15:25 Killarney

Thursday 18 July 2019

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Dawn Milk Omega Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 4m 54.7s

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Selected odds by:

Baboin^t¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| BF| C

13/2

Won a Killarney bumper in May and needs to improve on his run a the recent Bellewstown meeting earlier this month. Yard boast a terrific 35% (eight from 23) strike rate at this meeting with their national hunt runners since 2015.

Form: 827-126

Brawler⁶⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: D G Hogan| T: D Hogan

5/1

Running with credit in a couple of hurdle spins at Cork in the spring, his first starts for new connections since leaving the Andre Fabre yard. Best watched on return to action unless the market suggests otherwise.

Form: 2-5

Carrigeen Star¹²⁴³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Miss M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan

100/1

Carlo Bank gelding out of a Saddler's Hall mare. Dam, maiden point-to-point winner, half-sister to 2m - 2m5f hurdle/chase winner Nothingbutthetruth out of unraced sister to 2m1f hurdle winner Fawn Prince. Watching brief on debut.

Form: PP/

Cosmic Rock³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: K J Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: E McCarthy

33/1

€9,000 three-year-old, the form in two point-to-points was just respectable before a dismal effort on rules debut in a Kilbeggan bumper last month. Step up in trip not sure to suit.

Form: 4-46

Django Dancer⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: M J Bolger| T: M Kennedy

25/1

Gelding by Balko out of a Lesotho mare. Ran well to finish fifth of 10 beaten over 19L on maiden hurdle debut at Killarney before a desolate effort at Ballinrobe when tailed off in May. Others preferred.

Form: 50

Flag On The Play³²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: D F O'Regan| T: J Motherway

12/1

Gelding has raced twice, sixth of 14 at Wexford in 2017 and eighth of 18 at Killarney when last seen in August 11 months ago. Has plenty to find in this contest.

Form: 6/8-

Military Poet^t⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: P T Enright| T: E M O'Sullivan

40/1

Three-race maiden on the Flat finished a well beaten ninth of 18 at Cork on hurdling debut earlier this month. Difficult to make a case for.

Form: 9

Moylisha^h1⁸¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell

100/1

Milan gelding has failed to finish in the point-to-point starts. First time hood unlikely to bring about the required amount of improvement needed to play a role here.

Form: FU-P

Solo Cargo^t1⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D E Mullins| T: K Purcell

10/1

Finished 18th of 20 on sole start over hurdles over 12 months ago. Winner of a couple of point-to-point starts in the interim and not completely ruled out on return to hurdles in first time tongue tie.

Form: 1031-23

Sticky Situation⁴⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Katie O'Farrell⁽⁵⁾| T: P Neville| OR: 107

11/4

10-race maiden but the Hurricane Run gelding has hit the frame on no less than four occasions. Recent promising efforts have caught the eye and he is entitled to be in the mix in this company.

Form: 240-332

Whenurgoodurgood^p¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: C J Orr⁽⁵⁾| T: N Slevin

5/2

Second of 16 beaten 1½L on hurdling debut at the recent Bellewstown meeting earlier this month. Repeat of that effort should see him in the hunt for more prize money here.

Form: R66-252

Westmead⁹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: S W Flanagan| T: Mrs P Dobbs

66/1

By Windsor Knot out of a Elnadim mare. Dam was well beaten in bumpers, out of unraced half-sister to 1m2f winner Goodies Two Step. Last of 14 beaten 39L on debut in a Ballinrobe bumper when last seen in April. Best watched.

Form: 70-

Finding Joy¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: T Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: M Hourigan

16/1

Well down the pack in a number of bumper starts since May following a couple of innocuous hurdling runs around the turn of the year. Still looking no nearer to breakthrough success.

Form: 70-940

My First Symphony^t²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: P A Gallagher⁽⁵⁾| T: Patrick Cronin

50/1

Winner of a point-to-point over 12 months ago. Eighth of 14 beaten 52L on hurdling debut at Wexford last month on stable debut. Possibly will be of more interest when sent handicapping.

Form: 43/19P-8

Shelton Abbess^t1⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: R P Treacy⁽⁵⁾| T: Edward P Mitchell

100/1

Getaway mare finished nearer last than first on debut in a Cork bumper before another dismal effort at Ballinrobe when last seen in May. Others have more scope for improvement.

Form: 00

Forecasts

Whenurgoodurgood (5/2), Sticky Situation (11/4), Brawler (5/1), Baboin (13/2), Solo Cargo (10/1), Flag On The Play (12/1), Finding Joy (16/1), Django Dancer (25/1), Cosmic Rock (33/1), Military Poet (40/1), My First Symphony (50/1), Westmead (66/1), Moylisha (100/1), Carrigeen Star (100/1), Shelton Abbess (100/1)

It is hard to get away from the obvious chances of the Whitmore's Conn gelding, WHENURGOODURGOOD. The seven-year-old finished second of 16 beaten 1½L adrift of the 117-rated, Room To Roam at the recent Bellewstown meeting earlier this month. The solid and consistent Sticky Situation can emerge as the biggest danger with Brawler and Baboin others to note.