15:55 Sligo
Sunday 28 April 2019
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Sligo Racecourse Maiden Hurdle
- 5YO plus | 2m 4f | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 14 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 5m 10.50s
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By excellent jumps sire Milan closely related to bumper and 2m5f-3m hurdle winner Enniscoffey Oscar. Well held in a bumper in January before a couple of dour efforts over hurdles last month. Looks up against it.
Poor form in a couple of point-to-point starts since February. Best watched on stable and rules debut for a yard with a without a winner in the last month.
By Stowaway out of an Indian Danehill mare. Cost €23,000 as a three-year-old. Failed to build on promising hurdling debut at Clonmel in February with a couple of disappointing efforts recently. Needs to bounce back.
By Lord Of England out of a German mare related to an Italian Group 1 winner. 11th of 18 beaten 32L on debut in a Limerick maiden hurdle earlier this month. No surprise to witness improving form here.
Useful point-to-point figures and ran well in defeat on debut in a Wetherby 2m bumper on stable bow last month finishing fourth of nine before a desolate effort at Ballinrobe earlier this month. Others look open to more improvement.
Lightly raced maiden finished fourth of 19 beaten 2¾L in a Cork 3m maiden hurdle on return from an 11 month break. Requires a chunk of improvement to play a role here.
Not much to shout about in a number of maiden hurdle efforts since January, generally well beaten despite promising looking finishing positions. Needs significant improvement before playing a role in the finish.
By Robin Des Pres out of an unraced dam. No impression and one pace on debut finishing 14th of 18 beaten 70L at Limerick earlier this month. Very little to be positive about.
Shown very little to write home about in two bumpers and four outings to date over hurdles, failing to finish in the last two. Needs to leave that form way behind to figure here.
Picked up by Gigginstown for £140,000 after finishing runner-up on point-to-point debut in March. Last seen in December finishing 63L adrift of Envoi Allen at Fairyhouse on good ground in bumper company. Worth a market check for leading connections.
Generally well beaten over 16L in a couple of maiden hurdle starts since February despite hitting the frame on both occasions. Liable to find a couple stronger in the closing stages.
Dual point winner faded into a remote sixth on debut at Fairyhouse in January before an improved effort in a Naas novice hurdle in February. Well held last month on soft ground and needs to bounce back here.
Mahler mare, pulled up on debut in a Limerick maiden hurdle on heavy ground last month, when in rear from the start. May find this a tough assignment.
First Reserve: Dansant gelding out of a Hernando mare. Half-brother to Italian winners Irina's Love and Black Captain. Unlikely to be troubling the judge if getting a run in first time hood.
Non-Runners
3
Bannow Breeze16
Weight: 11-4| Age: 5
T: Mrs D Foster J: J R Wildman
NR
7
Hotel Du Nord41
Weight: 11-4| Age: 6
T: Mrs J Harrington J: R M Power
NR
8
Life Isfor Living50
Weight: 11-4| Age: 6
T: O McKiernan J: B Browne
NR
18
Longfordwood Lad127
Weight: 11-4| Age: 5
T: L Young J: Reserve 2
NR
19
Gangsters Paradise91
Weight: 11-4| Age: 6
T: Ian O'Connor J: Reserve 3
NR
Forecasts
The Echo Boy (7/4), Hotel Du Nord (9/4), Soldier At War (7/2), Outside The Ring (5/1), Our Dark Horse (8/1), Summer Hill (10/1), Future Monarch (11/1), Castlebellingham (12/1), Life Isfor Living (14/1), Ballymac Boy (16/1), Gangsters Paradise (33/1), Longfordwood Lad (33/1), Bannow Breeze (33/1), Generator City (40/1), Ballyboy Bridge (66/1), Rio Gold (100/1), Pass Cross (100/1), Glencullen Hero (100/1), Sherlock Oaks (100/1)
Despite blowing a little hot and cold at times, the Jessica Harrington-trained HOTEL DU NORD can lose his maiden tag here, getting off the mark at the fifth time of asking. The gelding can be forgiven his last start at Navan, as can the Gordon Elliott-trained, Soldier At War who finished well behind Envoi Allen when last seen in December and is expected to go better over hurdles. Future Monarch and The Echo Boy can battle for prize money.
- Hotel Du Nord
- Soldier At War
- The Echo Boy
Prize Money
1st: €7,084.002nd: €2,197.003rd: €1,047.004th: €472.005th: €184.00
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