16:10 Bellewstown

Tuesday 25 August 2020

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www.belmontequineproducts.com Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 5m 16.00s

Jimmy Jimmy³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| D

2/1

Lightly-raced winner in bumpers. Fairly useful winner at 20f in bumpers. 4/5, career best when winning 12-runner bumper at Gowran (20f, good) 36 days ago. Leading claims on hurdles debut.

Form: 622-1

Lucky Number²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: B Browne⁽³⁾| T: O McKiernan

50/1

Fair Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 8f on flat. 16/1, seventh of 16 in novice hurdle at Cork (19.6f, good to soft) 23 days ago, not seeing race out.

Form: 57

Hand In My Pocket²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| C

5/6

Promising type. Winner in bumper here in July. Third of 12 in novice hurdle at Galway (21f, soft, 9/4) on hurdles bow 27 days ago. Should go close.

Form: 22-13

Ardaghs Choice¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Kevin Sexton| T: E Sheehy

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Fifth of 12 in novice hurdle at Tramore (16f, good to soft, 40/1) 11 days ago, needing stiffer test. Up in trip.

Form: F/850-5

Caddyhill¹⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: A W Short| T: C A McBratney

100/1

Arcadio gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Shoal Bay, stays 23f. Dam (h107), 2m hurdle winner, also winner on Flat. Maiden pointer, unplaced last time (Mar 7).

Form: F5P/PU7-

Crecerelle⁶⁸⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien

9/1

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Sixth of 16 in maiden at Gowran (12f, heavy, 7/1). Off 22 months. First run for yard after leaving D. K. Weld. Yard having good spell.

Form:

Good World

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Ricky Doyle⁽³⁾| T: E Griffin

28/1

Morozov gelding. Half-sister to unreliable but very smart hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 25f) Donnas Palm and fairly useful hurdler (stayed 3m) Hedley Lamarr.

Form:

Le Pogues Storm²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Dylan Johnston⁽⁷⁾| T: C A McBratney

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 150/1, ninth of 12 in novice hurdle at Galway (21f, soft) 27 days ago.

Form: 8/P6-U89

The Great White^t1²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin

14/1

Promising individual. 10/1, fourth of 14 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (19.8f, good to soft) on NH debut 22 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Should improve.

Form: P/F1-4

Outside The Door

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: J S McGarvey| T: P Roche

18/1

Milan gelding. Half-brother to fair chaser Loud As Lions. Yard having good spell.

Form:

One For Susie^p³³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Danny Mullins| T: N C Kelly

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. 66/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, sixth of 10 in novice hurdle at Limerick (24f, soft) 33 days ago.

Form: P4P-P6

Serpolette^h,t²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: D F O'Regan| T: E D Delany| OR: 95

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Creditable fourth of 12 in novice hurdle (15/2) at Sligo (17.9f, good) 20 days ago. Each-way claims.

Form: 900-54

Forecasts

Hand In My Pocket (5/6), Jimmy Jimmy (2/1), Crecerelle (9/1), The Great White (14/1), Serpolette (16/1), Outside The Door (18/1), Good World (28/1), Lucky Number (50/1), Ardaghs Choice (66/1), Caddyhill (100/1), One For Susie (100/1), Le Pogues Storm (125/1)

JIMMY JIMMY did what was expected of him when winning a Gowran bumper last month and he can make a successful start over hurdles here. Hand In My Pocket will be a tough opponent to crack after a string of accomplished efforts, including over hurdles on debut last time. Serpolette holds each-way claims.