19:10 Down Royal

Friday 3 June 2022

All16:5017:2518:0018:3519:1019:4520:20

Franco Hughes Away Bet Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 19:11 | Winning time: 4m 55.3s

Curlew Hill⁵⁸⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Corey McGivern⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 125

25/1

Latest win in hurdle at Kilbeggan in August 2020. Off 19 months. Up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 141236/

Don Diablo^h³⁸⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr B Mulligan⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 120| C

12/1

Course winner. Off 12 months. Up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 3323/1F-

Guiri^p³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 119

2/1

Creditable fifth of 24 in handicap hurdle (8/1) at Punchestown (19.8f, good to soft) 37 days ago. Respected.

Form: 41/6965-

Gladiatorial^t1²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr D McGill⁽⁷⁾| T: N C Kelly| OR: 118

12/1

Pulled up in minor event hurdle at Wexford (17f, good to soft, 25/1) 20 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 12214-P

Cusp Of Carabelli¹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: D M O'Brien| OR: 116| D

8/1

Below form seventh of 14 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (22.2f, good to soft, 40/1) 18 days ago. Booking of McDonagh a plus.

Form: 6/2804-7

Curious Times^t³²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: P J Carberry| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 115| C

14/1

Course winner. 10/1, eighth of 9 in novice chase at this course (19.7f, good) on debut over fences 32 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 5F/657-8

Bravo Team^p1,t³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 113

7/2

Completed a simple task when landing a Clonmel maiden in March. Running well when falling in novice hurdle at Kelso (20.9f, good to soft, 15/8) 30 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut. One to note.

Form: 44513-F

Turbojet^p,t²⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 11-1| J: Ricky Doyle| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 112| D

10/3

10/1, good second of 12 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (24.2f, good to soft) 20 days ago, going with enthusiasm. Cheekpieces back on. Should go well again.

Form: 00PP6-2

Non-Runners

Zoffanien²⁰

Weight: 12-1| Age: 5

T: D Hogan J: D G Hogan

Staging Post³¹⁸

Weight: 10-12| Age: 6

T: M M McNiff J: K C Sexton

Elite Des Mottes¹⁹

Weight: 10-8| Age: 8

T: E McCarthy J: Gary Noonan

Military Hill²²⁶

Weight: 10-7| Age: 9

T: R K Watson J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Guiri (2/1), Turbojet (10/3), Bravo Team (7/2), Elite Des Mottes (4/1), Cusp Of Carabelli (8/1), Gladiatorial (12/1), Don Diablo (12/1), Staging Post (14/1), Curious Times (14/1), Zoffanien (16/1), Curlew Hill (25/1), Military Hill (50/1)

TURBOJET signalled he's ready to go in again when second at Wexford and could be the way to go having run well here in the past. Bravo Team and Guiri are a couple of others to note.