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Tuesday 25 May 2021

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McHale Orbital Flat Race

Off time: 20:15 | Winning time: 4m 19.20s

Ballyglass³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: S Curling

4/1

Made an encouraging start when third of 14 in bumper at this course (17.6f, good to soft, 17/2) on NH debut 39 days ago, keeping on. Should build on that here.

Form: 3-

Hey Johnny²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr C Mullins⁽⁷⁾| T: T Mullins

11/2

Twice-raced maiden. Failed to progress from debut when sixth of 22 in bumper at Punchestown (16.4f, good to soft, 6/1) 28 days ago, merely plugging on.

Form: 56-

Holmes St Georges

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr B G Crawford⁽⁷⁾| T: S R B Crawford

9/4

€50,000 3-y-o, Saddler Maker gelding. Dam, placed in French bumpers/twice-raced hurdler, half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stays 3m) Vieux Morvan.

Form:

Howyabud³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr J J O'Neill⁽⁷⁾| T: Mary Ellen Doyle

9/4

Easy-to-back 9/1, shaped promisingly when second of 14 in bumper at this course (17.6f, good to soft) on NH debut 39 days ago, having run of race. Leading claims of going one better here.

Form: 2-

Mol Na Oige

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr F Maguire| T: Miss E Doyle

12/1

€1,000 3-y-o, Dragon Pulse gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners on Flat, including 6f winner abroad Itsupforgrabsnow. Dam lightly raced on Flat.

Form:

Well P^t¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr E Middleton⁽⁷⁾| T: P Byrne

150/1

50/1 and tongue strap on, tenth of 15 in bumper at Killarney (17f, good to soft) on NH debut 16 days ago, in touch until 2f out. Big step forward required.

Form: 0

Mareintheair

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr A P Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: P F McEnery

16/1

Fame And Glory filly. Dam (h110) bumper winner, placed on Flat up to 2m.

Form:

Millstream Mahler^b1¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Eoghan Finegan⁽⁷⁾| T: H P Finegan

125/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 250/1, went with no encouragement when pulled up in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (19.3f, good) on hurdles bow 11 days ago. Switches from hurdles to bumpers.

Form: 0-P

Wicklow Flyer

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Ms L O'Neill| T: Mrs D Foster

14/1

Ask filly. Sister to fairly useful hurdler Quiz Master, stays 3m. Certainly worth a market check on debut.

Form:

Non-Runners

Data Breach

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: W P Mullins J: Mr P W Mullins

Harvey Hillstar

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: Gary McGill J: Mr D McGill

Kitsilano

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: J J Murphy J: Mr A T Feeney

Forecasts

Howyabud (9/4), Holmes St Georges (9/4), Data Breach (11/4), Ballyglass (4/1), Hey Johnny (11/2), Mol Na Oige (12/1), Wicklow Flyer (14/1), Mareintheair (16/1), Kitsilano (25/1), Harvey Hillstar (33/1), Millstream Mahler (125/1), Well P (150/1)

HOWYABUD was easy to back but shaped promisingly when finishing runner-up here on debut last month, causing some interference on the home turn but keeping on regardless. He can put that experience to good use and go one better. Ballyglass was just ½-length behind the selection that day and he should be in the mix again, along with Willie Mullins' debutant Data Breach.