Saturday 21 December · Thurles, Eire
15:05 Horse & Jockey Hotel Rated Novice Hurdle
- Distance
- 2m 7f 44y
- Going
- Good
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 14999
- Runners
- 9
Race preview
DRUMGILL tackled fences with gusto when scoring over a similar trip here last month and has a low weight reverting to hurdles. In a very busy year which began in March, he rattled off a summer hat-trick and while his form later dipped, he defeated a 140-rated hurdler on his chase debut recently with the step-up in distance appearing to suit. Millforce is consistent and stays well but has plenty weight, while Brave Fortune has some reasonable form and steps up in distance. Sequoiaspirit won a recent handicap and should again beo competitive, while Grooveykindoflove received weight from the runner-up when readily scoring over C&D last month and faces a stiffer task here. Triple bumper winner Takt De Touques won recently at Sedgefield.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brave Fortune | 32-6313 | J J Doyle | P M J Doyle | 11 5 | 2-1 | |
| 2 | Heroes Rise | 8-31648 | Sam Ewing | G Elliott | 11 4 | 16-1 | |
| 3 | Millforce | 2-21124 | Keith Donoghue | G P Cromwell | 12 0 | 5-1 | |
| 4 | Drumgill | 848041 | Daniel King | J P Ryan | 11 5 | 10-1 | |
| 5 | Takt De Touques | 11-1121 | Mr N McParlan | Gerald Quinn | 11 4 | 8-1 | |
| 6 | Sequoiaspirit | 269441 | Liam Quinlan | R Hackett | 11 10 | 11-2 | |
| 7 | Grooveykindoflove | 522-21 | Rachael Blackmore | H De Bromhead | 11 4 | 4-1 | |
| 8 | Stuntman Steve | F-PP117 | Sean Flanagan | G P Cromwell | 11 5 | 22-1 | |
| 9 | Well Del | 3-41567 | Donagh Meyler | Liam G O'brien | 11 4 | 28-1 |