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Saturday 1 August 2020

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Tom McCormack Memorial Cup Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 4m 54.1s

Camino Way

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Donagh Meyler| T: R P Cody

25/1

Cost 4,000 euros as a three-year-old; fourth foal; sister to point winner Equus Leader, half-sister to point winner Lough Derg Rose; fair chance on breeding if ready first time up.

Form:

Coosan Clover¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: B J Cooper| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 97

5/2

Had failed to build on a couple of promising maiden hurdle efforts in January with two heavy defeats subsequently; better effort last time at Downpatrick and one to consider.

Form: 0325-63

Deo Bellator²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Mr N Gault⁽⁷⁾| T: S Millar

150/1

Daughter of Getaway out of an Oscar mare. Decent form in a couple of point-to-point starts in January/February this year; last of 13 on debut at Bellewstown last month; others more worthy.

Form: 37F22-0

Golden Apples¹³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

16/1

Fair hurdles debut at Roscommon last August; brought down at first flight at Thurles in February; never a factor when last seen at Wexford in March; difficult to assess.

Form: 576B9-

Granny Lowrie

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: J J Doyle| T: P M J Doyle

33/1

By Fame And Glory out of a King's Theatre mare; cost 4,500 euros as a foal; fourth foal; no great shakes on pedigree but worth a look in the market on debut.

Form:

Hill Of Truth⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: C A Landers⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes

3/1

A little inconsistent but has put in some useful racecourse performances including last time out at Limerick returning from a break; should be fitter here and looks to have a leading chance.

Form: 25209-2

Imperial Allure^t¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott

40/1

Modest form in bumpers and hurdles efforts have been little better; has ben well supported on occasion suggesting stable sees some promise in here but hard to recommend on known form.

Form: 64-500

Infinite Glory²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Phillip Enright| T: P Fenton

7/1

Fame And Glory mare, in the frame in autumn bumpers at Listowel and Tramore before a couple of dismal efforts in October/November; fair effort on seasonal reappearance at Killarney recently; open to improvement.

Form: S/3260-5

Layla's Court^t⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin

150/1

By Court Cave. Makes rules debut. 0-2 in point-to-point sphere (beaten a fair way on each start); no danger to anyone on racecourse debut at Limerick last week; unlikely to be good enough.

Form: 74-0

Little Lady Lu²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: C P McNamara⁽⁵⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 97

3/1

Seven-race maiden hurdler who showed encouraging improvement on her last four outings; may be vulnerable to some less exposed types but entitled to run well and one to consider.

Form: 7644-33

Storm And Glory

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Mr D G Whelan⁽⁷⁾| T: P Fenton

66/1

Third foal; dam bumper/2m3f hurdle winner, half-sister to 3m1f-3m2f hurdle/chase winner The Happy Chappy; fair chance on breeding and it will be interesting to see level of market support.

Form:

Wavylake

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Smith

40/1

Second foal; sister to 3m1f chase winner Eimear; likely to need much further than this and the other unraced mares make more appeal.

Form:

Will You Win^t¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: B Browne⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 95

9/1

No chance with easy winner last month at Ballinrobe but going in the right direction and looks one of the more likely winners.

Form: 0009-2

Kilbeggan Glory³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M Hourigan

150/1

Reserve 1 Had first run in a bumper when last seen after falling on hurdles debut in March. Plenty to find after finishing tailed off and can be ruled out pretty quickly.

Form: PF/0

Non-Runners

Halcyon Dreams¹⁰

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: P J Rothwell J: A W Short

Jelona²³¹

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Reserve 2

Glint In Her Eye¹⁹¹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 6

T: P Nolan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Coosan Clover (5/2), Little Lady Lu (3/1), Hill Of Truth (3/1), Infinite Glory (7/1), Will You Win (9/1), Jelona (12/1), Golden Apples (16/1), Camino Way (25/1), Glint In Her Eye (25/1), Granny Lowrie (33/1), Wavylake (40/1), Imperial Allure (40/1), Storm And Glory (66/1), Layla's Court (150/1), Kilbeggan Glory (150/1), Deo Bellator (150/1), Halcyon Dreams (150/1)

LITTLE LADY LU has plenty of racecourse experience now and she can put that to good use in this not too competitive line-up. She has twice been placed over this course and distance and this looks a good opportunity for her to open her account. Hill Of Truth put in a useful performance on her reappearance run at Limerick and if she can kick on from that then she will rate a big danger. Will You Win did not get too close to the winner last time out at Ballinrobe but should be good for a place at the very least.