13:22 Thurles

Thursday 5 November 2020

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Templemore Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:22 | Winning time: 3m 59.7s

Botani¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Brian Hayes| T: Colm Murphy| OR: 124| D

6/4

Fair hurdler. Creditable second of 13 in novice hurdle at this C&D (good to soft, 17/2) 14 days ago. Solid each-way chance.

Form: 1/4764-2

Dancing Doll^t⁵¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: P J Cawley⁽⁷⁾| T: M Flannery

300/1

Fair Flat winner. 12/1, twelfth of 13 in handicap at Tipperary (9f, good to soft) 51 days ago. Opposable on hurdles debut.

Form:

Erins Benefit³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: D F O'Regan| T: J E Kiely| BF

15/8

Promising type. Very good second of 15 in novice hurdle (8/13) at Killarney (17f, good) 31 days ago, conceding first run. Remains open to improvement and bold show anticipated.

Form: 32132

Place Des Vosges¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Ricky Doyle| T: M Fahey

4/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Second of 11 in novice hurdle at Wexford (16.7f, heavy, 10/1) on debut in this sphere 11 days ago. Leading contender.

Form: 2

Rambling Rose⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: S Ryan

33/1

Fair 18f bumper winner. Fifth of 11 in bumper at Down Royal (16.4f, soft, 3/1) 69 days ago, inadequate test. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 7-15

Suvretta¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: I J Power| T: Michael Ronayne

150/1

Fair 17f bumper winner. First run since leaving W. P. Mullins when falling at the first flight in C&D novice hurdle (good to soft, 80/1) on hurdles bow 14 days ago.

Form: 31-F

On The Balcony^h1,t¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: P E Corbett| T: Mrs D A Love

150/1

Last of 17 in handicap (33/1) at Leopardstown (10f, soft) 12 days ago. Hood enlisted for this hurdles debut. Best to look elsewhere.

Form:

Adele Co^t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: J J Slevin| T: Una Corcoran

250/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 100/1, eighth of 13 in bumper at this C&D (good to soft) 14 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 868

Conquering Tara¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Phillip Enright| T: M Kennedy

14/1

Unreliable sort. Creditable fifth of 13 in C&D novice hurdle (good to soft, 20/1) 14 days ago. Each-way shout if able to back that effort up.

Form: 2-5RU25

Gardenia Borget

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Miss E Doyle

25/1

Diamond Boy filly. Dam, 2½m-3m French chase winner, half-sister to dual Champion Chaser Sprinter Sacre. Entitled to come on for the run.

Form:

Irregularheartbeat³¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: D J McInerney| T: S Spillane

200/1

50/1 and hooded, pulled up in novice hurdle at Limerick (20f, heavy) on NH debut, weakening home turn. Off 10 months.

Form: 21P-

Jesina²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: P D Kennedy| T: Mrs J Harrington

50/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 17 in bumper (18/1) at Punchestown (16.1f, soft) 23 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 50

Lady Lingo¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Joseph Hennessy

7/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Excellent third of 13 in novice hurdle (100/1) at this C&D (good to soft) 14 days ago. Another with an each-way chance.

Form: U57-3

Non-Runners

Alma Mahler¹⁹

Weight: 11-1| Age: 6

T: David Barry J: Reserve 1

Musical Melody³¹

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: Miss J M Lee J: Reserve 2

Queen Jesse Jay

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: R Tyner J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Botani (6/4), Erins Benefit (15/8), Place Des Vosges (4/1), Lady Lingo (7/1), Conquering Tara (14/1), Gardenia Borget (25/1), Queen Jesse Jay (25/1), Rambling Rose (33/1), Jesina (50/1), Alma Mahler (50/1), Musical Melody (50/1), Suvretta (150/1), On The Balcony (150/1), Irregularheartbeat (200/1), Adele Co (250/1), Dancing Doll (300/1)

This represents a good opportunity for ERINS BENEFIT, who was left with too much to do when turned over at odds on in a Killarney maiden hurdle last month. That said, she's unlikely to have things all her own way if dual Flat winner Place Des Vosges is able to build on the promise of his hurdles debut second at Wexford recently. Botani is best of the rest.