18:05 Sligo

Thursday 5 August 2021

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Sally Gardens Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 18:06 | Winning time: 6m 27.70s

Bloodstone^b1,t²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 101

11/2

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 8 hurdle runs. Creditable fourth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (19.8f, good, 9/1) 27 days ago, inadequate test. Up in trip. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 34808-4

Champagne Monarch^t⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: P G Kelly

11/1

Fair hurdler. 66/1, below form ninth of 19 in novice hurdle at Galway (21f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Up in trip. Place possibilities.

Form: 0405-49

Double Jubilee^t³⁴

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

5/1

Modest hurdler. Good third of 10 in novice hurdle at Wexford (20.7f, good to soft, 9/1) 34 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: P/209-33

Gaius De Marcigny⁷⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: N J Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: N Meade

22/1

Twice-raced maiden. 11/1, tenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Limerick (19f, soft) 70 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Should progress.

Form: 6-0

John Adams^b³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Miss T Quail⁽⁷⁾| T: C Bowe| OR: 105

3/1

Fair hurdler. Very good second of 11 in novice hurdle (14/1) at Wexford (24f, good to soft) 34 days ago. Key player.

Form: 02-3622

Silver Barrel²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: H Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: V T O'Brien

400/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. Sixteenth of 18 in novice hurdle (300/1) at Cork (24f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 27 days ago.

Form: 0-80

Sporting Leader

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Kevin Sexton| T: Peter Fahey

9/1

Roderic O'connor gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including high-class hurdler Prince of Scars and useful hurdler/smart chaser Folsom Blue. Entitled to come on for the run.

Form:

Wasdale Park²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Curling| OR: 112

11/4

Lightly-raced maiden. 22/1, good second of 18 in novice hurdle at Cork (24f, good to soft) 27 days ago, running on. High on the shortlist.

Form: 620-62

Worth Presenting²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: D Duggan

50/1

Twice-raced maiden under Rules. 150/1, tenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Cork (24f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 27 days ago.

Form: P/P3-540

Fly Little Bird²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Tom Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: D Duggan| OR: 93

10/1

Modest hurdler. Excellent second of 17 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Killarney (22.8f, good) 20 days ago, clear of rest. Each-way chance if able to build on that.

Form: 89-P6P2

Gipsy Rhyme¹⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: B Jordan

125/1

Once-raced maiden. Twelfth of 16 in bumper at Gowran (17f, heavy, 50/1) on NH debut 156 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 0-

Forecasts

Wasdale Park (11/4), John Adams (3/1), Double Jubilee (5/1), Bloodstone (11/2), Sporting Leader (9/1), Fly Little Bird (10/1), Champagne Monarch (11/1), Gaius De Marcigny (22/1), Worth Presenting (50/1), Gipsy Rhyme (125/1), Silver Barrel (400/1)

This represents a good opportunity for WASDALE PARK to get off the mark. He took a step firmly back in the right direction when second of 18 upped to 3m at Cork last month and this further increase in trip should be right up his street. John Adams has hit the crossbar on his last 2 starts and can be expected to give another good account, while Champagne Monarch is a viable each-way option.