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Saturday 11 January 2020

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Off time: 13:02 | Winning time: 5m 7.50s

Best Intentions²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Mark Walsh| T: D McDonogh

50/1

Daughter of Flemensfirth out of a Sadler's Wells mare; seemed a long term prospect before her debut at Navan in December and that proved the case when she was beaten nearly 100 lengths; others preferred.

Form: 0

Good To Be Back

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny Mullins| T: P A Fahy

25/1

Fourth foal from a fairly decent National Hunt bred family; related to plenty of winners and it will be interesting to see level of stable confidence on her debut.

Form:

Jasper Bear²⁶⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: D F O'Regan| T: J F Robinson

50/1

Looked a decent prospect when winning a point-to-point in 2018 but form tailed off on her latest four starts in that sphere and difficult to make a strong case for.

Form: 21P243-

Mal De Mer¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Keith Donoghue| T: M J Smith

66/1

Has yet to hit the frame in six racecourse appearances and difficult to know where improvement will come from to be competitive.

Form: 40-0900

Royal Mahler

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: M F Mooney| T: D P Dunne

66/1

Does not stand out on breeding and unlikely to be good enough on racecourse debut unless market speaks highly of her.

Form:

Stowaway Lass¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: M P Fogarty| T: G J Power

100/1

By Stowaway out of a King's Ride mare. Half-sister to winners Yes Sir Brian, Garri Rule and bumper winner Greenhill Millie; no show on debut in December when finishing 11 of 12 beaten 65 lengths.

Form: 0

Strange Notions^h¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: C O'Brien| OR: 114

5/2

Is certainly due a victory after some solid performances including over course and distance; looks one of the more likely types with experience to land this contest.

Form: 04/43-2

The Girl That Sang^t⁹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Phillip Enright| T: E J O'Grady

66/1

Has just put in the one reasonable run four career starts doing so at Tramore in August; generally disappointing and difficult to make a strong case for.

Form: 90-630

Trixie Mc²²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J W Reilly⁽⁷⁾| T: G Hussey

100/1

Yeats mare is a half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser Aqua Dude. Has failed to build on a couple of promising starts in 2018; well beaten when last seen out in June at Tramore; little to be positive about.

Form: 437-0

All Class¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: A W Short⁽³⁾| T: P Griffin

100/1

Daughter of Zanzibari out of a Okawango mare. Dam won on the Flat in France over 1m4f; completely tailed off on only racecourse appearance; open to improvement obviously but looks a long term prospect.

Form: 0

Bold Pearl⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: C D Maxwell| T: G P Cromwell

20/1

Makes hurdles debut; showed enough promise last time out in a bumper at Newcastle to suggest she should be capable of winning a race like this; interesting.

Form: 568393

Flying Risk³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott

6/1

Well held in a Huntingdon Listed bumper over 2m last month beaten 24L on good to soft ground. Can be expected to perform better on hurdling debut.

Form: 16

Fowlplay

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: J S McGarvey| T: S Wilson

50/1

First foal but related to plenty of winners over fences and hurdles; difficult to assess on debut and likely to do better in time.

Form:

Galaxy Girl

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: C P McNamara⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell

25/1

Presenting mare who is distantly related to Denman; difficult to see her being good enough on her racecourse debut but might be worth a check in the market.

Form:

Gracefull Grace

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Donagh Meyler| T: S Crawley

16/1

Flat.bred mare related to plenty of winners including hurdle winner Richard Strauss; market will be the best guide.

Form:

Jazzaway²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| D

9/10

Won a Sligo bumper on debut in August before coming up shy in Listed company at Gowran Park; two promising runs over hurdles since and looks the one to beat if progressing once again.

Form: 1834

Kopon

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: C J Orr⁽⁵⁾| T: G A Kingston

33/1

Fifth foal; half-sister to 2m5f chase winner Kopookris; plenty to like about his pedigree but looks the type who will do better the more experience she gets.

Form:

Lady Lingo³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Joseph Hennessy

100/1

Got no further than the fourth obstacle on hurdles debut at Navan earlier in the month (at odds of 100/1) and hard to recommend on that evidence.

Form: U

Mary Of De Sorrows¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: M A Enright| T: G P Cromwell

66/1

Full-sister to fairly useful jumper Niven, and related to other jumps winners, so not without interest but was majorly disappointing on only racecourse appearance at Leopardstown in December.

Form: 0

Forecasts

Jazzaway (9/10), Strange Notions (5/2), Flying Risk (6/1), Gracefull Grace (16/1), Bold Pearl (20/1), Galaxy Girl (25/1), Good To Be Back (25/1), Kopon (33/1), Jasper Bear (50/1), Fowlplay (50/1), Best Intentions (50/1), Mal De Mer (66/1), The Girl That Sang (66/1), Royal Mahler (66/1), Mary Of De Sorrows (66/1), Lady Lingo (100/1), Stowaway Lass (100/1), All Class (100/1), Trixie Mc (100/1)

Bumper winner JAZZAWAY does not look as though he has much to beat from those with previous racecourse form. She has produced two solid displays over hurdles in her last two starts and is entitled to improve once again. Bold Pearl ran well enough on her latest appearance to suggest she could make a useful performer. It will be interesting to see if she is capable on her hurdles debut. Strange Notions is another with reasonable form over hurdles and looks capable of winning a maiden at the very least.