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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Honeysuckle Mares Novice Hurdle (Grade 1)

Off time: 16:11 | Winning time: 5m 8.8s

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Air Of Entitlement³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| D

9/2

Promising type. 16/1, career best when winning 23-runner Dawn Run Mares' Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham (16.8f, good to soft) 38 days ago by ½ length from Sixandahalf. Leading contender.

Form: 3117-11

Aurora Vega³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 135| C

12/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Below form 21¾ lengths eleventh of 23 to Air of Entitlement in Dawn Run Mares' Novices' Hurdle (9/1) at Cheltenham (16.8f, good to soft) 38 days ago. Paul Townend's pick of the Willie Mullins-trained battalion.

Form: 3-1P110

Hey Sunshine¹³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: W P Mullins| OR: 130

20/1

Promising sort. Career best when winning 10-runner listed hurdle at Punchestown (19.1f, soft, 11/8) 131 days ago by 3½ lengths from Tareze. Open to improvement.

Form: 23111

Karamoja^h³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Keith Donoghue| T: W P Mullins| OR: 128

28/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 28/1, very good 13½ lengths seventh of 23 to Air of Entitlement in Dawn Run Mares' Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham (16.8f, good to soft) 38 days ago. Work to do.

Form: 23-3P17

Karoline Banbou³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: M P Walsh| T: W P Mullins| OR: 132| C

4/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Course winner. 10/1, 9 lengths fourth of 23 to Air of Entitlement in Dawn Run Mares' Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham (16.8f, good to soft) 38 days ago. Place possibilities.

Form: 222-214

Kmil Du Seuil⁶⁸⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: R A Doyle| T: W P Mullins

250/1

42/10, third of 12 in bumper at Les Sables-d'Olonne (13.4f, good) when last seen 22 months ago. This is a tough race in which to make her hurdles/yard debut.

Form: 3-

Kom Tu Voudras⁵⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: S D Torrens| T: W P Mullins

150/1

Third of 12 in bumper at Fontainebleau (12.9f, good, 44/10). Off 19 months ahead of this hurdles/yard debut and she will need to be a bit special to take this, all things considered.

Form: 3-

Maughreen^h³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: D E Mullins| T: W P Mullins

12/1

Thrice-raced winner under Rules. Latest success at Punchestown in January. Best to overlook her latest run in the Dawn Run (lost many lengths at the start) and she remains open to improvement.

Form: 1-10

Swing Davis⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| OR: 121

150/1

Lightly-raced winner under Rules. 15/8, career best when winning 9-runner novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy) 50 days ago. Back up in trip and further progress is certainly needed.

Form: 1-332F1

Tareze³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean Flanagan| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 130| D

14/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 2 wins from 4 runs this season. 11/2, fell in Shannon Spray Mares Novices' Hurdle at Limerick (22.7f, good to soft) 38 days ago. Yard saddles stronger candidates in Air of Entitlement and The Big Westerner.

Form: 2P-121F

That'll Do Moss⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: J J Burke| T: F O'Brien| OR: 125| BF

50/1

Lightly-raced winner under Rules. 2 wins from 5 runs this season. Bit below form second of 5 in novice hurdle at Ayr (20.4f, heavy, 1/10) 44 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 1-17122

The Big Westerner³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 140| BF

6/4

Promising individual. 2½ lengths second of 20 to Jasmin De Vaux in Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Spa) (9/2) at Cheltenham (24f, good to soft) 37 days ago. Major player.

Form: 1-112

Venusienne³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Brian Hayes| T: W P Mullins

33/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Open to improvement in this sphere but Mark Walsh prefers Karoline Banbou.

Form: 2-0

World Of Fortunes^p⁵⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: J C Gainford| T: L Kenny| OR: 130| D

16/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 6/5, didn't need to be at best when winning 8-runner listed hurdle at Doncaster (24.4f, good) 50 days ago by 2 lengths from Miss Cynthia, driven out. This is more demanding.

Form: 111461

Non-Runners

Dream On Baby³⁸

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: E Mullins J: Donagh Meyler

Sixandahalf³⁸

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: G P Cromwell J: Non Runner

Forecasts

The Big Westerner (6/4), Karoline Banbou (4/1), Sixandahalf (4/1), Air Of Entitlement (9/2), Aurora Vega (12/1), Maughreen (12/1), Tareze (14/1), World Of Fortunes (16/1), Hey Sunshine (20/1), Karamoja (28/1), Venusienne (33/1), That'll Do Moss (50/1), Dream On Baby (50/1), Swing Davis (150/1), Kom Tu Voudras (150/1), Kmil Du Seuil (250/1)

SIXANDAHALF was collared close home by Air of Entitlement in the Dawn Run at the Cheltenham Festival but she powered through that race in the style of a mare of rare quality and, open to further improvement now moving back up in trip, she is taken to exact her revenge. It goes without saying that Air of Entitlement is respected but a bigger threat may be posed by stablemate The Big Westerner, who also ran a big race at the Cheltenham Festival where she finished second in the Albert Bartlett.