13:50 Clonmel

Tuesday 20 February 2018

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Surehaul Race Day Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:51 | Winning time: 5m 32.50s

Decision Time¹¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: A E Lynch| T: J E Kiely

5/1

Won Downpatrick bumper last summer before going on to win a 12f Fairyhouse maiden on the Flat in heavy ground in October. Not seen since and makes hurdles bow under a penalty for that bumper success.

Form: 45-3212

Countess Cathleen^h²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: J M Moore| T: D Hickey

3/1

Steadily progressing over hurdles and ran creditably when 4th of 21 in heavy ground Punchestown maiden hurdle last time. Appears to handle conditions so should be more or less on the premises.

Form: 863-564

Filly Mullins²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Danny Mullins| T: Ms M Mullins

33/1

650 euros yearling by Darsi. Dam winning hurdler. Appeared to regress for Willie Mullins after a fair start when third in modest six runner Downpatrick. No better than mid-division in two hurdles for current connections. More needed.

Form: 35700

Mangan Julia²⁶³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Mr C L Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: G Murphy

25/1

Beneficial mare who has hinted at a modicum of ability in two starts to date without ever threatening to be a player. Looks the sort to do better once handicapped.

Form: 70

Tell Me Annie²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: A W Short⁽⁵⁾| T: D Queally

9/4

Knocking on a bit, but won two point-to-points last year then made a promising Rules debut when 3rd of 21 in Punchestown maiden hurdle three weeks ago. Has to be considered on that effort running here in similar ground.

Form: 11-3

Thatwasthen²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: L P Dempsey| T: Noel O'Neill

33/1

Mahler mare who has looked slow in two starts so far being beaten an aggregate of 191 lengths. Very hard to enthuse over.

Form: 00

Trumps Ace⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: M P Burke⁽⁵⁾| T: T Doyle

7/1

Has shown signs of ability on all six starts to date without, including five bumpers and on hurdles bow ast time when fourth at Trumps Ace. Might be one for handicapping but not ruled out here.

Form: 4248-94

Belle West⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: W J Burke

20/1

Daughter of Westerner bought for just 1800 euros as a yearling. Not shown a great deal in two starts so far, and while it's too early to write her off, she needs to take a step forward today to figure.

Form: 97

Granny Maura⁵⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: J J Burke| T: W J Burke

25/1

Started at 100/1 on both starts to date, never being placed to challenge when well beaten on both occasions. Others make far more appeal.

Form: 07

Hiupinthesky⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: P F Mangan| T: J P O'Keeffe

16/1

Third in Tramore bumper in December and ran well for much of the way when finishing ninth at Clonmel last month on first hurdles outing. Has potential place prospects on that evidence.

Form: 56-039

Slieve Coillte

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: B J Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: M Winters

12/1

Gold Well mare makes her racecourse debut. Dam half-sister to two dual purpose winners. Likely to benefit from the experience but any market interest would be worthy of note.

Form:

Turanga Lilly²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

10/1

Flemenfirsth mare making ehr racecourse bow. Half-sister to six winners and dam related to a number of winners. Represents top yard whose newcomers normally know their job. One very much for the short list.

Form: 544P

Forecasts

Tell Me Annie (9/4), Countess Cathleen (3/1), Decision Time (5/1), Trumps Ace (7/1), Turanga Lilly (10/1), Slieve Coillte (12/1), Hiupinthesky (16/1), Belle West (20/1), Mangan Julia (25/1), Granny Maura (25/1), Filly Mullins (33/1), Thatwasthen (33/1)

In receipt of 8lb a chance is taken that TURANGA LILLY can make a winning debut. She's well related on the dam's side and newcomers from the yard are usually ready for business. The big danger is the bumper and Flat winner Decision Time, proven in these conditions and making her debut over timber. Tell Me Annie has done little wrong so far and comes into the reckoning, while Trumps Ace and Hiupinthesky are others who may well figure.