15:05 Sligo

Sunday 11 July 2021

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Novice Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:05 | Winning time: 4m 22.70s

Sit Down Lucy⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Kevin Sexton| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 111

13/2

Lightly-raced winner under Rules. Fourth of 7 in minor event hurdle at Punchestown (20.4f, good to soft, 10/1) 41 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut and she's open to progress.

Form: 2/361-4

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Butterflyvespiere²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Paul Townend| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 106

5/1

Lightly-raced winner under Rules. 11/10, career best when winning 9-runner novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good) 29 days ago, going clear. Makes handicap hurdle debut and more is needed.

Form: 450-21

Call Me Dolly⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 105

12/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Fairly useful Flat winner. 14/1, career best when winning 21-runner handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16f, good to soft) 42 days ago, just holding on.

Form: 07-61

Presenting Bonnie³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: B J Cooper| T: J P Ryan| OR: 105

11/2

15/8, career best when winning 14-runner handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) 35 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 759-F11

Getaway Queen^t⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁷⁾| T: D Budds| OR: 99

9/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, career best when winning 10-runner handicap hurdle (9/2) at Wexford (16f, good to soft) 9 days ago, always holding on. Needs considering.

Form: 670/01-1

Call The Fairies⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: J J Slevin| T: J Fahey| OR: 98

6/4

Creditable second of 12 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (16.1f, soft, 7/1) 5 days ago, travelling strongly. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 259-3B2

Trixie Mc^t³⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 98| D

17/2

Winner at Wexford in May. Bit below form 13¼ lengths eighth of 14 to Presenting Bonnie in handicap hurdle (15/2) at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) 35 days ago.

Form: 055-318

So Enjoy³⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 94

40/1

Unseated rider 4 out in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (25f, good to soft, 12/1), too far out to suggest outcome. Off 11 months and significantly down in trip here.

Form: 330/82U-

Forecasts

Call The Fairies (6/4), Butterflyvespiere (5/1), Presenting Bonnie (11/2), Sit Down Lucy (13/2), Trixie Mc (17/2), Getaway Queen (9/1), Call Me Dolly (12/1), So Enjoy (40/1)

SIT DOWN LUCY won by a street on debut in this sphere at Limerick and almost certainly would've finished closer in a Punchestown novice next time but for a bad blunder 2 out. She is taken to make a winning handicap bow, perhaps at the chief expense of recent Wexford scorer Getaway Queen. That said, Call The Fairies merits considerable respect, too, along with hat-trick seeker Presenting Bonnie.