16:30 Ballinrobe

Tuesday 4 May 2021

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Ballinrobe Racecourse Centenary Year Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 16:31 | Winning time: 4m 27.8s

Gee Rex⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁷⁾| T: E Mullins

8/15

Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 11f on flat. Nineteenth of 24 in handicap (11/2) at the Curragh (8f, soft) 44 days ago. Runner-up twice over hurdles before that. Big player.

Form: 722-

Hammersmith⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 118

4/1

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 9 hurdle runs. Good second of 5 in minor event hurdle at Cork (16f, soft, 5/1) 40 days ago.

Form: 524332-

Pythion⁵⁹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: I J McCarthy| T: M Winters

16/1

Useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. 20/1 and blinkered for 1st time, fifteenth of 17 in handicap at Leopardstown (12.8f, good). Off 19 months. First run for yard after leaving Ger Lyons.

Form:

Sayesse²

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: B Browne⁽³⁾| T: M Torrens

66/1

Modest Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Well held on Flat at Sligo on Sunday.

Form:

Royal Gift¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

125/1

Fair Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden. Tenth of 15 in novice hurdle at this course (17.6f, good to soft, 66/1) 18 days ago.

Form: P00-

Aboutagout¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: C A Landers⁽⁵⁾| T: F Costello

18/1

Unreliable sort. Improved second of 14 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, good to soft, 100/1) 19 days ago.

Form: 9/4R2-

Cullaghs Star⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: A M King⁽⁷⁾| T: S Fahey

250/1

Once-raced maiden. 150/1, fourteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.2f, heavy) on NH debut 64 days ago.

Form: 0-

Ferdia

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan

33/1

€5,000 3-y-o, Dylan Thomas gelding. Dam, runner-up in point, closely related to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3¼m) El Bandit.

Form:

Fongs Way^t⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: T J Nagle-Jr

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 14/1, ninth of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16f, soft) 42 days ago.

Form: 63509-

Mac Suibhne^t¹⁹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: A J Flaherty⁽⁷⁾| T: Richard Daniels

80/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Eighth of 12 in bumper at Sligo (18f, good to soft, 18/1) on bumper debut. Off 6 months. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: 028-

Karla Martina^h,t¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Richard Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: N Lee

5/1

Fair hurdler. 8/1, good second of 15 in novice hurdle at this course (17.6f, good to soft) 18 days ago.

Form: 5/80932-

Cast Iron¹⁰⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: D P Davis⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien

50/1

Once-raced maiden. 25/1, seventeenth of 20 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.1f, heavy) on NH debut 107 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: P0-

Non-Runners

We'll Go Again¹⁸

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: A Kinirons J: L P Dempsey

Clondaw Bertie¹⁸²

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: M F Morris J: D Robinson

Karakhan¹⁵

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: D Hogan J: S A Mulcahy

Ozark Pride⁵⁰

Weight: 10-13| Age: 5

T: T Cleary J: Reserve 1

Backing Band²³⁸

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: Peter Fahey J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Gee Rex (8/15), Hammersmith (4/1), Karla Martina (5/1), Clondaw Bertie (11/2), Pythion (16/1), We'll Go Again (16/1), Aboutagout (18/1), Karakhan (20/1), Ozark Pride (20/1), Fongs Way (28/1), Ferdia (33/1), Backing Band (50/1), Cast Iron (50/1), Sayesse (66/1), Mac Suibhne (80/1), Royal Gift (125/1), Cullaghs Star (250/1)

GEE REX was well held on the Flat last month but had done well over hurdles prior to that so he gets the vote for the Emmet Mullins team. The likes of Karla Martina, Hammersmith and Clondaw Bertie can fight it out for minor honours.