17:10 Bellewstown

Tuesday 25 August 2020

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Byrne Marquees Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 17:10 | Winning time: 5m 10.20s

Wooster^t⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: J S McGarvey| T: N C Kelly| OR: 109

33/1

Fifteenth of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (12f, good, 28/1) 45 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Up in trip. Fairly useful hurdler, poor on last hurdle run. Merits consideration.

Form: 245108-

Magic Sea²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: E Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs S Dawson| OR: 108

7/1

Excellent ninth of 17 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Navan (16f, heavy) 164 days ago. Back up in trip. Market check advised on handicap debut.

Form: 61052-8

Persian Wind^p,t¹⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 107

33/1

Pulled up in handicap chase (28/1) at Kilbeggan (19.9f, good to soft) 17 days ago, struggling badly from some way out. Switches from chase to hurdles. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 31PFP-P

Kilganer Queen^t⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-11| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: T Cleary| OR: 106| D

6/1

Back to winning ways at Ballinrobe last month and ran to similar level when creditable fourth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (20.8f, good) 6 days ago. Solid contender.

Form: 76/6154

Dragon Houdini^t²⁵⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: E O'Connell⁽⁵⁾| T: S Crawley| OR: 105| D

15/2

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, pulled up in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Tramore (21f, heavy), bad mistake 3 out. Off 8 months.

Form: 014/30P-

Magic Piper¹⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 104

16/1

Form: U/4P009-

Play The Part^b²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: W M Roper| OR: 100

11/1

Posted best effort for some time when third of 8 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (20f, soft) 20 days ago. Player if in same form again here.

Form: 0P56-P3

Sizing Malbay³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: S J Mahon| OR: 100| CD

6/1

C&D winner. 9/1, below form well-beaten seventh of 14 to Kilganer Queen in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (21.8f, soft) 34 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 37-5457

Muhaafiz²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: H Morgan⁽⁷⁾| T: V T O'Brien| OR: 99

16/1

Winner in hurdle at Naas in February. Twelfth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16f, good to soft, 16/1) 26 days ago. Up in trip. Not taken lightly.

Form: 61729-0

Tina Marie^p1²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: D F O'Regan| T: L P Cusack| OR: 98| D

14/1

Seventh of 11 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (20.2f, good, 12/1) 20 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. Makes limited appeal.

Form: 254/767

Yamato^t³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: D J McInerney| T: J C McConnell| OR: 98

14/1

Creditable fifth on Flat latest and didn't appear to stay longer trip (24.8f) when below best in this sphere last time. One for the shortlist.

Form: 78852-7

It's All Gucci¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr O McGill⁽⁷⁾| T: Gary McGill| OR: 103

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eighth of 11 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (21.8f, good, 50/1) 16 days ago. Work to do on handicap debut.

Form: P44-8

Severus Alexander^b1²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 101

9/1

Thirteenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Cork (19.6f, good to soft, 12/1) 23 days ago. Blinkers now reached for.

Form: 7044-P0

Well Joey⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-11| J: A W Short| T: P Stafford| OR: 92| D

4/1

Three wins from 7 runs last season. Unseated rider in handicap chase (12/1) at Tramore (21.4f, good) 9 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Expected to be bang there. RESERVE.

Form: P3281-U

Non-Runners

Resurrected Duke¹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: T J Taaffe J: J J Slevin

Dragon's Pass⁷

Weight: 10-5| Age: 4

T: Mrs D Foster J: Reserve 2

Raining Bird¹¹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 5

T: J P Dempsey J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Well Joey (4/1), Kilganer Queen (6/1), Sizing Malbay (6/1), Magic Sea (7/1), Dragon Houdini (15/2), Dragon's Pass (15/2), Severus Alexander (9/1), Play The Part (11/1), Raining Bird (11/1), Yamato (14/1), Tina Marie (14/1), Resurrected Duke (14/1), Muhaafiz (16/1), Magic Piper (16/1), It's All Gucci (28/1), Wooster (33/1), Persian Wind (33/1)

YAMATO has been running creditably on the level this year and should find this trip more suitable on his return to hurdling. He gets the nod in a tricky-looking handicap. Kilganer Queen and Play The Part should also make their presence felt.