16:15 Wexford

Friday 9 April 2021

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Brendan Cullimore Electrical Contractors Rated Novice Hurdle

Off time: 16:15 | Winning time: 6m 16.7s

Mt Leinster Gold⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: C Bowe| OR: 116| D

15/2

Promising sort. 5/2, won 14-runner maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) on NH debut 46 days ago, readily. Significantly up in trip. Enters calculations.

Form: 2111-1

Buck Rogers⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: M J Bowe| OR: 115| C

7/1

Fair hurdler. Course winner. Latest win in hurdle at Limerick in December. 33/1, fifteenth of 22 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, good to soft) 5 days ago. Could prove vulnerable.

Form: 141750

Hilltop Supreme¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: Miss R Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: D E Fitzgerald| OR: 115

9/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Career best when winning 15-runner handicap hurdle (9/1) at Cork (20f, soft) 15 days ago, keeping on well.

Form: 61B111

Exit Eleven^t²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Richard Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: S G Walsh| OR: 111| D

33/1

Fair hurdler. Below form when eighth of 9 in minor event hurdle at Thurles (23.9f, good to soft, 80/1) 20 days ago. Even a return to her best may not be enough.

Form: 8473P8

Socially Distant^h³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Nolan| C

13/2

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. 14/1, career best when winning 12-runner novice hurdle at this course (16f, heavy) on hurdles bow 30 days ago, kept up to work. Open to improvement.

Form: 2971

Rocky's Howya¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C J Orr⁽³⁾| T: J Dullea| OR: 109

7/1

Fair hurdler. 2¼ lengths fourth of 15 to Hilltop Supreme in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, soft, 16/1) 15 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 3750P4

Walk Me Home^p¹³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: J S McGarvey| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 108| BF| CD

10/3

Fair hurdler. C&D winner. Winner in hurdle here in August. Creditable fourth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Navan (22f, heavy, 9/4) 138 days ago, left with lot to do.

Form: 0-1P2U4

Junior Rattler^h,t²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: B Browne⁽³⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 101

10/1

Fair hurdler. 20/1 and hooded for 1st time, career best when winning 20-runner handicap hurdle at Naas (15.3f, heavy) 26 days ago, keeping on well. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 768301

Twilight Girl⁹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: J J Slevin| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 102| C| D

12/1

Fair chaser. Course winner. Good fifth of 12 in handicap chase (25/1) at Punchestown (25.2f, heavy) 99 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: P47435

Bronson In Blue^p1³²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: T Joseph Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: L Fowler| OR: 99

9/2

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 9 hurdle runs. Good second of 18 in handicap hurdle (5/1) at Leopardstown (24f, good) 32 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. RESERVE.

Form: 0/20-852

Non-Runners

Low Lie The Fields⁸¹

Weight: 11-11| Age: 7

T: H De Bromhead J: D P Holden

O Connell Street²³

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: Mrs D Foster J: Keith Donoghue

Don't Matter Now³⁵

Weight: 11-2| Age: 6

T: N C Kelly J: Reserve 2

Earths Furies²⁶

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: E M O'Sullivan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Low Lie The Fields (3/1), Walk Me Home (10/3), Bronson In Blue (9/2), Socially Distant (13/2), Rocky's Howya (7/1), Buck Rogers (7/1), Mt Leinster Gold (15/2), Hilltop Supreme (9/1), Junior Rattler (10/1), Twilight Girl (12/1), O Connell Street (14/1), Earths Furies (16/1), Don't Matter Now (20/1), Exit Eleven (33/1)

Henry de Bromhead's LOW LIE THE FIELDS promises to be well suited by the step up to 3m based on the manner in which he forged clear over 2½m at Punchestown last time and is taken to complete the hat-trick. Mt Leinster Gold should have more to offer on the back of her Fairyhouse hurdle debut win and can provide the chief threat ahead of last month's course scorer Socially Distant.