17:45 Sligo

Tuesday 17 August 2021

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Drumcliffe Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:45 | Winning time: 5m 12.80s

Multifactorial^b⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 107

10/3

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 9 hurdle runs. 10/3, bit below form fourth of 9 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (21.8f, good) 9 days ago. Blinkers back on.

Form: 3/57P-34

Bout Time Bobby^t1¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Simon Torrens| T: J C McConnell

7/1

Twice-raced maiden. Sixth of 17 in bumper (40/1) at Galway (18.3f, good) 19 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 56

Digby²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: A W Short| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 105

11/4

Thrice-raced maiden. Sixth of 19 in novice hurdle at Galway (21f, good to soft, 33/1) 20 days ago.

Form: 336

Do No More²⁰²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: D J McInerney| T: M Winters

80/1

250/1, twelfth of 16 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.7f, heavy). Off 6 months. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 00-

Drumlee Lake

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: L P Dempsey| T: S McParlan

40/1

€9,000 3-y-o, Watar gelding. Dam (h112) 2¾m hurdle winner, also 12.3f-16.5f winner on Flat.

Form:

Grove Cottage⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Phillip Enright| T: E M O'Sullivan

50/1

Last of 15 in bumper (50/1) at Listowel (20f, good) 71 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 40

Moakland¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: B J Cooper| T: J P Ryan

8/1

Modest hurdler. 8/1, good second of 9 in novice hurdle at this course (20.2f, good to soft) 12 days ago.

Form: 869432

My Ladeen⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: J Fahey

33/1

Third of 9 in bumper at Downpatrick (18.8f, good, 100/1) on bumper debut 9 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: 00-3

Sporting Leader¹²

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

40/1

Eighth of 11 in novice hurdle (9/1) at this course (25.7f, good to soft) on NH debut 12 days ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 8

Valley Breeze⁷²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr A McMahon⁽⁷⁾| T: W P Mullins

9/2

6/1, fourth of 11 in novice hurdle at this course (20.8f, good to soft) on hurdles bow. Off 24 months.

Form: 964754/

Dinero Falso¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: J B Foley⁽⁷⁾| T: P Croke| OR: 97

17/2

Fair hurdler. Below form tenth of 18 in novice hurdle (3/1) at Roscommon (20f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Booking of Foley a plus.

Form: 4-06220

Rucinski³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: C Bowe

40/1

50/1, fell in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (21.8f, good) on NH debut 35 days ago.

Form: 6P/F

Red Romeo²⁹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: C J Orr| T: M Winters

11/1

£58,000 3-y-o, Midnight Legend gelding. Brother to smart chaser Easter Meteor and useful hurdler/chaser Easter Legend. Dam unraced. Pulled up sole point start in October 2020. RESERVE.

Form: P-

Non-Runners

Grozni¹⁰

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: D Hogan J: D G Hogan

Flurry Yeats²⁶

Weight: 11-6| Age: 7

T: Patrick J Hassett J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Digby (11/4), Multifactorial (10/3), Flurry Yeats (4/1), Valley Breeze (9/2), Grozni (6/1), Bout Time Bobby (7/1), Moakland (8/1), Dinero Falso (17/2), Red Romeo (11/1), My Ladeen (33/1), Sporting Leader (40/1), Rucinski (40/1), Drumlee Lake (40/1), Grove Cottage (50/1), Do No More (80/1)

Hard to make a case for any of these, with VALLEY BREEZE selected to overcome a 2-year absence run to a level more in-keeping with his bumper ability on second hurdles start. Dinero Falso and Multifactorial look the chief threats.