16:35 Down Royal

Thursday 4 February 2021

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Molson Coors Flat Race

Off time: 16:35 | Winning time: 4m 28.3s

Fissa⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: H De Bromhead

5/4

Matched the fairly useful form he'd shown on hurdling debut switched to a bumper when third in 13-runner event here (17f, heavy) 49 days ago. Leading claims on that showing.

Form: 3F3

Champagne Sparkles⁵⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-1| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott| BF

7/4

Showed plenty when third of 9 in bumper at Punchestown (16.4f, heavy, 15/8) on NH debut 55 days ago. Trainer going well and he should improve.

Form: 3

Dicey Rylee^p,t1⁸²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-1| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: K Smith

50/1

200/1 and cheekpieces on, better for run when eighth of 20 in maiden hurdle at Punchestown (20.4f, heavy) on NH debut 82 days ago. Makes bumper debut with tongue tie added.

Form: 8

Largy Gift^t1⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-1| J: Mr B G Crawford⁽⁷⁾| T: S R B Crawford| BF

8/1

6/4, second of 10 in bumper at Musselburgh (15.6f, soft) on NH debut 45 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Likely to figure prominently again.

Form: 2

Longque

Age: 5| Weight: 12-1| J: Mr J W Hendrick⁽⁷⁾| T: S Doyle

4/1

€33,000 3-y-o, Shantou gelding. Dam, unraced, closely related to bumper winner/smart hurdler (stays 3m) Younevercall.

Form:

Hidden Diva⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr C Abernethy⁽⁷⁾| T: Caroline Mccaldin

250/1

Offered little when pulled up in maiden hurdle at Ayr (16f, heavy, 125/1) on NH debut 52 days ago. Makes bumper debut.

Form: P

Atlantic Adventure^t1¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr P C Bannon⁽⁷⁾| T: A Lynch

80/1

Well held in bumper and went with no encouragement sent hurdling at Fairyhouse 19 days ago.

Form: 9P

Infinity Tower⁶⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr S Cavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: C W J Farrell

33/1

Gale Force Ten mare. Dam unraced half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (2m winner) Hasanabad. Runner-up on completed start in points (Nov 29).

Form: P-2

The Jam Girl³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr T Reilly⁽⁷⁾| T: L Lennon

200/1

Seventh of 8 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16.5f, heavy, 125/1) on NH debut 32 days ago, needing experience.

Form: 7

Forecasts

Fissa (5/4), Champagne Sparkles (7/4), Longque (4/1), Largy Gift (8/1), Infinity Tower (33/1), Dicey Rylee (50/1), Atlantic Adventure (80/1), The Jam Girl (200/1), Hidden Diva (250/1)

CHAMPAGNE SPARKLES showed plenty to work on when third at Punchestown on debut in December and could be hard to beat if improving on that as expected. Fissa is a bit more experienced and a big danger, with Largy Gift also likely to figure prominently.