McDermotts Gala Patrickswell Fillies Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 4m 13.9s

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Selected odds by:

Destivelle²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: D E Mullins| T: S K Ryder

150/1

Once-raced maiden. 100/1, ninth of 14 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 26 days ago.

Form: 9

Heather Bear¹⁹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr A P Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery

13/2

Fairly useful Flat winner. 14/1, tenth of 17 in handicap at Gowran (9.4f, good to soft). Off 6 months but claims if she takes to this sphere at the first attempt.

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Libby^p¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 111| BF

13/8

Lightly-raced maiden. 13/8, respectable second of 18 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) 19 days ago. Obvious claims.

Form: 44452

Media Naranja²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: C McGivern⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| BF

4/5

Fairly useful Flat winner. Promising type. 6/4, second of 25 in juvenile hurdle at Navan (16f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 42

Miss Vizeun^v⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: C P Millar⁽⁷⁾| T: N Slevin

50/1

Fair Flat winner. Eleventh of 13 in handicap (25/1) at Dundalk (12f) 43 days ago. Opposable on this hurdles debut.

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Pink Fire Lilly⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Miss L Costello⁽⁷⁾| T: John F O'Neill| OR: 86

22/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. 125/1, eighth of 16 in juvenile hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) 40 days ago.

Form: 808

Forecasts

Media Naranja (4/5), Libby (13/8), Heather Bear (13/2), Pink Fire Lilly (22/1), Miss Vizeun (50/1), Destivelle (150/1)

The vote goes to MEDIA NARANJA, who confirmed the promise of her hurdles debut fourth when going close in a big-field at Navan last time and she is open to further improvement. Heather Bear is 3-7 on the Flat and it'll be interesting to see how she gets on now tackling hurdles but Libby has already shown a fairly useful level of form in this sphere and she is the clear main danger.