Thursday 23 January · Gowran Park, Eire

13:03 Connolly's Red Mills Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle

Distance: 2m 0f 0y
Going: Soft to Heavy
Class: 0
Prize: EUR 20000
Runners: 10

Race preview

BELLE THE TIGRESS has shown nice ability and looks capable of further progression. She showed promise on debut in November and given the way she finished so well at Naas last month, can be counted upon to again run well and might also improve. Kish Bank easily won his point-to-point before landing a bumper in December 2023 but was absent for 319 days prior to returning at Galway in October. He disappointed then and while capable of better, nonetheless returns following another layoff. Coral River also showed good bumper form, finishing second at the Punchestown Festival, and while he dropped away tamely on hurdling debut last month, that was his first run for 72 days.

Pos	Horse	Form	Jockey	Trainer	Wgt	SP
1	Coral River	522-20	Danny Mullins	T Mullins	11 4	11-2
2	Kish Bank	11-5	Sam Ewing	G Elliott	11 8	11-4
3	Gillane	P-26	M J M O'Sullivan	K F O'Donnell	11 4	20-1
4	Reliable Prince		Mr J L Gleeson	E Bolger	11 6	33-1
5	Stretchemout	714	Danny Gilligan	G Elliott	10 13	20-1
6	Belle The Tigress	53	Rachael Blackmore	H De Bromhead	11 3	9-4
7	Great Bird		R Deegan	Liz Doyle	11 3	66-1
8	Journey So Far	F-	Keith Donoghue	G P Cromwell	11 8	3-1
9	Ennell Shadow	6	E Walsh	Ciaran Murphy	11 12	50-1
10	Scodar	P-	Sean Cleary-Farrell	J M Barrett	11 10	20-1