13:50 Tramore

Saturday 4 June 2022

All12:4513:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:10

Copper Coast Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:51 | Winning time: 5m 28.9s

Ask The Bishop^p1¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: M Butler

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Killarney (20f, good to soft, 250/1) 19 days ago. Booking of Slevin a plus. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: P80-0

Bob The Builder¹⁸²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: S Doyle

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Thirteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, good to soft, 300/1). Off 6 months.

Form: 800-

Breffni Brave²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 94

11/2

Modest maiden. Likely needed reappearance run at Kilbeggan recently and better can be expected this time. On the shortlist.

Form: 794-7

Cheerful Chap¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J B Foley⁽³⁾| T: N Dooly

7/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 66/1, sixth of 12 in bumper at Wexford (20f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 6-76

Frontier General^p1,t1¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 95

9/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 12/1, tenth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (24f, good to soft) 16 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time, cheekpieces on for 1st time. From a leading stable and could play a part if the headgear combination works.

Form: 1006-0

Jetango^t⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: K Purcell| OR: 99

11/2

Modest hurdler. Fourteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (22f, good to soft, 50/1) 9 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 75440-0

Maciver^p1,t1²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: E O'Grady| OR: 88

12/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 40/1, eighth of 15 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (19f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time, cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 4U50-78

Maybenextyear^b1⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: P Stafford| OR: 86

14/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, eleventh of 17 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (19f, good to soft, 33/1) 9 days ago. Blinkered for 1st time.

Form: 70459-0

Mr Brogue^p1²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: S Braddish| OR: 86

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Killarney (17f, good to soft, 300/1) 20 days ago. Back up in trip. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 09-P0

Sarsfield¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan

11/4

Promising sort. Fifth of 20 in novice hurdle (6/1) at Punchestown (16.5f, good to soft) 11 days ago, running on. Significantly back up in trip. Remains open to improvement. Could be the answer.

Form: 7-65

Devils Cape²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott

14/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 40/1, twelfth of 17 in juvenile hurdle at Cork (16f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Dangerous to rule out given who trains him but improvement will be needed.

Form: 00-0

Fainche²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: E Sheehy| OR: 80

18/1

Remains a maiden after 11 hurdle runs. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, ninth of 16 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Clonmel (19.4f, good) 23 days ago. Engaged 7.56 here on Friday.

Form: 070P-09

One More Lass^h1¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: I J Power| T: Ms M Flynn| OR: 82

100/1

Poor hurdler. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Wexford (20f, good to soft, 66/1) 10 days ago, behind when pulled up before 2 out. Booking of Power a plus. Hood on 1st time.

Form: P7008-P

Forecasts

Sarsfield (11/4), Frontier General (9/2), Jetango (11/2), Breffni Brave (11/2), Cheerful Chap (7/1), Maciver (12/1), Devils Cape (14/1), Maybenextyear (14/1), Bob The Builder (16/1), Fainche (18/1), Mr Brogue (33/1), Ask The Bishop (40/1), One More Lass (100/1)

A weak maiden which may go to SARSFIELD who has shown promise on all 3 starts this spring. Gordon Elliott's Breffni Brave may have needed the run after a break last time and is respected, while Frontier General is another who hails from a good yard and it's possible he could improve for a first-time headgear combination.