15:05 Tipperary

Friday 26 June 2020

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Junction Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1)

Off time: 15:05 | Winning time: 5m 17.40s

Shannon Fields¹²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mark Walsh| T: E McNamara| OR: 95

3/1

Career best effort in a Clonmel maiden hurdle in February finishing third of the 14 runners on heavy ground over two miles. Worth a market check given connections.

Form: 0993-

Mary Of De Sorrows¹⁰¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 94

15/2

Majorly disappointing on all five racecourse appearances to date including in two handicaps at Leopardstown and Down Royal on latest starts.

Form: 00890-

Lord Boru^t¹⁹⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 89| BF

6/1

Only having third run since May 2019; last two efforts have been fairly useful and can go well fresh but still looking for first win after 10 starts.

Form: 2236/36-

Nasee²⁶⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 88

14/1

Victorious on good-to-firm ground on the Flat but has finished held on all three hurdles starts so far; interesting to see how he fares first time in a handicap; hard to discount.

Form: 889-

Dayereh⁹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: A W Short⁽³⁾| T: P Griffin| OR: 87

40/1

Modest maiden on the Flat, unplaced in AW claimer on penultimate outing; difficult to build a case for based on three poor hurdle appearance to date.

Form: 4/80-

Slainte And Thanks¹¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Brian Hayes| T: G Ahern| OR: 87

15/2

Versatile mare who races on the Flat, in chases and over hurdles; did win over hurdles off a similar mark in 2018 but not really one to rely upon for win purposes.

Form: 370548-

Galaxy Girl^t1¹¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: C P McNamara⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 86

15/2

Very little in five career starts over hurdles since her debut over 12 months ago to suggests she may be troubling the judge anytime soon.

Form: 00009-

Miss Rossie²³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: M J Bolger| T: S Byrne| OR: 85

33/1

Mare by Ask out of a well-related mare; three-race maiden over hurdles and overall form suggests she will struggle on handicap debut.

Form: 9/709-

Whitango¹⁰⁸⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Adam Williams⁽⁷⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 84

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden without a win in five starts over hurdles. Not seen on track for the best part of three years. One to note in the betting for patient connections.

Form: 0096F/

Gimligonnabelucky¹⁰¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 83

80/1

Homebred mare has struggled in a couple of bumper starts before four dismal efforts over hurdles since her debut in November 2019; form doesn't warrant support here.

Form: 0R7000-

Castlegrove²⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: D J McInerney| T: R Donohoe| OR: 89

12/1

Well beaten and sent off at big prices on three hurdle outings to date; of more interest now in a handicap but probably best watched for now.

Form: 860-

Baby Sioux^p¹²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁷⁾| T: E Sheehy| OR: 80

80/1

Well beaten on all three starts in maiden hurdles prior to finishing pulled up at Tramore on New Year's Day and on her handicap debut at Punchestown in February; difficult to make an argument for.

Form: P000PP-

Bere Haven^t¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| J: Phillip Enright| T: Ian O'Connor| OR: 80

40/1

15-race maiden hurdler who has shown little to moderate form on his racecourse appearances so far and not one to invest in now despite being one of the more fitter after recent spin on the Flat.

Form: 6/9P069-

Boston Babe^t²⁰⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| J: L P Dempsey| T: D J Barry| OR: 80

22/1

Mare of limited ability based on 15-race winless sequence over timber. First-time cheekpieces failed to produce the required amount of development needed last time at Clonmel; would be a surprise winner.

Form: 0477UP-

Mary Fields^h1³⁰¹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: M Hamill⁽³⁾| T: N P Hennessy| OR: 80

11/1

Still a maiden but getting a little closer of late with fifth and fourth placed finishes. Others still more compelling however making first start for 10 months in a first-time hood.

Form: 0/77945-

Non-Runners

Olive D'Haguenet¹⁷³

Weight: 11-0| Age: 8

T: I Madden J: Reserve 1

Lilly Geal²⁶⁷

Weight: 11-1| Age: 6

T: Yvonne Latta J: Reserve 2

Naturally Blond³⁴⁹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 10

T: Patrick Cronin J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Shannon Fields (3/1), Lilly Geal (9/2), Lord Boru (6/1), Slainte And Thanks (15/2), Galaxy Girl (15/2), Mary Of De Sorrows (15/2), Whitango (10/1), Mary Fields (11/1), Castlegrove (12/1), Nasee (14/1), Olive D'Haguenet (14/1), Naturally Blond (14/1), Boston Babe (22/1), Miss Rossie (33/1), Bere Haven (40/1), Dayereh (40/1), Gimligonnabelucky (80/1), Baby Sioux (80/1)

NASEE is likely to be suited by the expected conditions and is a tentative selection is a tricky race to find a winner. The five-year-old has not set the hurdling world on fire since his introduction at Galway last August. He will have learned from those experiences and possibly gets in here on a lenient mark. Slainte And Thanks is very versatile and while not looking an outstanding candidate to win, should give a good account of herself. Mary Fields is still a maiden but has shown promise on occasion and some first-time headgear may aid her chances.