16:35 Bellewstown

Saturday 3 July 2021

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Bar One Racing 'Bet On Euro 2020 With Us' Novice Hurdle

Off time: 16:35 | Winning time: 4m 2.4s

Persia^b1,t¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Mark Walsh| T: J P O'Brien

1/6

Useful Flat winner. Third of 8 in novice hurdle (9/4) at Wexford (16f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Leading claims.

Form: 4-13

Airlift^t¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin

16/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden. 80/1, seventh of 13 in novice hurdle at Navan (15.9f, good) 17 days ago. Sizeable step forward required.

Form: 07

Batalha⁸⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T G McCourt

40/1

Twice-raced maiden. 50/1, fifteenth of 16 in handicap at Gowran (13.7f, soft) 86 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles and likely to come up short once more.

Form: U8-

Buto¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Thomas Reilly⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

66/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Thrice-raced maiden in this sphere. Twelfth of 13 in novice hurdle at Navan (15.9f, good, 100/1) 17 days ago.

Form: 90-0

Dangeroffizz¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Phillip Enright| T: T G McCourt

40/1

Visored for 1st time, last of 11 in handicap at Sligo (10.3f, soft, 25/1) 18 days ago. Probably best watched on hurdles debut.

Form:

Figurehead¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: H P Cleary⁽⁷⁾| T: Michael G Cleary

66/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. First run since leaving Charles O'Brien when eighth of 13 in novice hurdle at Navan (15.9f, good, 80/1) on NH debut 17 days ago, pulling hard.

Form: 8

Freds Honour^t¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: D F O'Regan| T: E D Delany

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. 250/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, eighth of 9 in maiden at Ballinrobe (12.8f, good) 12 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: PP-

Capel At Dawn^t²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁵⁾| T: D H Kelly| OR: 92

4/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Tongue strap on for 1st time, good fifth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16.2f, good, 50/1) 22 days ago. Each-way chance.

Form: 53-05

Market Decision

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D H Kelly

16/1

Kalanisi filly. Half-sister to fairly useful hurdler Chase End Charlie, stays 3¼m and fairly useful hurdler/chaser Majestic Moll. Worth a second look in the betting on debut.

Form:

Forecasts

Persia (1/6), Capel At Dawn (4/1), Airlift (16/1), Market Decision (16/1), Batalha (40/1), Dangeroffizz (40/1), Figurehead (66/1), Buto (66/1), Freds Honour (200/1)

Though a shade disappointing at Wexford recently, PERSIA remains open to improvement in this sphere and is very hard to oppose in a race lacking any strength in depth. Capel At Dawn took a step forward when fifth in a big-field Clonmel handicap last month and she makes most appeal for forecast purposes ahead of stablemate/newcomer Market Decision.