18:45 Kilbeggan

Thursday 24 April 2025

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race

Off time: 18:46 | Winning time: 3m 46.6s

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Absolute Bliss²⁰⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁵⁾| T: Paul Tobin

28/1

Sir Percy mare who was much-improved on the back of a break when third of 11 in bumper at Tipperary (16.2f) back in October. Absent again since though, and she'll likely need to take another step forward to land this.

Form: 073

Backwithyourown³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: J M Burke

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 11/1, showed something like debut form when seventh of 12 in bumper at Down Royal (16.9f, good) 38 days ago. May be sharper now given that was her first start for 5 months

Form: 607

Bubbly Irene

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr T B Merrigan⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Burke

33/1

Berkshire mare. Half-sister to modest hurdler Johnny Clarke. Dam, unraced, closely related to bumper winner/smart hurdler (stayed 19f) Quick Grabim.

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Diamond Tipp^t²¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr F R Buckley⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

10/3

Lightly-raced maiden who backed up the improvement shown on her penultimate start when second of 11 in bumper at Downpatrick (17.8f, good to soft, 11/2) in September. Off the track since but she's certainly respected on that evidence.

Form: 5222

Doyen Og²⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: C Lamon⁽⁷⁾| T: A Sexton

250/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 125/1, twelfth of 13 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (22.4f, soft). Off 8 months. Switches from hurdles to bumpers. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 0-9900

Erika De Champs^h1

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr R M McParland⁽⁷⁾| T: A McCann

40/1

Conduit mare. Dam unraced half-sister to smart hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 25f) Ballymoy. Wears hood.

Form:

Evelyn^t³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr A P Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs J Cashin

25/1

Order Of St George mare who showed more than first time up when sixth of 12 in bumper at Down Royal (16.9f, good) 38 days ago, weakening gradually straight.

Form: 06

Georgie's Pearl^h³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Miss A B O'Connor| T: A McCann

50/1

Twice-raced maiden. 22/1 and hooded for 1st time, off 7 months/having first run since leaving Padraig Roche when eighth of 12 in bumper at Down Royal (16.9f, good) 38 days ago. This should reveal more.

Form: 08

Justabitofyours¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr O T Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

40/1

Twice-raced mare. Sixth of 13 in mares' maiden hurdle (22/1) at Ballinrobe (16.8f, good) 13 days ago. Makes bumpers debut.

Form: F476

Kabylia^h1,t³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr D G Lavery| T: G P Cromwell

14/1

Muhtathir mare who settled better than she did on debut with a tongue strap added when fifth of 12 in bumper at Down Royal (16.9f, good, 10/1) 38 days ago. Hood on 1st time and she could well have more to offer for excellent stable.

Form: 2-75

Sip Sip Hooray^t1

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

9/4

€115,000 3-y-o, Walk In The Park mare. Half-sister to French 8.5f winner Waldlicht. Dam, placed on Flat, half-sister to useful hurdler/fairly useful chaser (stayed 21f) Landofhopeandglory. Appeals on paper for top stable and no surprise to see her thereabouts on debut. Wears tongue strap.

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Walk Out The D'or¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Eoghan Finegan⁽⁷⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy

50/1

Walk In The Park mare. Half-sister to useful hurdler Little King Robin and fair hurdler Regal d'Argent. Pulled up both starts in points (latest Apr 6).

Form: PP

Apples Jane⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr J H Williamson⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

3/1

4-y-o filly out of prolific Grade 1 winning mare Apple's Jade. Bright start when second in 4-runner Naas bumper on debut in February. Disappointing on the face of it when fourth back at that venue 46 days ago but she's certainly not one to rule out for powerful stable.

Form: 24

Isabella Johnson¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr J L Gleeson⁽³⁾| T: Aidan Melia

13/2

Rajj filly who shaped in stark contrast to on debut after 3 months off/encountering a sounder surface when second of 16 in bumper at Ballinrobe (16.8f, good) 13 days ago, finding only a promising debutant too strong. A repeat gives her good claims of getting involved again.

Form: 82

Non-Runners

Duel Concept⁴²

Weight: 11-11| Age: 5

T: Miss H McLoughlin J: Mr D O'Connor

Tountinna

Weight: 11-3| Age: 4

T: M Magnussen J: Mr F Maguire

Forecasts

Sip Sip Hooray (9/4), Apples Jane (3/1), Diamond Tipp (10/3), Isabella Johnson (13/2), Kabylia (14/1), Backwithyourown (16/1), Tountinna (20/1), Evelyn (25/1), Absolute Bliss (28/1), Bubbly Irene (33/1), Justabitofyours (40/1), Erika De Champs (40/1), Georgie's Pearl (50/1), Walk Out The D'or (50/1), Duel Concept (66/1), Doyen Og (250/1)

Those with the best form set only a fair standard, so it may pay to side with a newcomer in the shape of SIP SIP HOORAY. She appeals as a likely type on paper for the Willie Mullins' yard and wouldn't need to be anything out of the ordinary to play a lead role. Diamond Tipp, Apples Jane and Isabella Johnson head up the dangers.