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Mongey Communications Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 5m 5.20s

Aghinagh¹⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: G O'Leary

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Off 6 months.

Form: 8U8

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Ballybough Native^t1³⁸⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

3/1

3/1, won 14-runner bumper at Tipperary (18f, soft) on debut by 13 lengths from Time Marches On a year ago, cruising clear in impressive fashion. Big-money purchase to Henry de Bromhead and obvious appeal on return. Tongue tied.

Form: 1-

Changing The Rules⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mark Walsh| T: Mrs J Harrington

12/1

Promising type. 10/1, fifth of 18 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.5f, soft) 48 days ago, running on. Back up in trip. Open to improvement.

Form: 45

Dromore Warrior

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: J Fahey

150/1

€10,000 3-y-o, Ocovango gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler/fairly useful chaser Dromore Lad and bumper winner Sun Rising Hill.

Form:

Harald Hardrad^t1⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade| BF

3/1

Debut winner of bumper at Clonmel. 6/4, respectable third of 10 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, good to soft) 41 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Respected.

Form: 5/1243

Level Neverending^p1¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| BF

10/3

2 wins from 5 runs this season. Off 5 months, 1/4, respectable second of 16 in novice hurdle at this C&D (good to soft) 13 days ago, not jumping well and looking awkward. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Clearly has a race like this in him.

Form: 31122

Mary's Pride¹⁰⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: E Cawley| C

66/1

200/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, pulled up in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, soft) 109 days ago.

Form: 1-0P

Meeauldsegotia²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: B Browne| T: P W Flynn

300/1

Tenth of 12 in novice hurdle at Limerick (19f, good to soft, 125/1) on NH debut 20 days ago.

Form: 0

Ooksoo¹⁰⁶⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: J E Kiely

125/1

Held in a couple of maiden hurdles for Emmet Mullins in spring 2019.

Form: 58/

Our Ted^t³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 80/1, seventeenth of 19 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.9f, heavy) 30 days ago.

Form: 4040

Patsy's Honour^t¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: R M Power| T: A J Martin

40/1

Fairly useful winner at 17f in bumpers. 25/1, seventh of 16 in novice hurdle at this C&D (good to soft) 13 days ago, not knocked about.

Form: 6-107

Perceval Legallois^t1³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: L P Dempsey| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 119

14/1

Bumper winner. 17/2, respectable fifth of 19 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.9f, heavy) 30 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 1-7635

Smooth Scotch^t¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sam Ewing| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 119

11/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, third of 16 in novice hurdle at this C&D (good to soft, 4/1) 13 days ago. Progressive and up to winning races.

Form: 833

Speed Gang⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: C P McNamara| T: G P Cromwell

66/1

Ninth of 15 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.6f, good to soft, 14/1) 8 days ago.

Form: P4249

Time Marches On¹⁶³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D F O'Regan| T: J Motherway

28/1

Promising type. Off 6 months, 12/1, fifth of 11 in novice hurdle at Thurles (23.2f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 163 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 24-5

Whatsavailable⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M F Morris

3/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Respectable second of 17 in novice hurdle (2/1) at Clonmel (18.7f, heavy) 44 days ago. Will find a race.

Form: 363342

Wild As Fire¹⁷⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: E Cawley

300/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, last of 13 in novice hurdle at Galway (21.4f, heavy) 174 days ago.

Form: 00-0

Absberg¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: Gearoid Brouder

300/1

Well held in maidens on Flat.

Form:

Ishan

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: C R King| T: S Curling

125/1

Voiladenuo gelding. Dam placed on Flat/sole start over hurdles in France.

Form:

Prince Of Peace⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Danny Mullins| T: W J Lanigan

150/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. 25/1, first run since leaving John P. Cahill when fourteenth of 16 in juvenile hurdle at Limerick (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 9 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 0

Lily Bianca^h1²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: Gearoid Brouder

300/1

Well held in maidens on Flat. Hood on.

Form:

Karayaz²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: John Cullen

300/1

Well held in maiden hurdle at Limerick (19f, good to soft, 50/1) on debut 20 days ago, pulling hard. RESERVE.

Form: 9

Non-Runners

Brown Monday¹³²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: J J Hanlon J: Non Runner

Chiricahua¹⁵

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: P Nolan J: B J Cooper

Annie Stafford¹³

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: A J Martin J: Liam McKenna

Elle Dorado Rock⁵

Weight: 11-2| Age: 4

T: A J Martin J: P J Carberry

Celtic Salvador⁶⁹

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: Mrs Y Dunleavy J: Reserve 1

Atlantian¹³

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: A J Martin J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Whatsavailable (3/1), Ballybough Native (3/1), Harald Hardrad (3/1), Level Neverending (10/3), Chiricahua (11/2), Smooth Scotch (11/1), Changing The Rules (12/1), Perceval Legallois (14/1), Time Marches On (28/1), Patsy's Honour (40/1), Elle Dorado Rock (50/1), Mary's Pride (66/1), Speed Gang (66/1), Annie Stafford (100/1), Brown Monday (100/1), Ooksoo (125/1), Ishan (125/1), Dromore Warrior (150/1), Our Ted (150/1), Prince Of Peace (150/1), Aghinagh (200/1), Absberg (300/1), Wild As Fire (300/1), Karayaz (300/1), Meeauldsegotia (300/1), Lily Bianca (300/1)

BALLYBOUGH NATIVE has been off a year since his impressive winning debut in a Tipperary bumper for Ian McCarthy, changing hands for a tidy sum in the meantime. He's got to be of real interest now starting out over hurdles if all is well. Level Neverending didn't impress with his jumping/attitude here a fortnight ago but has cheekpieces on now and is clearly up to winning a race like this. Harald Hardrad and Chiricahua are a couple of others to consider.