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Friday 14 July 2023

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Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 4m 9.7s

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Selected odds by:

Bojak⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

12/1

Fairly useful Flat winner in France. 12/1, too free when fifth of 14 in maiden hurdle at Tramore (16.6f, good) 6 weeks ago. Remains open to progress.

Form: 35

Brave Crogha⁶¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: D E Mullins| T: I Madden

125/1

50/1, ninth of 16 in maiden hurdle at Killarney (17f, good to soft) on debut 2 months ago. First run for yard after leaving Thomas Cooper.

Form: 9

Carslake²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: A P Heskin| T: Aengus King| OR: 106

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 66/1, again showed little after 10 weeks off when last of 9 in rated novice hurdle at Downpatrick (17.3f, good) 26 days ago.

Form: 0636-9

Como Park¹³²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

9/4

Useful winner at 13f on Flat. 15/8, shaped encouragingly sent hurdling on first outing since leaving Joseph Patrick O'Brien after 5 months off when fourth of 25 in maiden at Navan (16f, good to soft) on 4 months ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 4-

Container Madness

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: C Brassil⁽⁵⁾| T: M Brassil

66/1

Getaway gelding. Half-brother to useful chaser Fitzhenry, stays 29f. Dam, 6f-8.2f winner, half-sister to very smart hurdler (stayed easy 2½m) Jazz Messenger and useful hurdler (stayed 3m) Mary Frances.

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Dudley's Bar^t1³¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: L A McKenna⁽⁵⁾| T: Colm Murphy

50/1

Fair maiden on Flat, stays 1½m, generally out of sorts in 2022. First run for yard after leaving John Patrick Murtagh after 10 months off and a first-time tongue tie is applied for his hurdling debut.

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Hypotenus^t¹¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: B W Harvey⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell

1/2

Useful on the Flat in France and was a €215,000 buy for connections before shaping well when third on hurdles debut at Fairyhouse in February. Failed to settle in Triumph at Cheltenham 4 months ago and should take some beating in this company. Hood discarded.

Form: 2P-

I Am The Sea⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P M Cloke

125/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Did no better for hurdling debut when fifth of 7 in novice hurdle at Bellewstown (16.8f, good, 100/1) 6 days ago.

Form: 05

Imperial Delta

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: A McCurtin| T: D Kenneally

100/1

Imperial Monarch gelding. Half-brother to fair 15f hurdle winner Boom Boom. Dam, point winner, half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 21f) Baby Mix.

Form:

Mercury Mission³²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: S Fitzgerald| T: M J O'Connor

9/1

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat. First run since leaving W. McCreery when second of 16 in maiden hurdle at Roscommon (16.2f, good, 15/2) on NH debut 32 days ago. Should do better.

Form: 2

Monarch Of All⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: C Owens⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell

150/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 80/1, still in need of the experience sent hurdling when tenth of 17 in maiden hurdle at Punchestown (15.8f, good to soft) 52 days ago.

Form: 0-0

Say It So⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara

150/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Couldn't even match hurdling debut form after 13 weeks off when last of 10 in maiden hurdle (40/1) at Sligo (16.9f, good) 5 days ago.

Form: 9-0

Alittlebitofrita⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: K C Sexton| T: M Hourigan

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 300/1, ninth of 11 in bumper at Ballinrobe (16.5f, good) 46 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: 7P-09

Legal Secretary⁶²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: H Morgan| T: D J McGrath

150/1

Well held in pair of Flat maidens during second half of 2021 and likely best watched on this belated return/hurdles debut.

Form:

Quarry Lady³³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: J M Burke

200/1

Tailed-off thirteenth of 16 in maiden hurdle at Punchestown (16f, good, 150/1) on debut 33 days ago.

Form: 0

Sidiriya²⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: S D Torrens| T: P J Rothwell

20/1

Fairly useful on Flat for Dermot Weld. Betting should guide to now hurdling after 8 months off.

Form:

Yorkshire Escape⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott

50/1

Twice-raced maiden. Seventh of 11 in bumper at Ballinrobe (16.5f, good, 33/1) 46 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 07

Man Oh Man¹⁵⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: W J Burke

50/1

Ol' Man River gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to fair hurdle/fairly useful chase winner around 2m Trooper Turnbull. Last of 5 finishers sole start in points (Feb 5). RESERVE.

Form: 5-

Non-Runners

Mr Globalist³²

Weight: 11-7| Age: 4

T: S Slevin J: Phillip Enright

Chemdawg¹⁶⁶

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: O McKiernan J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Hypotenus (1/2), Como Park (9/4), Mr Globalist (6/1), Mercury Mission (9/1), Bojak (12/1), Sidiriya (20/1), Dudley's Bar (50/1), Man Oh Man (50/1), Yorkshire Escape (50/1), Chemdawg (50/1), Container Madness (66/1), Carslake (80/1), Imperial Delta (100/1), I Am The Sea (125/1), Brave Crogha (125/1), Monarch Of All (150/1), Say It So (150/1), Legal Secretary (150/1), Quarry Lady (200/1), Alittlebitofrita (200/1)

A serious case of quantity over quality here, HYPOTENUS strongly fancied to build on the promise of his hurdling debut at the second attempt. The hood is left off and John McConnell's charge can get the better of Como Park, who shaped encouragingly sent hurdling on his first outing for Henry de Bromhead back in March and should have more to offer in this sphere. Mercury Mission and Yorkshire Escape are another couple to consider.