Professor Maria Hinfelaar Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1)

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
8th	1	—	Fenian Maxios (G) Best effort in maidens when second of 18 at Thurles (17f) in March. Well held over 3m at Cork since. Handicap debut.	90208/	Mike O'Connor M Winters	5	76.2kg	51 50/1
—	2	—	Potters Pal (G) Pulled Up HT Hooded first time, posted career best when winning 15-runner handicap hurdle (7/2) at Clonmel (19f, heavy) 21 days ago. Raised 8 lb but he's unexposed and going the right way. Player.	000651	Daniel King T Cooper	5	74.8kg	7 6/1
—	3	—	Classy Cc (M) BT Ninth of 14 in handicap at this course (21f, soft, 10/1) 16 days ago but claims on his Naas third of 16 prior to that.	063/029-	Conor Brassil M Brassil	6	74.4kg	13 12/1
5th	4	—	Mount Shenshan (M) H One win from 22 starts. Respectable fourth of 14 in handicap chase (6/1) at Clonmel (23f, soft) 14 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.	45-3560	Mr C Mullins T Mullins	8	74.4kg	12 11/1
2nd	5	—	Let Him B (G) FAV Career best when winning 18-runner handicap hurdle (14/1) at Down Royal (20.5f, good to soft) on reappearance 30 days ago, driven out. An 11 lb rise demands further progress.	59/12-00	Philip Byrnes C Byrnes	6	73.9kg	4 3/1
—	6	—	Poppycon (G) Lightly-raced maiden who was a promising second of 10 on 2m Wexford handicap debut (heavy) 30 days ago. Up in trip. Needs considering.	082F-42	Phillip Enright E Doyle	6	73.9kg	7 6/1
—	7	—	Brother Hollie (G) HT Modest maiden. 33/1, remote seventh of 11 on handicap debut at Down Royal (good to soft) just 4 days ago. Needs to leave that well behind.	0667-8	Alan King M M McNiff	4	72.1kg	51 50/1
—	8	—	Knockbrack Rambler (G) Pulled Up C&D winner. Below par over fences latest but feasibly handicapped if a return to hurdling sparks a revival.	0P858P/	Danny Gilligan Brendan Walsh	9	72.1kg	15 14/1
7th	9	—	The Rebel County (G) Hunter chase winner last spring. Hasn't come close to reproducing that form in handicap chases in recent weeks and it remains to be seen whether a return to hurdling helps.	77-4430	Donagh Meyler G Ahern	6	71.2kg	8.50 15/2
—	10	—	Lispopple (G) Pulled Up B Hurdles winner who fell first in handicap at Cork (17f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Down the field on Clonmel reappearance prior to that. Blinkers back on.	01PP-0F	Niall Moore P Fenton	8	70.8kg	29 28/1
4th	11	—	Brave Endeavour (G) Lightly raced but down the field both handicap starts this spring. Improvement will be needed.	70904/8	Darragh O'Keeffe P O'Flynn	9	70.3kg	29 28/1
1st	12	—	Cooltubrid Eva (M) B Maiden who was pulled up in handicap at this course (21f, soft) 16 days ago. Blinkers back on but others more persuasive.	6990/P1-	Michael Kenneally Diarmuid P Ryan	7	69.4kg	34 33/1
3rd	13	—	Loi Des Jeux (G) Lightly-raced maiden who showed more than previously when tenth of 16 on handicap debut at Punchestown (19f, heavy) 94 days ago. Should stay 2½m. Potential improver.	60803-1	Danny Mullins D Hassett	5	69.4kg	4.50 7/2
—	14	—	Uncle Gerhard (G) Pulled Up P Twelve runs since last win in 2022 but was a good second of 16 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19f, heavy) 21 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Considered.	086042	Aidan Kelly G O'Loughlin	11	69.4kg	10 9/1
6th	15	—	Can't Catch Molly (M) Poor form and never better than mid-field kept to 2m for last month's handicap debut. This longer trip needs to spark improvement.	00006-	Patrick M O'Brien P Downey	6	68.5kg	15 14/1
—	16	—	Carlas Big Jim (G) Fell Twenty three runs since last win in 2024. Ninth of 14 in handicap chase at Clonmel (23f, soft, 12/1) 14 days ago. Not an obvious one but the booking of Jack Kennedy takes the eye.	5/P609F-	Jack Kennedy L J Archdeacon	8	68.5kg	9 8/1
—	17	—	Hakensack (G) P 9/2, bit below form ninth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (2½m, heavy) 77 days ago. First run for yard after leaving James William Hannon. Cheekpieces on first time. Worth a look in the betting.	83269/U	Tiernan Power Roche P J Rothwell	7	66.7kg	13 12/1
—	18	—	Port Rashid (G) T Fourteen runs since last win in 2023. 40/1, creditable seventh of 17 in handicap at Thurles (16.5f, heavy) 56 days ago.	9/4P-797	Miss J Townend T Townend	15	64.4kg	21 20/1

Betting forecast: Let Him B (3/1), Loi Des Jeux (7/2), Potters Pal (6/1), Poppycon (6/1), The Rebel County (15/2), Carlas Big Jim (8/1), Uncle Gerhard (9/1), Mount Shenshan (11/1), Hakensack (12/1), Classy Cc (12/1), Can't Catch Molly (14/1), Knockbrack Rambler (14/1), Port Rashid (20/1), Brave Endeavour (28/1), Lispopple (28/1), Cooltubrid Eva (33/1), Fenian Maxios (50/1), Brother Hollie (50/1)