13:40 Gowran Park

Saturday 23 June 2018

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Kullens Kitchen Thomastown Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 4m 45.60s

Ballybrowney Walk^h²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: J J Mangan

20/1

Point-to-point winner hasn't achieved a lot in four starts over timber and looks one to avoid in betting for now.

Form: 8/150-43

Chisholm Trail¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Paul Townend| T: P Nolan

9/4

Wexford bumper winner, took fifth of 16 in novice hurdle at Listowel (2m, good) on hurdles bow 19 days ago and open to progress.

Form: 65-15

Graig Na Manach²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: A E Lynch| T: R Sweeney

20/1

Sulamani mare whose dam was a 1m6f-2m winner. Maiden pointer, finished third in that sphere earlier in the month so no fitness worries here.

Form:

Holy Motivation¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

7/1

Has shown ability in a couple of bumpers already, longer trip should help now hurdling for the first time and represents top trainer/jockey team.

Form: 41-65

Jenel

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: S G McDermott| T: P Cluskey

100/1

Mountain High mare. Sister to modest 2m2f hurdle winner Ciankyle. Not the most likely of winners on paper ahead of racecourse bow.

Form:

Milldawn⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: P F Mangan| T: J J Mangan

50/1

Beat just one rival home in soft-ground bumper at Cork in April on debut under rules. Upped in trip for hurdles bow and liable to need more experience.

Form: 0

Multiviz^t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: F J Hayes⁽⁷⁾| T: S M Duffy

100/1

A maiden after 33 starts in both codes and her better efforts have come on AW. Hard to construct much of a case for her here reverting to hurdling.

Form: 0-8

Noreaway³⁸⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: A W Short⁽⁵⁾| T: T Donohue

100/1

Made her debut in a Listed bumper at Limerick, but soundly beaten there, and similar story in a maiden hurdles at Kilbeggan and Punchestown last year. Off 388 days and has changed hands since.

Form: 0/00-

Our Bonus^h,t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Ricky Doyle⁽⁵⁾| T: W J Lanigan

40/1

Produced best effort to date in Clonmel maiden hurdle last month over 2m½f but took a backwards step since in a bumper at the same track on good ground. Needs to up game to be involved at business end.

Form: 809-70

Presentingprincess^h,t⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: Mrs D A Love

20/1

Multiple point-to-point winner, sported a hood (retained) when making hurdles bow at Downpatrick last weekend. Was already beaten when losing ground after a late stumble.

Form: 11UF-58

Presenting Lilly¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien

25/1

Beat only one of 15 rivals home on hurdling bow recently at Clonmel. Likely can do better in time but probably best watched in the short term.

Form: 7-0

Sorrel Sue^p¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: D N Russell| T: T J Nagle-Jr

10/1

Showed more in first-time cheekpieces when third of 13 in novice hurdle at Wexford over this trip recently. Will be of interest should she build on that and gets champion jockey for company now.

Form: 7P-P823

Tin Town Liz⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: C D Maxwell| T: J G Cosgrave| OR: 98

9/2

Dual point-to-point winner, was going along well (early on) when slipping at Downpatrick recently, needs more than has been shown thus far and potentially going to offer more when handicapped.

Form: 1124-9S

Trumps Ace³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: M P Burke⁽⁵⁾| T: T Doyle

6/1

Has shown promise in four starts over timber, including over this trip, though a niggling suspicion that might be at his best with some juice in the ground. Place claims on most recent effort.

Form: 8/943-05

Tsarina Sophia^h²⁶⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Katie O'Farrell⁽⁵⁾| T: Diarmuid P Ryan

66/1

Just the two starts behind her under rules and hasn't cut much ice, returns from an eight-month absence tackling hurdles for the first time.

Form: 00-

Yeats Mardy^t²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: D P Holden⁽⁷⁾| T: E Doyle

7/1

Good effort (fifth of 14) in 2m5f Tramore novice event three weeks ago, likely going to improve on that showing before too long.

Form: 6-55

Grey Habit²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: T N Brett⁽⁷⁾| T: P Meany

100/1

Daughter of Tikkanen purchased for €2,800 as a three-year-old in August 2014. Full-sister to the useful Boreham Bill. Must improve on two runs to date (Second Reserve).

Form: 0-8

Non-Runners

Agusta Gold⁴⁰

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: Ms M Mullins J: Danny Mullins

Bee A Beneficiary²¹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 7

T: D Queally J: Donagh Meyler

Dream On Sophie

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: M Hassett J: C A Landers

O'faolains Cailin³²²

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: G J Power J: Phillip Enright

Miss Lilly B⁵⁷⁶

Weight: 11-7| Age: 7

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 1

Nellie Don It⁴⁰¹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 8

T: T Foley J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Chisholm Trail (9/4), Agusta Gold (3/1), Tin Town Liz (9/2), Bee A Beneficiary (5/1), Trumps Ace (6/1), Yeats Mardy (7/1), Holy Motivation (7/1), Sorrel Sue (10/1), Nellie Don It (16/1), O'faolains Cailin (16/1), Presentingprincess (20/1), Ballybrowney Walk (20/1), Graig Na Manach (20/1), Presenting Lilly (25/1), Dream On Sophie (25/1), Our Bonus (40/1), Milldawn (50/1), Miss Lilly B (50/1), Tsarina Sophia (66/1), Multiviz (100/1), Grey Habit (100/1), Noreaway (100/1), Jenel (100/1)

Bumper winner AGUSTA GOLD let favourite backers down at a short price recently at Killarney on her hurdles bow. She made some jumping errors there but will have learned plenty and should be able to step up on the run now meeting a short trip. Holy Motivation represents a lofty trainer/jockey team embarking on her career over timber and can be given a chance along with Sorrel Sue, who improved last time, and Yeats Mardy, who showed up well at Tramore earlier in the month.