18:20 Bellewstown

Saturday 8 July 2017

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Tierney Kitchens Balbriggan Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 18:20 | Winning time: 4m 2.8s

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Selected odds by:

Aeglos¹⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J S McGarvey| T: J P O'Brien

3/1

Won a bumper at Leopardstown in December, but ran a lifeless race on his debut over timber at Punchestown in February, That was quite a hot contest and he deserves another chance at this lower level.

Form: 2717-

Herminio^h³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Ruby Walsh| T: W P Mullins

13/8

Winner on the Flat who has been placed on both hurdles starts for his top trainer. Should have learned plenty from his last start when runner-up at Wexford and has an obvious chance.

Form: 32

Play The Part^b1¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: R Loughran| T: W M Roper| OR: 107

8/1

Found 3m stretching his stamina last time and was behind Herminio when that rival was second at Wexford. First-time blinkers will need to produce a positive effect back over a more suitable trip.

Form: 09-6335

Shamash^t⁸³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: M J Bolger| T: J C McConnell

9/1

Capable AW performer who has shown signs of ability in two hurdle races, including at Fairyhouse last time. May improve on that and can make his presence felt.

Form: 5/5-

Kilbarry Marien¹⁰⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: B J Foley⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Keeffe

25/1

Bumper winner who has not translated that ability to hurdles in two attempts. Needs to find plenty to be competitive.

Form: 16390P-

Canny Tom^t¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: K M Donoghue| T: G Elliott| OR: 102

10/3

Often hits the frame without winning, but the bottom line is that he is still a maiden after 18 attempts over hurdles. It will be surprising if there is not something in the field to beat him although he should run creditably again.

Form: 20-F423

Damut I'm Out⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: J B Kane⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell

50/1

Point-to-point winner who has been beaten a long way in both his starts over hurdles. Hard to fancy on what he has achieved so far.

Form: P21-297

Dersumthingaboutim³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: M A Enright| T: J T R Dreaper

40/1

Court Cave gelding from the same family as the high-class Truckers Tavern and Willie Wumpkins. Showed promise when fourth of 16 on his only run in a point-to-point and is one to note on his hurdles debut.

Form: 4

High Frontier⁵⁷³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: R M Power| T: Yvonne Latta

50/1

Twice a faller in his five point-to-points and has not been sighted since December, 2015. Not hard to swerve given his profile.

Form: F6FF4/

Royal Zorro⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: R C Colgan| T: N Slevin

50/1

Atlantic Waves half-brother to point-to-point winner Euroontheground, but showed nothing on his hurdling bow when last of 11 at Wexford in May. Cannot be recommended on that display.

Form: 0

Evie Rose¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: A E Lynch| T: H De Bromhead

33/1

No worthwhile form in two hurdles and two bumpers and is clearly one of his leading stable's lesser lights. Readily opposed.

Form: 090-0

Kitty B³⁰⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: T N Brett⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan

40/1

Ran a fair race on her debut in a Kilbeggan bumper, but was beaten a long way in similar races on her next two starts and now tries her hand at hurdling. Has a lengthy absence to overcome, too.

Form: 534-

Millfrey Flyer²⁸⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: B Browne⁽⁷⁾| T: D Broad

66/1

Has not shown a great deal of ability in three bumpers and needs to find considerable improvement for the switch to hurdling.

Form: 009-

Forecasts

Herminio (13/8), Aeglos (3/1), Canny Tom (10/3), Play The Part (8/1), Shamash (9/1), Kilbarry Marien (25/1), Evie Rose (33/1), Dersumthingaboutim (40/1), Kitty B (40/1), Royal Zorro (50/1), Damut I'm Out (50/1), High Frontier (50/1), Millfrey Flyer (66/1)

Plenty of these seems to be making up the numbers so this looks the day for HERMINIO to get off the mark over timber. A winner on the Flat, he is getting his act together over timber and can see off useful AW performer Shamash, bumper winner Aeglos and the consistent Canny Tom. Dersumthingaboutim is well bred and is worth bearing in mind on his hurdling debut.