Sunday 29 December · Leopardstown, Eire
12:10 Grant Fit Out Maiden Hurdle
- Distance
- 2m 4f 0y
- Going
- Good to Yielding
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 14999
- Runners
- 10
Race preview
ARGENTO BOY had the form of his Punchestown second franked when his conqueror The Big Westerner triumphed in Grade 2 company at Limerick on Thursday. The grey has looked one to follow ever since announcing his arrival with a bang little under a year ago in a Fairyhouse bumper. His efforts after that at the top level weren't anything special but, as a staying hurdler, better can be expected. The hope would be that his stable companion Port Joulain can get back on track after suffering an overreach to his left fore at Punchestown nearly three weeks back. Harbour Highway let his many backers down badly at Fairyhouse and it would take a leap of faith to row in behind him. The likes of I Am Lorenzo and The Enabler seem more solid.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Enabler | 115-2P2 | Sam Ewing | G Elliott | 11 12 | 4-1 | |
| 2 | I Am Lorenzo | 6-2 | Keith Donoghue | G P Cromwell | 11 12 | 9-1 | |
| 3 | Port Joulain | 110-P | Danny Mullins | W P Mullins | 11 12 | 14-1 | |
| 4 | Bossofthebrownies | 933-2 | Darragh O'Keeffe | M F Morris | 11 12 | 14-1 | |
| 5 | Minella Post | PU23-35 | Kieren Buckley | T Gibney | 11 12 | 12-1 | |
| 6 | Slieve Annilog | 84-1 | O R Brown | R Dunne | 11 12 | 150-1 | |
| 7 | Harbour Highway | 110-9 | Mark Walsh | E Mullins | 11 12 | 20-1 | |
| - | Argento Boy | 106-2 | Paul Townend | W P Mullins | 11 12 | 8-13 | |
| - | Jocker Du Moulin | 39-P | Jordan Gainford | G Elliott | 11 12 | 100-1 | |
| - | Weston | Ricky Doyle | H Rogers | 11 12 | 80-1 |