16:30 Sligo

Thursday 5 August 2021

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Cleveragh Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 16:30 | Winning time: 4m 11.10s

American Avenue⁶⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: C Bowe

33/1

€24,000 3-y-o, Milan mare. Dam (h108), 2¼m hurdle winner, half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stays 3m) Strong Pursuit.

Form: P-46

Donthavetime⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Paul Townend| T: Mrs J Harrington

7/4

Promising second of 12 in novice event at Navan (15.9f, good, 16/1) on hurdles bow 50 days ago, running on. Open to improvement and holds strong claims.

Form: 73-682

Faith Du Val^t³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: G P Cromwell

9/4

Lightly-raced maiden. Good third of 12 in bumper at Roscommon (16.1f, soft, 10/1) 30 days ago. Merits consideration on hurdles debut.

Form: 48-53

Game And Glory²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell

9/2

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Found improvement when third of 14 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good, 28/1) 23 days ago. Claims if building on that.

Form: 33-63

Hophornbeam^t²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: C J Orr| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 98

5/1

Back on track when third of 14 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (19.8f, good) 27 days ago. Likely contender.

Form: 88-P293

Kalanisi Pearl⁸⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Carr

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice hurdle (66/1) at Wexford (24f, good). Off 23 months. Down in trip. Unplaced on Point debut in May.

Form: 0P/9

La Mystere^t⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 92

11/1

Modest hurdler. 25/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, eighth of 12 in novice hurdle at Navan (15.9f, good) 50 days ago. Not out of things.

Form: 652P4-8

Mollys Boxty⁹⁴⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: R P Treacy| T: J G Carr| OR: 80

150/1

Poor hurdler. Remains a maiden after 7 hurdle runs. Eighteenth of 22 in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Punchestown (16f, good). Off over 2 years.

Form: 4F8F90/

Rossies Tara^t⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Phillip Enright| T: M M McNiff

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 10/1, last of 7 in bumper at Downpatrick (17.3f, good) 53 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving John McConnell.

Form: 706-7

Shannon Gray^t1²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 92

25/1

Poor hurdler. Creditable sixth of 14 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (19.8f, good, 33/1) 27 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Improvement required.

Form: 9P0P-36

Where's Flo

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: H McOwan⁽⁷⁾| T: N Slevin

100/1

€800 3-y-o, Ocovango mare. Dam unraced.

Form:

High Path

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: L P Dempsey| T: A Donoghue

80/1

Coastal Path filly. Dam, placed in bumpers, 1½m winner on Flat in France.

Form:

Lucy's Dreams^t1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: T M Walsh

18/1

Animal Kingdom filly. Dam 8.5f dirt winner in USA. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Non-Runners

Beechmount Maisie³

Weight: 11-9| Age: 7

T: E McCarthy J: Gary Noonan

Millies Mite²⁷

Weight: 11-9| Age: 5

T: E Doyle J: Mike O'Connor

Forecasts

Donthavetime (7/4), Faith Du Val (9/4), Game And Glory (9/2), Hophornbeam (5/1), La Mystere (11/1), Millies Mite (12/1), Lucy's Dreams (18/1), Beechmount Maisie (20/1), Shannon Gray (25/1), American Avenue (33/1), Rossies Tara (40/1), High Path (80/1), Where's Flo (100/1), Mollys Boxty (150/1), Kalanisi Pearl (250/1)

DONTHAVETIME looked an improved performer on her hurdles bow at Navan in June and should have learnt plenty from that. She can open her account. Game And Glory and Hophornbeam look the likeliest dangers.