Thursday 10 February · Thurles, Eire

14:55 thurles.ie Maiden Hurdle

Distance: 1m 7f 159y
Going: Yielding
Class: 0
Prize: EUR 10000
Runners: 18

Race preview

ADAMANTLY CHOSEN is very hard to get away from. He clearly has plenty of engine having won the valuable Goffs Land Rover bumper on debut at the Punchestown Festival last year. Since then, he has finished runner-up in both maiden hurdles but a horse who holds entries in the Supreme and Ballymore at the Cheltenham Festival ought to be right on the premises here. Barbados was more than useful on the flat as he reached a mark of 110. He has had one spin over flights when beaten eight lengths into second at Punchestown in October. The horse that beat him (My Mate Mozzie) has since landed a Grade 3 and been pipped in a Grade 1, so that form is more than decent. Bugs Moran looks best of the rest.

Pos	Horse	Form	Jockey	Trainer	Wgt	SP
1	Adamantly Chosen	1-22	Paul Townend	W P Mullins	11 12	30-100
2	Listentillitellyea	8958	Darragh O'Keeffe	T Gibney	11 4	80-1
3	Barbados	2	R M Power	Mrs J Harrington	11 12	11-4
4	Bugs Moran	6424	Sean Flanagan	N Meade	11 4	12-1
5	Amazing Amy	536	Danny Mullins	Ms M Mullins	10 11	50-1
6	Prince Zaltar	209P	J P O'Sullivan	P J Rothwell	11 4	200-1
7	Teed Up	78	Brian Hayes	E Mullins	11 12	50-1
8	Call Me Rocky	86-4366	S A Mulcahy	D Hogan	11 12	22-1
9	Camogue Wood	55	C G O'Dwyer	P J Flynn	11 4	80-1
10	Tomjackwilliam	78	R Deegan	E McCarthy	11 4	200-1
11	Fourneux D'isanka	3/4230-7	D N Russell	G Elliott	11 4	12-1
12	Katzoff	080P	Mike O'Connor	J Morrison	11 4	150-1
13	Dev Of Tara	7P	D F O'Regan	M Kennedy	11 4	300-1
14	Cocovango		R P Treacy	L Young	11 4	300-1
15	Kerrytown Rock	000	M J Doyle	P J Rothwell	11 4	150-1
16	Jazzelle		L P Dempsey	G P Cromwell	11 5	200-1
17	Ballycastle Brat		T N Brett	L Young	11 4	250-1
-	Hard Target	000	Ricky Doyle	D H Kelly	11 4	150-1
NR	Barely Made It		Reserve 1	J Grace	10 11
NR	Allbetsoff	P0	Reserve 2	D Queally	11 4
NR	Smooth Scotch		Reserve 3	S R B Crawford	11 4