19:40 Sligo

Tuesday 17 May 2022

All17:1017:4018:1018:4019:1019:4020:10

Hazel Wood Maiden

Off time: 19:41 | Winning time: 2m 21.89s

(10)

Dancila³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger

15/2

Twice-raced gelding. 17/2, fourth of 15 in maiden at Gowran (9.6f, good to soft) 34 days ago.

Form: 7/4

(1)

Darkest Hour¹⁶⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁵⁾| T: M M McNiff| OR: 41

100/1

Modest gelding. 66/1, fifteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16.2f, soft) 166 days ago. Off 166 days. Significantly up in trip. Modest on the all weather, poor on last Flat outing.

Form: 0/62900-

(3)

Entropy^t⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 86| BF

2/5

Promising type. Creditable second of 14 in handicap at Leopardstown (10f, good to soft, 3/1) 9 days ago. Stable in good form. Should take all the beating.

Form: 5364-22

(4)

Granville Street²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Rory Cleary| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 75

15/2

Thrice-raced gelding. First run since leaving John Joseph Murphy when second of 11 in maiden at Bellewstown (12.1f, good, 15/2) 27 days ago, no match for winner.

Form: 53-2

(5)

Karayaz³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-9| J: A J Slattery| T: John Cullen

250/1

Once-raced gelding on Flat (no encouragement). Thirteenth of 22 in novice hurdle (300/1) at Fairyhouse (20f, good to soft) 31 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 0

(11)

Sign From Above²⁰³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: S T McCullagh⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington

18/1

Once-raced gelding. Ninth of 23 in maiden at the Curragh (9f, heavy, 7/1) on debut. Off 6 months. May well do better at some point.

Form: 9-

(9)

Star Official^p²⁷⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Ronan Whelan| T: J G Murphy| OR: 72| BF

13/2

Fairly useful gelding. 3/1, respectable sixth of 22 in maiden at the Curragh (10f, good). Off 9 months. First run for yard after leaving John Joseph Murphy. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 3/52656-

(2)

Tall Story^p²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: J M Sheridan⁽³⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 72

14/1

Fairly useful gelding. Remains a maiden after 14 Flat runs. 14/1, below form seventh of 16 in maiden at Limerick (8f, good) 24 days ago. Up in trip. Others preferred.

Form: 4222-67

(6)

Aintree Gin²⁰⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Sorcha Woods⁽⁷⁾| T: R K Watson

250/1

Twice-raced mare on Flat. Thirteenth of 14 in maiden (150/1) at Dundalk (8f). Off 6 months. Back up in trip.

Form: 00-

(7)

Forever My Girl^b⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: G P Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Murray| OR: 53

150/1

Modest filly. Remains a maiden after 9 Flat runs. 200/1, ninth of 10 in maiden at Roscommon (12f, soft) 8 days ago.

Form: 980-U09

Non-Runners

(8)

No Hassle³⁰²

Weight: 9-4| Age: 5

T: S K Ryder J: Ben Coen

Forecasts

Entropy (2/5), Star Official (13/2), Granville Street (15/2), Dancila (15/2), Tall Story (14/1), Sign From Above (18/1), No Hassle (66/1), Darkest Hour (100/1), Forever My Girl (150/1), Karayaz (250/1), Aintree Gin (250/1)

ENTROPY has the best form and is open to further improvement, so this should be little more than a formality if he gives his running. Dancila may yet do better and Granville Street has some solid form to his name, so they look the main dangers.