBF Novice Hurdle

Off time: 13:35 | Winning time: 5m 37.2s

1^st

Monkfish

611-5

5/4f

T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend

Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, closer approaching straight and challenging when left in front 2 out, soon clear and stayed on well, easily tchd 6/5

2^nd

Alpine Cobra

711-5

25/1

T: C ByrnesJ: K J Brouder (3)

Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, headway approaching straight, pushed along when left 2nd 2 out, soon no impression on winner, slight mistake last, kept on one pace op 22/1

3^rd

3 ¼

Vis Ta Loi

611-5

9/2

T: W P MullinsJ: D E Mullins

Led, jumped left and bumped rival 1st, headed 3 out and soon pushed along, lost place entering straight and left 3rd 2 out, ridden and no impression approaching last op 5/1 tchd 11/2

4^th

3 ½

Festival D'ex

511-2

7/4

T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell

Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, pushed along after 3 out and left 4th next, soon no impression and no extra when not fluent last tchd 13/8

5^th

dst

Celine Soprano

710-7

200/1

T: Patrick CroninJ: P A Gallagher (5)

Always rear, never a factor, detached before 3rd, pushed along and no impression halfway, weakened, completely tailed off op 100/1

Also Ran

Run Wild Fred

611-5

14/1

T: G ElliottJ: S F O'Keeffe (5)

Tracked leader, hampered 1st, 2nd halfway, led 3 out, pushed along entering straight, strongly pressed when fell 2 out

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French Dynamite¹⁴

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: M F Morris J: R M Power

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€2.20Pl:€1.20, €5.20EX:€26.80Trifecta:€88.70SF:€25.86

Forecasts

Monkfish (5/4), Festival D'ex (7/4), Vis Ta Loi (9/2), French Dynamite (12/1), Run Wild Fred (14/1), Alpine Cobra (25/1), Celine Soprano (200/1)

The Gordon Elliott-trained FESTIVAL D'EX can add to his impressive win on debut over hurdles at Navan last month. The five-year-old is progressing well and can see off the attentions of the Willie Mullins-trained Monkfish and the Gigginstown House Stud-owned Run Wild Fred in a battle of high-profile buys. Vis Ta Loi in the colours of Hurricane Fly should not be underestimated.