Sunday 28 February · Naas, Eire
16:00 Paddy Power Livestream UK & Irish Racing On The App Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)
- Distance
- 1m 7f 101y
- Going
- Yielding to Soft
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 12000
- Runners
- 20
Race preview
Subject to him being reasonably solid in the market PONT DU GARD could be worth chancing on his Irish debut. It's no great surprise to see Mark Walsh ride this fellow of the J P McManus pair, as it looks as though the selection's outing at Compiegne in France at the start of November 2019 was full of promise. Competing for the famed Guillaume Macaire yard then, by all accounts Pont Du Gard didn't jump with much fluency, but showed a real engine to finish off well in third, just missing out on second. His half-sister Pont Aval won at Punchestown recently. Their half-brother Pont Alexandre was a good horse. Unfortunately he didn't get to realise his full potential for Willie Mullins. Mullins now supplies a major player in Egality Mans, albeit off a 430 day break. Fourneux D'isanka, Salseros, Excelcius and Grand Axhe are others to take into account.