18:10 Sligo

Wednesday 23 August 2023

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Hankook Pearse Rd Tyres Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 18:12 | Winning time: 5m 11.05s

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Selected odds by:

Arabian Diamond²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J W Kennedy| T: G Elliott| C

1/2

Promising sort. Bumper winner here in July. 7/2, creditable fourth of 16 in novice hurdle at Galway (21f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Remains open to improvement.

Form: 6-2214

Bumble Bee Bet¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: P Byrnes⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes

9/1

Thrice-raced winner under Rules. Ninth of 18 in novice hurdle at Galway (16.8f, soft, 20/1) on hurdles bow 18 days ago. Up in trip here and may well do better.

Form: 1-59

Clyde The Glide⁵³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: P K Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: P G Kelly

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Tongue strap on, tenth of 11 in hunter chase at Thurles (25f, good to soft, 50/1) on NH debut. Off 17 months. Makes hurdles debut. Readily passed over.

Form: 3080/

Hutchie¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: Stephen Gerard Carey

125/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. First run since leaving Ms Debbie Hartnett when ninth of 18 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Cork (18.7f, good to soft) 16 days ago. Booking of Slevin a plus.

Form: FP0-7P9

Madhenry¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: A M King⁽⁷⁾| T: F Feeney

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. Sixteenth of 17 in bumper at Cork (18.7f, good to soft, 250/1) on bumper debut 16 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: P00

Musta Lovea Lovea²³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: P T Enright| T: O McKiernan| OR: 111

7/1

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 7 hurdle runs. Good second of 11 in handicap hurdle (5/1) at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy). Off 7 months. Up in trip and solid each-way chance.

Form: 6/95552-

Rock Ya Boy Ya¹⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Thomas Reilly⁽⁷⁾| T: Francis Casey| OR: 106

40/1

Remains a maiden after 7 hurdle runs. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Thurles (16.4f, heavy, 11/1) 163 days ago, behind when pulled up approaching 2 out. Up in trip.

Form: 764/39P-

Rule The Wind¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: B Hayes| T: W P Mullins| OR: 114| BF

9/2

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. 5/4, fell in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (21.8f, good) 10 days ago. Obvious claims.

Form: 72-73F

Sequestered⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: S O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

9/1

Modest hurdler. Fourth of 14 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (16.6f, good, 12/1) on hurdles bow 9 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 07-3554

Shotgun Jack¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: S Fitzgerald| T: P G Kelly

125/1

Twice-raced maiden under Rules. Tenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Galway (16.8f, soft, 250/1) on hurdles bow 18 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 6-0

Tom Kelly²⁹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: L Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: Jayne Hearne

66/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. Off 9 months and up in trip on first run for yard after leaving Mark Cahill.

Form: 70P-

Wild River Fall

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: D J O'Keeffe| T: V Wilson

125/1

Sageburg gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/fairly useful chaser (stayed 23f) River Maigue. Probably best watched on debut.

Form:

Clancys Bar^p1

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: D P Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: A Murray

100/1

Libertarian mare. Dam unraced half-sister to fairly useful 3m hurdle winner Sergeant Harper. Wears cheekpieces.

Form:

French Milan¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁵⁾| T: James Andrew Fahey

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 10 in bumper at this course (18.2f, good to soft, 50/1) 13 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 605

Forecasts

Arabian Diamond (1/2), Rule The Wind (9/2), Musta Lovea Lovea (7/1), Sequestered (9/1), Bumble Bee Bet (9/1), Rock Ya Boy Ya (40/1), French Milan (50/1), Tom Kelly (66/1), Clancys Bar (100/1), Hutchie (125/1), Shotgun Jack (125/1), Wild River Fall (125/1), Clyde The Glide (150/1), Madhenry (200/1)

It's worth giving another chance to RULE THE WIND, who has so far failed to build on the promise of his hurdles debut second at Tipperary in April but time is still on his side and he couldn't be in better hands. Bumper winner Arabian Diamond shaped well on his first run in this sphere at Galway and is likely to emerge as the main danger. That said, Musta Lovea Lovea was just touched off in a Fairyhouse handicap when last seen in January and will also be a threat if fully tuned-up.