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Tuesday 20 July 2021

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Mayo News Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:48 | Winning time: 4m 16.9s

Mutadaawel⁴⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: N Slevin

25/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 8f on flat. Eighth of 12 in novice hurdle (66/1) at Wexford (16f, good to soft) 48 days ago.

Form: 0-8

Apple Crumble⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Barry J Fitzgerald

10/3

Failed to complete both starts in points but made a winning start in bumpers at Punchestown (16f, good to soft) in May. Ought to be up to playing a part in a race like this.

Form: FP-1

Maricruz^h,t¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: D E Browne⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

5/1

Well held sole previous run over hurdles but Flat ability (won latest start) suggests she should be capable of better.

Form: 5/

Aboutagout⁷⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean Flanagan| T: F Costello| OR: 109

9/4

Improved when runner-up in maiden events at Limerick and this venue on his last 2 starts. Likely to figure again.

Form: 9/4R2-2

Bluestack Mountain⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Eoin G Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: M Hourigan

250/1

Once-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice hurdle (66/1) at Killarney (20f, good to soft) on NH debut 5 days ago, pulled up before seventh.

Form: P

Chief Seattle^t1⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. Ninth of 14 in novice hurdle (125/1) at Kilbeggan (16f, good) 4 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 09

Eyezawinkin³¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: J B Foley⁽⁷⁾| T: W Power

200/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.3f, soft, 150/1) on hurdles bow, struggling fifth. Off 10 months.

Form: PP-

I'm No Stranger^t³⁰⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: J J Slevin| T: Richard Daniels

250/1

Once-raced maiden. Tongue strap on, tenth of 15 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Listowel (16f, soft) on NH debut. Off 10 months.

Form: 0-

Peace Party^h,t¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-6| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: D McDonogh| OR: 80

28/1

Poor hurdler. Remains a maiden after 13 hurdle runs. Fifth of 6 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (20.9f, soft, 125/1) 14 days ago.

Form: 060-P35

Shanacoole⁸⁶³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Phillip Enright| T: R J McGrath

15/2

Dual point winner back in 2019 but has an 863-day absence to overcome on hurdle debut.

Form: 434112/

The Dara Man^t⁴³

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

7/4

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Second of 16 in novice hurdle (5/2) at Listowel (16f, good) on hurdles bow 43 days ago, running on.

Form: 35/367-2

The Holmeister⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: B J Cooper| T: M Hourigan

80/1

Twice-raced maiden. Eighth of 17 in novice hurdle (125/1) at Killarney (20f, good to soft) 5 days ago.

Form: FP/P5-98

Bruinneall¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: P E Corbett| T: T Cleary

250/1

Once-raced maiden. Eighth of 13 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Roscommon (16.1f, soft) on NH debut 14 days ago.

Form: 8

Non-Runners

Tonkinese⁴

Weight: 12-0| Age: 8

T: Aengus King J: C A Landers

Howishedizzy¹¹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: P J Gilligan J: J G Gilligan

Sicario⁴

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: M M McNiff J: Reserve 1

Bracklin Princess³⁵

Weight: 10-13| Age: 8

T: T Cleary J: Reserve 2

No Way Pedro⁹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 7

T: M Butler J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

The Dara Man (7/4), Aboutagout (9/4), Apple Crumble (10/3), Maricruz (5/1), Shanacoole (15/2), Tonkinese (14/1), Mutadaawel (25/1), Peace Party (28/1), Howishedizzy (50/1), The Holmeister (80/1), Chief Seattle (150/1), Eyezawinkin (200/1), I'm No Stranger (250/1), Bluestack Mountain (250/1), Bruinneall (250/1)

A repeat of the form THE DARA MAN showed when second on his Listowel hurdle debut 43 days ago may be good enough to see him go one better now. Aboutagout has been runner-up on his last 2 starts and heads the dangers along with Punchestown bumper winner Apple Crumble.