19:10 Sligo

Thursday 5 August 2021

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Lough Gill Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 19:10 | Winning time: 5m 9.9s

Take A Turn^p²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: H McOwan⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 118| CD

20/1

C&D winner. 12/1, ninth of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (12f) 24 days ago, never in contention after a very slow start. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Cheekpieces on. Engaged 4.37 here Wednesday.

Form: 711P4/0-

Carrig Cathal^t²⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: P G Kelly| OR: 112| D

50/1

First run since leaving S. J. Mahon after 10 months off when 50/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Limerick (22.2f, good) 26 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 9/8F97-P

Mastermind³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: H P Cleary⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Brien| OR: 112

16/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2018. 12/1, below form when fifth of 14 in handicap at Bellewstown (14.4f, good) 35 days ago, not ideally placed. Switches from Flat to hurdles. More needed.

Form: U6545/0-

Tecumseh Sherman^t⁵³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-1| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁷⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 109

11/4

7/2, creditable fourth of 10 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (21.3f, good) 53 days ago, dropping away after last. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 2133/24

Summer Hill¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: T Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 102

14/1

One win from 28 NH runs. Thirteen runs since last win in 2019. 18/1, stopped the slide when fifth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.4f, good) 16 days ago, finding less than looked likely.

Form: F4-P5F5

Jazz Ranger²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 10-5| J: Simon Torrens⁽³⁾| T: J Fahey| OR: 99

16/1

10/1, creditable sixth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good) 20 days ago, late headway. Up in trip. Each-way claims at best.

Form: 814-246

Pump Road^t¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: M M McNiff| OR: 99| CD

3/1

C&D winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2019. Creditable third of 13 in handicap hurdle (15/2) at Ballinrobe (21.6f, good) 16 days ago, best work finish. Stable having good spell. Solid claims.

Form: 8-08023

Guido Reni^t²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: K Thornton| OR: 98

9/2

Has a poor strike rate and, while he was a creditable second at Perth on latest hurdling outing, he was last in a handicap at Leopardstown on the Flat since. May well bounce back.

Form: 059/P9-2

Shes Some Doll^t⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-4| J: C P McNamara| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 98

10/3

Creditable seventh of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.7f, good, 5/1) 6 days ago. Back up in trip. Tongue strap back on. Each-way claims.

Form: 8-46837

Non-Runners

Thousand Tears²¹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 6

T: J M Burke J: M P Burke

Mon Storm¹⁶

Weight: 11-2| Age: 10

T: V Wilson J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Turbo¹⁰⁵

Weight: 10-13| Age: 8

T: J R Finn J: K C Sexton

Mullaghmore Wave¹⁶

Weight: 10-4| Age: 6

T: J C McConnell J: Brian Hayes

Forecasts

Mullaghmore Wave (2/1), Tecumseh Sherman (11/4), Pump Road (3/1), Shes Some Doll (10/3), Thousand Tears (4/1), Guido Reni (9/2), Summer Hill (14/1), Mastermind (16/1), Jazz Ranger (16/1), Take A Turn (20/1), Mon Storm (20/1), Turbo (20/1), Carrig Cathal (50/1)

A few in with chances here but it could pay to side with recent Killarney-scorer THOUSAND TEARS. John Burke's charge picked up a first handicap success there 3 weeks ago and he's taken to notch a third career victory under this rider. Guido Reni heads the dangers if he can put a below-par effort on the level behind him, ahead of Mullaghmore Wave and Mon Storm.