13:40 Down Royal

Monday 3 May 2021

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BoyleSports Opportunity Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:40 | Winning time: 4m 21.9s

Casa Comigo⁵⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Thomas Reilly⁽⁴⁾| T: L Breen| D

50/1

Fair Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (12f, 50/1) 59 days ago.

Form:

Dare To Flare¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: C A Landers| T: A Slattery| OR: 116

17/2

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 11f on flat. Good third of 9 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f, 25/1) 15 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Good on last hurdle outing.

Form: 33256-

Drakensberg^t¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁴⁾| T: A J Martin

28/1

Form: 0P/

Smeaton¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Derek McGrath⁽⁴⁾| T: R K Watson

200/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Last of 14 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.6f, good to soft, 125/1) 17 days ago.

Form: 00-

Easca Peasca^t1¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: B Browne| T: B R Hamilton| BF

5/1

Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 10f on flat. Fifth of 14 in juvenile hurdle at Limerick (16f, good to soft, 11/10) 18 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 825-

Call Me Dolly¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: C P McNamara| T: G P Cromwell

28/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Seventh of 14 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good, 11/1) 10 days ago. Should have more to offer.

Form: 07-

Cliara^h¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁴⁾| T: A McCann

150/1

Modest Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. 50/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (12f) 15 days ago, finding little. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Pulled up on last hurdle outing.

Form: 0P-

Aldo The Apache⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: P J Cawley⁽⁴⁾| T: Colm Murphy

16/1

Once-raced maiden. Fell in novice hurdle (33/1) at this course (16.6f, good to soft) on NH debut 47 days ago.

Form: F-

Argentoratum⁷⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: E Walsh⁽²⁾| T: N Meade

20/1

Twice-raced maiden. 40/1, seventh of 19 in bumper at Punchestown (16.6f, heavy) 78 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 67-

Bronze Bull^t1¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁴⁾| T: Caroline Mccaldin

400/1

Arcadio gelding. Dam (h90), maiden hurdler (stayed 3m), half-sister to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser (19f-2¾m winner) City Heights. Wears tongue strap.

Form: PPP-

Collo Meo^p1,t1¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁴⁾| T: E Sheehy

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Thirteenth of 14 in novice hurdle (9/2) at Limerick (16f, good to soft) 18 days ago but claims on his second there prior to that. Has a tongue strap added.

Form: 8/20-

Don Diablo^h¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁴⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| BF

3/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Placed both starts over hurdles this spring and likely to make a bold bid for a first win here.

Form: 22/3323-

Exultation^t⁸⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: C J Orr| T: L Fowler

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. First run since leaving Jessica Harrington when pulled up in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.2f, heavy, 20/1) 84 days ago, headed 4 out.

Form: 60P/P-

Que Famoso¹²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: H Morgan⁽²⁾| T: H De Bromhead

7/4

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Third of 10 in bumper (7/1) at Leopardstown (16f, soft) on bumper debut 126 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Open to improvement.

Form: 53-

Sam Lorenzo^t⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: J B Kane⁽²⁾| T: W J Bryson

11/1

Fair hurdler. 40/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, excellent third of 11 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good to soft) 43 days ago.

Form: 7/68563-

Odd Venture^p²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁴⁾| T: R K Watson

50/1

Modest maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. 10/1, sixth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f) 23 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code.

Form:

Percy Street Hero¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr J C Canavan⁽⁴⁾| T: D Kinsella

400/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 250/1, twelfth of 14 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (19.4f, good) 11 days ago.

Form: P00-

Layla's Daffodil¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽²⁾| T: P J Rothwell

25/1

Twice-raced maiden. First run since leaving Peter Croke when sixth of 15 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.6f, good to soft, 14/1) 17 days ago.

Form: 46-

Newmills Glory⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: T Ryan⁽²⁾| T: Mrs S Dawson

400/1

Twice-raced maiden. Tenth of 12 in bumper (100/1) at Downpatrick (17.3f, good to soft) 43 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. RESERVE.

Form: 60-

Non-Runners

Wojood¹⁷

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: D Hogan J: S A Mulcahy

Aragon⁴²

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: M Torrens J: Simon Torrens

Victory March²⁵

Weight: 11-3| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 2

Shrule Operator¹⁵

Weight: 10-13| Age: 6

T: Mrs D Foster J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Que Famoso (7/4), Don Diablo (3/1), Easca Peasca (5/1), Dare To Flare (17/2), Wojood (10/1), Sam Lorenzo (11/1), Aragon (14/1), Collo Meo (16/1), Aldo The Apache (16/1), Shrule Operator (16/1), Argentoratum (20/1), Exultation (22/1), Layla's Daffodil (25/1), Call Me Dolly (28/1), Drakensberg (28/1), Victory March (50/1), Casa Comigo (50/1), Odd Venture (50/1), Cliara (150/1), Smeaton (200/1), Percy Street Hero (400/1), Bronze Bull (400/1), Newmills Glory (400/1)

DON DIABLO is taken to come good at the third time of asking over hurdles. Collo Meo could pose a threat if recapturing the level of his penultimate Limerick second, while Que Famoso is a lightly-raced from a leading stable who likely has more to offer.