Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle.
Thurles · Sunday, 18 Jan · 16:40
· 2m 4f
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
12:40
Off time
11
Runners
Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places)
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
FORTY COATS (IRE
🥈 Second
IFALLGOESWELL (IRE
🥉 Third
LOYAL PRAETORIAN (IRE
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 11 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
1.44
4/9
02 · 🥈 2nd
4.50
7/2
03 · 🥉 3rd
11
10/1
04 · —
13
12/1
05 · —
17
16/1
06 · —
19
18/1
07 · —
34
33/1
08 · —
67
66/1
09 · —
101
100/1
10 · —
126
125/1
11 · —
126
125/1
Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.
Runners
| Pos | No. | Dr | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Wgt | Best decimal odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 1 | — |
Ifallgoeswell (G)
Fair hurdler. Excellent second of 8 in novice hurdle (5/1) at Limerick (19f, heavy) 20 days ago, keeping on well. Yard in good form. Likely to improve further.
|
Philip Byrnes | C Byrnes | 6 | 75.3 kg |
4.50
7/2
|
| 9th | 2 | — |
Green Chef (G)
Fourteenth of 18 in bumper (40/1) at Punchestown (16.7f, good to soft) on NH debut. Off 8 months. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving Stuart Crawford.
|
Sean Flanagan | W R Crawford | 5 | 74.4 kg |
34
33/1
|
| 4th | 3 | — |
Campbell Black (G)
Thrice-raced maiden. Third of 13 in novice hurdle at Newbury (16.3f, good to soft, 40/1) 32 days ago. Up in trip.
|
Ben Harvey | William Harvey | 6 | 73.5 kg |
13
12/1
|
| — | 4 | — |
King Of Westeros (G)
[H1]
Eleventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (20.7f, good, 11/1) on NH debut 21 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.
|
Jack Kennedy | G Elliott | 5 | 73.5 kg |
19
18/1
|
| 6th | 5 | — |
Diamond Secret (G)
€10,000 3-y-o, Agent Secret gelding. Half-brother to Pretty King. Dam maiden half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser (17f-25f winner) Korfou de Maspie.
|
Brian Hayes | P Fenton | 5 | 72.6 kg |
67
66/1
|
| 3rd | 6 | — |
Forty Coats (G)
FAV
Useful hurdler. 3/1, seventh of 11 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (20.5f, good to soft) 20 days ago, unsuited by emphasis on speed. Will take all the beating if getting anywhere near the level of his fourth-placed finish in the Baring Bi…
|
Darragh O'Keeffe | H De Bromhead | 7 | 72.6 kg |
1.44
4/9
|
| 1st | 7 | — |
Hillberry Hill (G)
20/1, sixth of 9 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.7f, soft) on NH debut 73 days ago.
|
Danny Mullins | Ms M Mullins | 5 | 72.6 kg |
11
10/1
|
| 5th | 8 | — |
Loyal Praetorian (G)
Set to show improved form when falling in novice hurdle at Limerick (19f, heavy, 14/1) 20 days ago, staying on in second at the time.
|
Mr L M Kelleher | G Kelleher | 6 | 72.6 kg |
17
16/1
|
| 8th | 9 | — |
Its All Yellow (M)
Twelfth of 17 in novice hurdle at Cork (16.9f, good to soft, 33/1) on NH debut 15 days ago.
|
Danny Gilligan | C Collins | 5 | 68.5 kg |
126
125/1
|
| 10th | 10 | — |
La Tene (M)
Thrice-raced maiden. 22/1, fourth of 10 in novice hurdle at this course (15.6f, heavy). Off 24 months. Up in trip.
|
Brian Barry | J P Ryan | 8 | 68.5 kg |
126
125/1
|
| 7th | 11 | — |
Written In My Soul (M)
Seventh of 10 in novice hurdle (50/1) at Down Royal (17.2f, soft) 23 days ago.
|
Jordan Gainford | E D Delany | 6 | 68.5 kg |
101
100/1
|
Betting forecast: Forty Coats (4/9), Ifallgoeswell (7/2), Hillberry Hill (10/1), Campbell Black (12/1), Loyal Praetorian (16/1), King Of Westeros (18/1), Green Chef (33/1), Diamond Secret (66/1), Written In My Soul (100/1), Its All Yellow (125/1), La Tene (125/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 12000.0 EUR |
| P2 | 4000.0 EUR |
| P3 | 2000.0 EUR |
| P4 | 999.0 EUR |
| P5 | 600.0 EUR |
| P6 | 401.0 EUR |