20:00 Killarney

Wednesday 19 July 2017

All17:5518:2518:5519:2520:0020:3021:00

McSweeney Arms Hotel Mares Maiden Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   2m 6f 80y  |   Good to Yielding  |   11 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 20:00  |   Winning time: 5m 29.9s
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Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
1
Horse silk
12/1
Best effort over timber came at Bellewstown this month on third start but still has to improve. Cheekpieces on for first time now and upped significantly in trip.
2
Horse silk
13/2
Bumper winner at Tramore last month, since been held on hurdles bow over 2m4f at Gowran Park on good ground. Upped in trip.
AW winner at Dundalk (1m4f) in February, didn't always deliver as much as might have seemed likely in that sphere. Goes jumping now and not to be underestimated with trainer in excellent form.
4
Horse silk
Bold Sky12
Age: 5|  Weight: 10-13| J: A E Lynch| T: H De Bromhead| OR:  88
8/1
Appears to be a fairly modest hurdler at best, well beaten off in 2m4f maiden at Wexford this month having been comprehensively beaten off in 2m5f handicap at Tramore last month. Trainer respected but has some improvement to find.
5
Horse silk
100/1
Record in point-to-points is not inspiring and makes very little appeal going under rules for the first time in this. Watching brief looks the safest policy.
She's been beaten out the gate in maiden hurdles at Punchestown and Gowran Park already, goes up in trip but is almost impossible to fancy on form.
7
Horse silk
Mistheatre10
Age: 5|  Weight: 10-13| J: P D Kennedy(3)| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR:  101
9/2
Is now 0/6 over hurdles and, in truth, only one of those previous efforts carried any deal of promise. That was at Limerick in May over 2m3f on good ground but subsequent efforts have been much tamer.
9
Horse silk
Open To The Worldb47
Age: 7|  Weight: 10-13| J: J S McGarvey| T: C Roche| OR:  102| BF
13/8
Some promising efforts in maiden hurdles over this sort of trip already, though all came with some cut in the ground. Rather fluffed his lines having gone off favourite at Tramore last time on firmer surface and that must rank as a concern today.
10
Horse silk
10/1
Point-to-pointer winner was tailed off on rules debut in Tipperary bumper in May, makes hurdles debut now over a much longer journey and hard to be confident about a big run.
11
Horse silk
20/1
Point-to-point winner in April (3m good), and did okay on rules bumper debut, but well beaten by Brogine (16th of 20) over hurdles at Gowran most recently and has much to work on as a result.
12
Horse silk
Whats The Forecast28
Age: 7|  Weight: 10-13| J: M A Enright| T: T P O'Connor| OR:  85
100/1
Gone off at 100/1 in all three maiden hurdles thus far, showing no signs of out-running those odds. Appears booked for another tough test in this.

Non-Runners

8
Horse silk
Mozilla23
Weight: 10-13|  Age: 7
T: Miss E Doyle  J: Sean Flanagan
NR

Forecasts

Open To The World (13/8), Mozilla (9/4), Mistheatre (9/2), Payngo (13/2), War Goddess (7/1), Bold Sky (8/1), Oscar Madness (10/1), Kilbarry Marien (12/1), Out Of Africa (20/1), Dino's Dream (50/1), Cloneen Lady (100/1), Whats The Forecast (100/1)

Verdict

Mozilla will be interesting if ready to build on the promising run she produced at Kilbeggan late last month where she hit the frame at a big price. She's going to be a fraction of those odds now however and is opposable. Open To The World is respected but there is some reason to suspect she might prefer a bit more give under foot than appears likely and so a chance is taken with hurdles debutant WAR GODDESS. The yard are in good form just now and she's shown enough on the Flat to suggest she could make a mark jumping timber.
  1. War Goddess
  2. Mozilla
  3. Open To The World

Prize Money

1st: €7,084.002nd: €2,196.003rd: €1,046.004th: €472.005th: €184.00

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