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Thursday 5 May 2022

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Hotel Minella Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:15 | Winning time: 4m 15.0s

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Selected odds by:

Naughtinesse²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: C J Orr| T: L Fowler| D

5/2

Confirmed debut promise when landing Fairyhouse bumper in January. Well below that level in Grade 2 Nickel Coin at Aintree last time but is bred to make a useful hurdler.

Form: 2/18-

Take Tea^h,t³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: M P Walsh| T: W P Mullins| OR: 113| BF| D

9/4

Fairly useful hurdler. Creditable second of 20 in novice hurdle (6/5) at Naas (16.2f, good to soft) 35 days ago. Stable having good spell. Solid claims.

Form: 16/5922-

Another Bonnie²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: S Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan

100/1

Well held in maiden hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.6f, good to soft) on NH debut 27 days ago.

Form: 0-

Borntobeyours^t⁶⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney

33/1

Unpromising in points but shaped with a little encouragement when seventh of 12 in maiden at Leopardstown (20f, good to soft) on Rules debut 60 days ago. Entitled to progress.

Form: P4P/7-

Camilla's Choice⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

50/1

Well held in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 6 days ago.

Form: 1F8

Honeys Jet^t²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: R J Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: N Dooly

200/1

Pulled up both starts in points and was well held sent hurdling in a tongue strap at Tramore (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 25 days ago.

Form: PP8-

Ladylea²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: A P Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: M C Hickey

250/1

Pulled up in maiden hurdle at Tramore (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 25 days ago.

Form: P-

Madam Belle¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Phillip Enright| T: Noel O'Neill

10/1

Respectable fourth of 14 in bumper at Fairyhouse (20f, good to soft, 9/1) 19 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. May well do better.

Form: 436634-

Music Of Tara^t⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| BF

5/4

Promising type who posted excellent third of 25 in maiden hurdle at Navan (15.8f, heavy) 72 days ago, closing all way to line. Remains open to improvement and leading claims.

Form: 163-

Nailed Down¹²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: V C Ward

200/1

Modest maiden on the Flat and well beaten both starts in maiden hurdles.

Form: 09-

Nifty Millie

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: P J Carberry| T: B McMahon

100/1

Sans Frontieres mare. Half-sister to fair hurdler Vinnie Dev, stays 29f. Dam unraced half-sister to bumper winner/useful hurdler (stayed 2¾m) Fishin Joella.

Form:

Rose Mahler¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: I J Power| T: P Kiely

250/1

Well held completed start over hurdles.

Form: P7-

Spring Morning^h,t1⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Yvonne Latta

150/1

Modest maiden on the Flat who went with no encouragement sent hurdling at Gowran (16f, heavy) 54 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 0-

Thecornerhouse

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: R P Treacy| T: Mrs J Cashin

250/1

Shirocco mare. Dam (h100), 2½m-3m hurdle winner, half-sister to fairly useful hurdle winner/useful chaser (stayed 3¼m) Zemsky.

Form:

Timon's Fortune⁶⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: D E Mullins| T: S Aherne

125/1

Soldier of Fortune mare. Half-sister to fair 3m chase winner Cavok. Dam, maiden jumper (stayed 2¾m), half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 2¾m) Rathlin. Pulled up sole start in points (Feb 27).

Form: P-

Via Rosa¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: L P Dempsey| T: P Roche

40/1

25/1, pulled up 3 out in maiden hurdle at Cork (19f, heavy) 18 days ago.

Form: 322U0P-

Greenane Lady³³⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy| BF

28/1

Twice-raced maiden. 9/4, third of 14 in bumper at Tramore (16.8f, good to soft). Off 11 months. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving W. P. Mullins. RESERVE.

Form: 3/3-

Non-Runners

Daisy Dufresne³⁵

Weight: 10-13| Age: 6

T: G Elliott J: Jack Kennedy

Majestic Mel¹⁸

Weight: 10-13| Age: 6

T: M J Tynan J: Non Runner

Roccos Inspiration

Weight: 10-13| Age: 5

T: M Kennedy J: J C Gainford

Shanacoole Dasy²³⁷

Weight: 10-13| Age: 6

T: Paul Tobin J: Non Runner

Cool Croi¹³⁷

Weight: 10-13| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Reserve 2

Dancing After Dark³²

Weight: 10-13| Age: 6

T: J G Bennett J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Music Of Tara (5/4), Take Tea (9/4), Naughtinesse (5/2), Cool Croi (8/1), Shanacoole Dasy (8/1), Madam Belle (10/1), Daisy Dufresne (10/1), Greenane Lady (28/1), Borntobeyours (33/1), Via Rosa (40/1), Camilla's Choice (50/1), Roccos Inspiration (50/1), Dancing After Dark (50/1), Majestic Mel (50/1), Another Bonnie (100/1), Nifty Millie (100/1), Timon's Fortune (125/1), Spring Morning (150/1), Nailed Down (200/1), Honeys Jet (200/1), Thecornerhouse (250/1), Rose Mahler (250/1), Ladylea (250/1)

MUSIC OF TARA shaped well on both her starts during the winter and is selected to make it third time lucky with further improvement on the cards. Take Tea seems sure to give another good account, while bumper-winner Naughtinesse is an interesting hurdling newcomer.