18:45 Tipperary

Thursday 1 July 2021

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Tipperary Town Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 18:46 | Winning time: 5m 9.00s

Dark Spark¹⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M Winters

12/1

Fairly useful winner at 16f in bumpers. 22/1, first run since leaving Gordon Elliott when seventh of 8 in bumper at Leopardstown (16f, soft). Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 137-

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Fan Fan La Tulipe^t1²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

5/1

Modest hurdler. Seventh of 13 in novice hurdle (2/1) at Tramore (16.8f, good to soft) 26 days ago, pulling hard. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Hard to fancy.

Form: 0/5-7

Narynkol^p²¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: K J Brouder| T: C Byrnes

11/2

Once-raced maiden over hurdles. Seventh of 14 in handicap (3/1) at Dundalk (12f). Off 7 months. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Up in trip. Likely to improve further down the line.

Form: 9-

Ask Stampy^t¹⁹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: P J Cawley⁽⁷⁾| T: Colm Murphy

100/1

Modest maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. 100/1 and tongue strap on, twelfth of 14 in maiden at Dundalk (12f) on debut. Off 6 months. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code.

Form:

Knotsdownanout²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Brian Hayes| T: L P Cusack

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Eleventh of 14 in bumper (28/1) at Tramore (16.6f, good to soft) on NH debut 27 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip.

Form: 0

Merry Dreamer²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr M J Sweeney⁽⁷⁾| T: D Queally

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Ninth of 11 in novice hurdle at Wexford (24.5f, good to soft, 12/1) 29 days ago. Hard to fancy.

Form: 040-39

Secret Secret^t²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D H Kelly| OR: 102

10/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Thrice-raced maiden. 16/1, second of 13 in novice hurdle at Tramore (16.8f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Needs to improve.

Form: 7-32

Shoot First

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr P Byrnes⁽⁷⁾| T: C Byrnes

25/1

Westerner gelding. Half-brother to fair 2¼m hurdle winner Spin A Yarn, stayed 21f. Only of interest if market speaks in his favour.

Form:

The Wood Pusher²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: R P Treacy| T: E McNamara

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. 125/1, thirteenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Listowel (16f, good) 24 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 00

Tucson Train³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Danny Mullins| T: T Mullins

4/7

Promising individual. Second of 18 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.4f, good to soft, 6/1) on hurdles bow 31 days ago. Will take the beating.

Form: 1/7628-2

Fruit Blossom³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Phillip Enright| T: P T Foley

80/1

Once-raced maiden. 80/1, tenth of 18 in bumper at Limerick (16f, heavy) on NH debut 35 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip.

Form: 0

Al Ulaa²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: D G Hogan| T: D Hogan

125/1

Once-raced maiden. 25/1, ninth of 17 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (15.4f, good) on NH debut 23 days ago, considerately handled. Significantly up in trip. RESERVE.

Form: 9

Synone¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan

150/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Unseated rider in novice hurdle (28/1) at Down Royal (20.4f, good) on hurdles bow 13 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 0-U

Non-Runners

Hallowed Star⁶⁵

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: J J Hanlon J: J S McGarvey

Lanziano²⁵

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: D A McLoughlin J: A W Short

Bennystiara⁴¹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 6

T: H De Bromhead J: Rachael Blackmore

Megan's Shadow²⁵

Weight: 10-13| Age: 5

T: S Nolan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Tucson Train (4/7), Hallowed Star (9/2), Fan Fan La Tulipe (5/1), Narynkol (11/2), Bennystiara (8/1), Secret Secret (10/1), Dark Spark (12/1), Merry Dreamer (16/1), Shoot First (25/1), Megan's Shadow (25/1), Lanziano (33/1), Fruit Blossom (80/1), Ask Stampy (100/1), Al Ulaa (125/1), Synone (150/1), Knotsdownanout (150/1), The Wood Pusher (250/1)

TUCSON TRAIN has the best form and is likely to progress further, so he's an obviou choice in a maiden that lacks depth. Hallowed Star is a danger but he's had plenty of chances, while Secret Secret shouldnt be compltely dismissed on the back of a good second at Tramore 26 days ago.