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Tuesday 20 August 2019

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BetVictor Bet 5 Get 40 Offer Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:10 | Winning time: 4m 16.1s

Caer²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade| D

11/8

Not disgraced on debut in a Tipperary maiden hurdle in May before switching to bumper company and winning at the second time of asking at Roscommon in July. Fell next time out at Galway. Chance if bouncing back from that experience.

Form: 421F

Saint Or Sinner²⁰

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

12/1

Makes debut over hurdles; won over 2m2f in a bumper at Downpatrick on good going before disappointing when odds-on last time at Perth on soft; deserves another chance and market likely to provide a good guide.

Form: 13

Bronagh's Belle³⁶⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| BF

5/4

Won once and placed twice on the Flat over the summer and comes here in good order for her hurdle debut; No reason why she should not take to hurdling and looks to have an excellent chance.

Form:

The Perch²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: L P Dempsey| T: P J McKenna

40/1

Flat form is very patchy and her two outings over hurdles hardly inspire confidence; did finsih second on hurdles debut but she never got into the race and finishing 11th of 13th last time out at Downpatrick tells a truer story.

Form: 29

Costly Diamond⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: P J Cawley⁽⁷⁾| T: P G Kelly

50/1

Showed little signs of ability in three bumper outings before showing even less on her hurdles debut at Ballinrobe last week. Very difficult to make a case for this mare.

Form: P1-7000

Misty Mountain^h1,t1¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Lambe| OR: 97

14/1

Ran as well as could be expected in a poor race over course and distance last time out and while this is not much better, she may be once again be racing for place prize money.

Form: 248P-52

Waitnsee¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan

12/1

Ran better than expected on hurdle debut on this course (2m4f) earlier this month finishing a fair third, holding every chance turning for home. If building on that then she can run a big race.

Form: 3

Lady Riposte¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: C J Orr⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Gilligan

66/1

Never a factor on debut at Bellewstown last month and on second start at Galway earlier this month; likely to be a similar story here.

Form: 70

Walking Fame¹⁵⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: J J Slevin| T: T J Taaffe

14/1

Failed to build on promising bumper debut at Naas in February when tailed off when next seen out in March at Limerick; hard to assess on hurdling debut.

Form: 37-

Non-Runners

Capture The Action³⁵

Weight: 10-13| Age: 6

T: J J Mangan J: Sean O'Keeffe

Kaletto⁴⁵

Weight: 10-13| Age: 6

T: M L Fagan J: Dillon Maxwell

Forecasts

Bronagh's Belle (5/4), Caer (11/8), Kaletto (10/1), Capture The Action (10/1), Waitnsee (12/1), Saint Or Sinner (12/1), Walking Fame (14/1), Misty Mountain (14/1), The Perch (40/1), Costly Diamond (50/1), Lady Riposte (66/1)

BRONAGH'S BELLE has been running well on the Flat all summer and if she can translate that form over hurdles then she could be the filly to follow in this maiden hurdle. All surfaces come alike to this daughter of High Chaparral who may be good enough to progress to better things. Saint Or Sinner is another making his hurdles debut and although she needs to bounce back from being beaten at odds-on last time at Perth, may come into her own over hurdles. The best of those with experience looks to be Waitnsee who put in a solid effort at this track on her debut and there is no reason why she can't improve with this step back in trip likely to suit.