16:50 Wexford

Friday 9 April 2021

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Slaney River Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 16:50 | Winning time: 5m 12.10s

April's Moon²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Danny Mullins| T: D Queally| OR: 98

25/1

Modest hurdler. Fifteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Thurles (23.9f, good to soft) 20 days ago.

Form: 435050

Call Me Merry^p1¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: P F Cashman| OR: 89

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Respectable seventh of 14 in novice hurdle (6/1) at Clonmel (18.5f, soft) 17 days ago, not knocked about. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 4R0847

Can U Believe^h²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: C O'Keeffe

100/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Fourth of 16 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy, 80/1) on hurdles bow 28 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 0-P4

Clonmoyle³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: Barry J Fitzgerald

14/1

Once-raced maiden. 7/1 and tongue strap on, fourth of 14 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy) on NH debut 35 days ago. May well do better.

Form: F-2P34

Dukes Mill^t¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: J J Slevin| T: S Aherne

28/1

Modest hurdler. Below form eighth of 16 in novice hurdle at Cork (20f, soft, 8/1) 15 days ago.

Form: 076538

Little Token^t⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Keeffe| OR: 93

12/1

Modest hurdler. Remains a maiden after 11 hurdle runs. Good third of 14 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (18.3f, good to soft, 18/1) 8 days ago.

Form: 8354U3

Nell's Well³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: S O O'Brien| OR: 101| BF

4/1

Fair hurdler. 10/3, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16f, heavy) 31 days ago. Good second on penultimate outing, so not one to rule out.

Form: 8-3442P

Suil Alainn³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: C P McNamara⁽³⁾| T: G P Cromwell

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 13/2, tenth of 12 in novice hurdle at this course (16f, heavy) 30 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: F3470

Toor Hawk¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Ms M Flynn| OR: 95

10/1

Modest hurdler. Remains a maiden after 8 hurdle runs. 20/1, good sixth of 17 in minor event hurdle at Navan (16f, soft) 18 days ago. Back up in trip. Vulnerable.

Form: 7P5936

Dawn Wonder²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: C D Maxwell| T: G P Cromwell

14/1

Twice-raced maiden. Third of 16 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy, 12/1) 28 days ago, not knocked about. Up in trip. May do better still.

Form: 83

The Mean Queen^h²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr J J O'Neill⁽⁷⁾| T: Keri Brion

4/5

Twice-raced maiden. 3/1 and hooded for 1st time, first run since leaving Yvonne Latta when second of 15 in bumper at Down Royal (16.6f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. RESERVE.

Form: 122

Non-Runners

Firth Of Tara¹²

Weight: 11-9| Age: 5

T: Michael Barry J: K J Brouder

Queensteel³⁰

Weight: 11-9| Age: 9

T: L Whitmore J: Liam McKenna

Robyndeglory³⁵

Weight: 11-9| Age: 6

T: D Queally J: Reserve 1

Mrs Underwood³³

Weight: 11-9| Age: 6

T: G Ahern J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

The Mean Queen (4/5), Firth Of Tara (3/1), Nell's Well (4/1), Robyndeglory (11/2), Toor Hawk (10/1), Suil Alainn (10/1), Mrs Underwood (11/1), Little Token (12/1), Clonmoyle (14/1), Dawn Wonder (14/1), April's Moon (25/1), Call Me Merry (25/1), Queensteel (25/1), Dukes Mill (28/1), Can U Believe (100/1)

CLONMOYLE has placed a couple of times in points and, having attracted support, shaped well when fourth in a novice at Fairyhouse 35 days ago. If he strips fitter for that, he could improve enough to get off the mark in a weak race, though Firth of Tara and Nell's Well look obvious dangers.