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Sunday 11 July 2021

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Ballymote Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 16:17 | Winning time: 5m 34.8s

Lady Rocco⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 95

7/2

9/1, creditable fifth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (16f, good to soft) 9 days ago. Back up in trip. Not taken lightly.

Form: 35629-5

Happie Days⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 94

5/2

Remains a maiden after 16 NH runs. 9/2, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (24f, soft) 52 days ago, beaten long way out.

Form: 2P2P0-P

Mac Suibhne⁴⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁷⁾| T: Richard Daniels| OR: 93

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Below form sixth of 13 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (18.2f, heavy, 125/1) 48 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 028-06

Back To Bataan^b²⁷⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: Simon Torrens⁽³⁾| T: M Torrens| OR: 92

28/1

Remains a maiden after 19 NH runs. Good sixth of 12 in novice chase at Downpatrick (19.2f, good to soft, 25/1). Off 9 months. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 88/42P6-

Some Joke¹⁹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr P Byrnes⁽⁷⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 90

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. 150/1, fifteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy). Off 6 months.

Form: 0/0000-

Citizen's Army⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan| OR: 88

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. 150/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, seventh of 11 in minor event hurdle at Wexford (20f, soft). Off 8 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 9797-15

Saga Aravis²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: B J Cooper| T: P Nolan| OR: 88

11/1

Creditable fifth of 18 in handicap hurdle (17/2) at Navan (15.9f, good) 25 days ago. Back up in trip. Stable having good spell. Not dismissed lightly.

Form: 8900-85

Blaze Of Light²⁰⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: M Hamill⁽³⁾| T: T O'Brien| OR: 87

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 300/1, bit below form twelfth of 19 in novice hurdle at Naas (16f, heavy). Off 6 months. Up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: PU000-

Nuttorridge^t²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: M M McNiff| OR: 86

5/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, excellent third of 14 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (21.3f, good, 9/2) 29 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 88800-3

Kayla's Delight^t²⁷⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: D Budds| OR: 84

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 200/1, creditable fifth of 15 in novice hurdle at Killarney (17f, good). Off 9 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: P/P85-

No Way Pedro³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: M Butler| OR: 84

10/1

Creditable ninth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (15.4f, good, 40/1) 33 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 3/080-09

Deo Bellator²⁰⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr N Gault⁽⁷⁾| T: S Millar| OR: 81

80/1

Creditable ninth of 19 in handicap hurdle (66/1) at Navan (20f, heavy). Off 6 months.

Form: 608709-

All Class⁶¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D P Dunne| OR: 80

11/4

Promising sort. Fairly useful winner at 14f on Flat. Creditable second of 15 in handicap at Roscommon (12f, good to soft, 13/8) 61 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 890/0PF-

Non-Runners

Michael's Pick³⁴

Weight: 11-9| Age: 7

T: Ciaran Murphy J: P J Cawley

Getaclan⁴⁷

Weight: 11-3| Age: 6

T: D McNamara J: Reserve 1

Mullaghmore Wave⁴²

Weight: 11-3| Age: 6

T: J C McConnell J: Reserve 2

Oskar High⁴²

Weight: 11-0| Age: 9

T: N Lee J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Happie Days (5/2), All Class (11/4), Lady Rocco (7/2), Nuttorridge (5/1), No Way Pedro (10/1), Michael's Pick (10/1), Saga Aravis (11/1), Mullaghmore Wave (12/1), Oskar High (20/1), Getaclan (25/1), Back To Bataan (28/1), Mac Suibhne (28/1), Citizen's Army (50/1), Some Joke (50/1), Deo Bellator (80/1), Kayla's Delight (80/1), Blaze Of Light (150/1)

The most interesting of these, and by some way, is ALL CLASS. She has failed to threaten in this sphere and over fences so far, but she has improved markedly on the Flat in recent months, winning 2 of her 3 starts since switched to handicaps, and she resumes in this sphere on a potentially handy mark. Saga Aravis should be on the premises, while Lady Rocco and Nuttorridge are others to consider.