Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle.
Limerick · Sunday, 22 Mar · 18:53
· 2m 3f
· TURF
WEIGHEDIN
Status
14:53
Off time
8
Runners
Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places )
Going
🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3
Sporting Life pick
🏆 Top pick
DANI DONADONI (IRE
🥈 Second
DOCTOR ELVIS (FR
🥉 Third
FREDDIE'S BACK (IRE
Betting forecast
Market prediction · 9 runners · sorted by price
01 · 🏆 FAV
1.40
2/5
02 · 🥈 2nd
4.20
16/5
03 · 🥉 3rd
7
6/1
04 · —
10
9/1
05 · —
34
33/1
06 · —
51
50/1
07 · —
151
150/1
08 · —
201
200/1
09 · —
251
250/1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | — |
Dani Donadoni (G)
FAV
Bumper winner who was a creditable second of 15 in a maiden hurdle at Punchestown (19.5f, heavy) 35 days ago. Strong claims.
|
Paul Townend | W P Mullins | 6 | 75.3 kg |
1.40
2/5
|
| 2nd | 2 | — |
Doctor Elvis (G)
Has made the frame all 3 starts in this sphere, most recently finishing a good second of 14 in a maiden at Naas (19f, heavy) 14 days ago. Likely to be in the thick of things.
|
Jack Kennedy | G Elliott | 7 | 75.3 kg |
4.20
16/5
|
| 3rd | 3 | — |
Freddie's Back (G)
[T]
Winning pointer who was said to have bled when ninth of 11 in a maiden hurdle here on Rules debut in December 2024. Shaped pretty well when fourth back here on return 12 months later fitted with tongue tie and he is open to improvement.
|
Sean Flanagan | E McNamara | 7 | 75.3 kg |
10
9/1
|
| 4th | 4 | — |
Jack The Lad (G)
Wide-margin winner of sole start between the flags (subsequently sold for £120,000) and placed both starts in bumpers last season. Looked in need of the run on return/handicap bow at Navan (2¾m, heavy, 3/1) last month and he's clearly thou…
|
J J Slevin | T Gibney | 6 | 75.3 kg |
7
6/1
|
| 5th | 5 | — |
Lord De Choisel (G)
Big price and failed to land a blow on debut in a Leopardstown maiden hurdle earlier this month.
|
Paddy Cody | E Doyle | 5 | 75.3 kg |
201
200/1
|
| 6th | 6 | — |
Orchard Cross (G)
[H1T1]
€45,000 purchase out of an unraced half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 2½m) Duhallow Gesture. Wears tongue strap on debut and the market should be revealing.
|
Phillip Enright | R Tyner | 6 | 75.3 kg |
34
33/1
|
| — | 7 | — |
Poet's Gale (G)
Related to above-average jumpers but hasn't cut much ice thus far and he's probably more one for handicaps in due course. Engaged 1.55 Navan Saturday.
|
Non Runner | A J Martin | 5 | 75.3 kg |
51
50/1
|
| 7th | 8 | — |
Theran (G)
Safely held in a bumper on debut during the autumn and it's hard to draw any positives from his first run over hurdles at Gowran recently.
|
Jordan Gainford | P M J Doyle | 5 | 75.3 kg |
151
150/1
|
| — | 9 | — |
Jenny's Bar (M)
Well held on recent introduction at Gowran and yard saddles a more appealing candidate in Jack The Lad.
|
James Smith | T Gibney | 6 | 72.1 kg |
251
250/1
|
Betting forecast: Dani Donadoni (2/5), Doctor Elvis (16/5), Jack The Lad (6/1), Freddie's Back (9/1), Orchard Cross (33/1), Poet's Gale (50/1), Theran (150/1), Lord De Choisel (200/1), Jenny's Bar (250/1)
Prize money
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| P1 | 7800.0 EUR |
| P2 | 2600.0 EUR |
| P3 | 1300.0 EUR |
| P4 | 650.0 EUR |
| P5 | 390.0 EUR |
| P6 | 260.0 EUR |