18:10 Downpatrick

Friday 10 May 2024

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Gerry Hannity, Lifetime Badgeholder At Downpatrick Racecourse Memorial Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 18:10 | Winning time: 4m 33.7s

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Selected odds by:

Bringsty^t²⁷⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J S McGarvey| T: N C Kelly

150/1

5/1, eleventh of 12 in claimer at Sligo (10.5f, good to soft). Off 9 months. First run for yard after leaving James McAuley. Tongue strap on for hurdles debut.

Form:

Khadaash⁷⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: D A Kidd⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

80/1

Fair Flat winner. Refused to race in handicap at Dundalk (16f, 33/1) 70 days ago. Interesting to see how he takes to hurdling.

Form: 460/

Morph Speed¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: C P Millar⁽⁷⁾| T: N Slevin

10/1

First run since leaving Joseph Patrick O'Brien when fourteenth of 16 in handicap (66/1) at Navan (13f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 4F-

Gone For Tea¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 108

2/1

Fair hurdler. Creditable second of 15 in novice hurdle at this course (17.8f, good, 9/4) 14 days ago. Should be on the premises again.

Form: 231202-

Glenmorefiftyfour^t²²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: L Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: R Hackett

100/1

First run since leaving P. J. F. Hassett when ninth of 10 in claiming hurdle at Clonmel (18.7f, soft, 100/1) on hurdles bow 22 days ago.

Form: 0P/9-

Going Live¹⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J C Gainford| T: G Elliott

9/4

€70,000 3-y-o, £150,000 4-y-o, Doyen gelding. Brother to fair chaser Doyannie, and half-brother to 2 winners, including useful bumper winner James's Gate. Off the mark at third attempt in poijts in December and joined a top yard.

Form: 6/41-

Manfredi^h1,t⁹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Brian Hayes| T: S R B Crawford

20/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, fourth of 7 in bumper at Musselburgh (15.6f, good to soft, 15/2) 96 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: PP8/74-

Step Out^t²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford

6/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 66/1, well-beaten thirteenth of 18 to Horaces Pearl in Gr 2 bumper at Aintree (17f, good to soft) 27 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 40/420-

Dragonalka

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Kieren Buckley| T: Conor Maxwell

100/1

Dragon Pulse gelding. Half-brother to 2-y-o 7f winner Claudine. Dam, fair hurdler (17f winner), also 10.3f winner on Flat.

Form:

Garde La Peche^t³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

4/1

Promising type. Tongue strap on for 1st time, third of 19 in novice hurdle (16/1) at Naas (16f, soft) 36 days ago. Likely to improve again.

Form: 1/93-

African Lady⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell

66/1

50/1, twelfth of 19 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.8f, good to soft) 4 days ago.

Form: 0-0

Wee Vee

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S R B Crawford

33/1

Court Cave filly. Dam, fair 2m-2½m hurdle winner (stayed 3m), sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 2½m) Earls Quarter.

Form:

Curzon Queen⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: S O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: H Smyth

125/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (19.6f, heavy, 150/1) 41 days ago, pulled up before 4 out. RESERVE.

Form: PP-

Non-Runners

A Year Older¹⁶

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: K Thornton J: Donagh Meyler

Garde My Fortune

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: K Thornton J: B W Harvey

Hardysonofdan²⁴

Weight: 10-12| Age: 4

T: G P Cromwell J: Sean Flanagan

Forecasts

Gone For Tea (2/1), Going Live (9/4), Garde La Peche (4/1), Step Out (6/1), Morph Speed (10/1), Manfredi (20/1), Garde My Fortune (20/1), Wee Vee (33/1), A Year Older (33/1), Hardysonofdan (33/1), African Lady (66/1), Khadaash (80/1), Glenmorefiftyfour (100/1), Dragonalka (100/1), Curzon Queen (125/1), Bringsty (150/1)

GOING LIVE changed hands for £150,000 after his point win and having transferred to the Gordon Elliott yard, hopes must be high that he'll make a successful hurdles debut. Garde la Peche and Gone For Tea look the main threats.