19:15 Galway

Thursday 29 July 2021

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Guinness Novice Hurdle

Off time: 19:15 | Winning time: 4m 57.20s

Banbridge²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| D

11/4

Promising sort. Career best when winning 6-runner novice hurdle (evens) at Roscommon (20.9f, soft) 23 days ago. Will go on improving.

Form: 328-111

Buddy Rich^t¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: Jack Kennedy| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 121

20/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 4/1, career best when winning 5-runner minor event hurdle at Downpatrick (17.4f, good) 16 days ago.

Form: 8/4331-1

Enniskerry^t⁵¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Sean Flanagan| T: B Connell| OR: 126

7/1

Promising sort. 5/4, career best when winning 5-runner novice hurdle at Roscommon (19.9f, good) 51 days ago, kept up to work. Should improve.

Form: 224P-11

Edison Kent⁸⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Mrs J Harrington

20/1

7/1, didn't need to improve to win 17-runner novice hurdle at Killarney (20f, good) 80 days ago. This asks for a lot more.

Form: 8P33-1

Fakir D'alene^p1⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: L P Dempsey| T: Mrs D Foster| D

18/1

Didn't need to improve to win 10-runner novice hurdle (6/4) at Downpatrick (21.3f, good) 46 days ago, responding well. Cheekpieces on first time.

Form: 17/272-1

M C Muldoon⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins| OR: 131| BF

11/8

Useful winner on Flat. Good second of 19 in handicap at Royal Ascot (20f, good to firm, 11/2) 44 days ago. Winner over hurdle at Fairyhouse in February and just about sets the standard.

Form: 4123-

Rambranlt'jac¹¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

14/1

Fairly useful hurdler. One win from 2 runs last season. 22/1, tailed-off fifth of 8 to Ashdale Bob in Easter Festival Novices' Hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, good to soft) 116 days ago.

Form: 53/15-

The Dara Man^t⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan

40/1

Career best when winning 13-runner novice hurdle (7/4) at Ballinrobe (17.4f, good) 9 days ago, quickening clear. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 5/367-21

Tucson Train²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: J B Foley⁽⁷⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 121

13/2

Fairly useful hurdler. Didn't need to improve to win 13-runner novice hurdle at Tipperary (20f, good to soft, 4/7) 28 days ago, keeping on well. Should have more to offer.

Form: 7628-21

Mater Matuta^h,t⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: D F O'Regan| T: E D Delany| OR: 85

300/1

Modest winner at 9f on Flat. 28/1, thirteenth of 18 in handicap at Fairyhouse (12f, good to firm) 48 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Up in trip.

Form: 80000-

Non-Runners

Suprise Package¹

Weight: 11-8| Age: 5

T: Peter Fahey J: Kevin Sexton

Irish Poseidon³

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: M J Smith J: B J Cooper

Bigz Belief¹

Weight: 11-3| Age: 4

T: M J Smith J: C A Landers

Forecasts

M C Muldoon (11/8), Banbridge (11/4), Tucson Train (13/2), Enniskerry (7/1), Rambranlt'jac (14/1), Suprise Package (14/1), Fakir D'alene (18/1), Buddy Rich (20/1), Edison Kent (20/1), Irish Poseidon (20/1), The Dara Man (40/1), Bigz Belief (50/1), Mater Matuta (300/1)

BANBRIDGE continues to look a smart prospect, improving another chuck over this sort of trip when bringing up the hat-trick at Roscommon 3 weeks ago and he can extend his sequence to 4. M C Muldoon is a big threat, with Enniskerry also open to further improvement.