Race cards · Sat 26 Dec
Saturday 26 December · Leopardstown, Eire
12:30 Thorntons Recycling Maiden Hurdle
- Distance
- 2m 0f 0y
- Going
- Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places)
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 11999
- Runners
- 20
Race preview
WIDE RECEIVER was a useful sort in bumpers last season winning at Navan and filling the runner-up spot behind Eric Bloodaxe here last Christmas. He's failed to score in three outings since sent hurdling this season but has come up against some smart types including when third to N'golo in a Grade 3 at Navan and runner-up up to subsequent Grade 2 winner Ashdale Bob in a maiden at the same venue. El Barra was bought for 280,000 pounds after finishing runner-up to Fury Road in a four-year-old point-to-point and impressed in a Thurles bumper for new connections last month. Decimation brings a decent level of hurdle form to the table, while Snake Oil and Lady Heath are two bumper winners to note.