14:05 Tipperary

Sunday 23 July 2017

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Walter Hennessy Auctioneer, Valuer And Estate Agent Mipav TRV Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:06 | Winning time: 3m 47.70s

Mandamus²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery

12/1

Ran well on debut in this sphere when third at Naas last November but disappointed later that month. Successful on the Flat on his return in May he is an interesting runner despite a poor effort at The Curragh last time.

Form: 30-

Bhutan¹⁶¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: J S McGarvey| T: J P O'Brien

4/5

Maiden winner over 1m2f on heavy ground at Leopardstown in April 2016. Highly tried wearing a tongue tie (absent here) for the first time when debuting in a Grade 1 contest at Leopardstown in February and drops in grade today.

Form: 6-

Born To Size¹²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D N Russell| T: W J Burke

16/1

Signs of ability on his last two hurdles outings most recently when fifth at Cllonmel (soft-to-heavy) in March. More needed if he's to take this particular contest.

Form: 565-

Friary Gold^t⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: B J Foley⁽⁷⁾| T: D Queally

16/1

Ran well when second in a bumper on good ground here in May but beaten 21L into sixth in that sphere subsequently. Making his hurdling debut today.

Form: PP3-26

Gabriel Archer^t⁸²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead| BF

33/1

Beat just two rivals home when debuting at Ballinrobe (good) in a bumper contest in early May. Making his debut for a new stable today.

Form: 0

Guitar George¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: A E Lynch| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 104

16/1

Eight race maiden and below par since finishing runner-up in a similar race to this on good ground at Wexford last October.

Form: 4256-85

Mick Charlie¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: M P Burke⁽⁷⁾| T: J M Burke

100/1

Failed to complete on his first three outings (two point-to-points and one hurdle) and beaten 81L here last time out. Best watched at present.

Form: U-PU0

Petit Chef^t⁶²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: P E Corbett⁽³⁾| T: A J Martin

80/1

Failed to trouble the judge in four starts over hurdles so far. Returning from over a year off when seventh at Punchestown (good) last time out.

Form: 55P00/7

Pound A Stroke^h⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Brian Hayes| T: E McCarthy

80/1

Best effort so far came when fourth of 12 in a soft ground bumper at Kilbeggan last month. Well beaten since and returns to hurdles here.

Form: 0P49

Toor General^t1⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Paul Townend| T: A J Martin

50/1

Finished 22L tenth of 13 at Killarney (good) on his penultimate start but unseated early on at Sligo earlier this week. Wears a tongue tie for the first time today.

Form: 7-0U

Diego Manchego¹⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Phillip Enright| T: H De Bromhead

50/1

Well beaten when making his racecourse debut on heavy ground at Gowran Park over 2m back in February. Interesting to see if better ground forecast today results in an improved performance.

Form: 0-

Super Bowl¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Ruby Walsh| T: W P Mullins| BF

4/1

Maiden after eight starts under all codes and beaten odds-on favourite at Downpatrick (good) over 2m3f last time out. Had previously finished runner-up at Roscommon and one for the shortlist on just his third hurdles start.

Form: 22

Field Robin¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Fahey| OR: 99

7/1

Maiden after 18 starts though relatively consistent. Not beaten far when third over 2m3f at Downpatrick (good) last time though likely to find a few too good once more.

Form: 32-6523

Mysloegin^t²³³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: J R Finn

66/1

Ran well on her second career start at Cork (good) when third in a bumper last November. Beaten 21L the following month at Limerick (yielding) and makes her debut over hurdles in this.

Form: 935-

Non-Runners

Canny Tom²

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: G Elliott J: Keith Donoghue

Forecasts

Bhutan (4/5), Super Bowl (4/1), Canny Tom (6/1), Field Robin (7/1), Mandamus (12/1), Born To Size (16/1), Friary Gold (16/1), Guitar George (16/1), Gabriel Archer (33/1), Diego Manchego (50/1), Toor General (50/1), Mysloegin (66/1), Petit Chef (80/1), Pound A Stroke (80/1), Mick Charlie (100/1)

SUPER BOWL can go one better than on his two previous hurdles starts by taking this competitive looking opening contest. The selection represents the powerful Willie Mullins stable and can see off Bhutan who is making his second start over hurdles having debuted in a Grade 1 contest in February. Of the remainder Canny Tom has been in decent form of late and he can claim third.