17:00 Ballinrobe

Monday 24 May 2021

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Sheridan Electric Hurdle

Off time: 17:00 | Winning time: 5m 40.8s

Bigz Belief^b²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Keith Donoghue| T: M J Smith| OR: 122

9/2

Fairly useful hurdler. Winner at Navan in March. 14/1, twenty third of 25 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20.6f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Looks vulnerable.

Form: 2261P0-

Clever Currency^t¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁷⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 118

6/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Respectable sixth of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (12f, 5/1) 12 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles and he's worth considering.

Form: 8P21-

Josh D'id¹²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell

5/1

Promising individual. 16/1, first run since leaving Mlle D. Mele when fifth of 8 in juvenile hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) on IRE NH debut 128 days ago, not knocked about. May well do better.

Form: 15-

Palm Beach^b,t1¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mark Walsh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 119

10/11

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Fairly useful winner on the Flat. Blinkered for 1st time, career best when winning 16-runner novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (19.3f, good, 15/8) 10 days ago. Big player.

Form: 222-1

Varna Gold³²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 112

14/1

Fair hurdler. Winner at Killarney in October. Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, below form third of 8 in minor event hurdle at Kilbeggan (19.4f, good, 14/1) 32 days ago. More needed.

Form: F12643-

Ashtarak^t1³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: B Cawley

250/1

Once-raced maiden. Tenth of 11 in handicap (100/1) at Limerick (11.3f, good) 30 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles and tongue strap on for 1st time. Hard to fancy.

Form: 0-

Buzz Light¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean Flanagan| T: M Mulvany

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Respectable fourth of 18 in juvenile hurdle (3/1) at Killarney (17f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Improvement needed.

Form: 6032-4

Martha's Vineyard^h²²³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: K J Brouder| T: Ian O'Connor

150/1

First run since leaving John Joseph Murphy when ninth of 12 in handicap (15/2) at Cork (10f, soft). Off 7 months ahead of this hurdles debut and she's not easy to make a case for.

Form:

Non-Runners

Ahaziah²⁰

Weight: 11-2| Age: 4

T: Mrs D Foster J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Forecasts

Palm Beach (10/11), Bigz Belief (9/2), Josh D'id (5/1), Clever Currency (6/1), Buzz Light (14/1), Varna Gold (14/1), Ahaziah (16/1), Martha's Vineyard (150/1), Ashtarak (250/1)

Ready preference is for PALM BEACH, who hit the crossbar on each of his first 3 starts in this sphere and deservedly went one better back from a break with blinkers enlisted at Kilbeggan 10 days ago. An easy winner of his sole start in France, Josh D'id didn't shape badly on debut for new yard at Fairyhouse in January and is almost certainly capable of better. Clever Currency is best of the rest.