Monday 15 February · Thurles, Eire
16:10 Holycross Maiden Hurdle
- Distance
- 2m 7f 0y
- Going
- Heavy
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 10000
- Runners
- 15
Race preview
We haven't seen Meticulous since June and it might be safer to go with something boasting more recent form. There are plenty of options in that regard and DUNBOYNE'S second placing at Clonmel last month may get a form boost 35 minutes earlier here. Dunboyne's Powerstown Park conqueror, Capodanno, goes in the feature on this programme, with definite prospects for success. The selection for this stamina test was runner-up to subsequent Grade One scorer Bob Olinger at Navan prior to that. One would imagine that as a point-to-point victor Dunboyne should enjoy this near three mile trip, and he's taken to see off stable companion Excelcior, along with the aforementioned Meticulous. Fais Ton Chemin (trip to suit on hurdles debut with tongue-strap tried), Mercury Lane, Mount Melleray and Salt Wind aren't to be taken lightly either.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dunboyne | 434-122 | Keith Donoghue | G Elliott | 11 6 | 3-1 | |
| 2 | Mercury Lane | 2-3322 | B J Cooper | P Nolan | 11 6 | 9-2 | |
| 3 | Meticulous | 428/45-3 | Donagh Meyler | J P O'Brien | 12 0 | 12-1 | |
| 4 | Mount Melleray | 7-U523 | R M Power | J Motherway | 11 6 | 10-1 | |
| 5 | Rwegoinhigh | 5524/22- | Miss J Townend | T Townend | 11 6 | 150-1 | |
| 6 | Cahirmee | A McCurtin | B O'Keeffe | 11 6 | 300-1 | ||
| 7 | Excelcior | 6 | Jack Kennedy | G Elliott | 12 0 | 20-1 | |
| 8 | Roped In | Jack Brendan Foley | D G Murphy | 10 11 | 200-1 | ||
| 9 | Politicianspromise | Darragh O'Keeffe | M P Collins | 11 4 | 28-1 | ||
| 10 | Nothinbuttime | 515UP3 | Mr J Hart | F J Flood | 10 13 | 200-1 | |
| - | Fais Ton Chemin | 45-2 | Paul Townend | W P Mullins | 11 6 | 5-2 | |
| - | Patriot Poet | 5 | Simon Torrens | P Corcoran | 11 6 | 200-1 | |
| - | Salt Wind | 21-2232 | P D Kennedy | M Kennedy | 11 6 | 11-4 | |
| - | Ticking Tom | 6 | E Walsh | P Magee | 11 6 | 200-1 | |
| - | Ballinaboola Hazel | J S McGarvey | J J Hanlon | 10 11 | 200-1 | ||
| NR | Premier Queen | 47 | Reserve 1 | Mrs P Dobbs | 10 11 | ||
| NR | Haveuseentherain | 67680 | Reserve 2 | S G Walsh | 10 13 | ||
| NR | Gold Dreamer | Reserve 3 | P J Rothwell | 10 13 |