15:45 Wexford

Wednesday 8 June 2022

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Country Fest Wexford August 7th Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 15:45 | Winning time: 6m 29.01s

Bonne Debut¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 12-1| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: Mark J Scallan| OR: 103| D

3/1

Career best when winning 21-runner handicap hurdle (9/2) at Punchestown (24f, good to soft) 15 days ago. 9 lb rise may not prevent the follow up.

Form: 3779-41

Iridescent³²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: M P Fogarty| T: J Fogarty| OR: 98| D

5/2

6/1, career best when winning 18-runner handicap hurdle at Cork (24.2f, good to soft) 32 days ago, easily. Unexposed over this sort of trip.

Form: 8F232-1

Yulong Voice^t²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Kieran Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: S Nolan| OR: 98

10/3

Cheekpieces on for first time in this code, creditable second of 14 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (24f, good to soft, 11/2) 20 days ago, no match for winner.

Form: B9045-2

Journey West^b¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: C A McBratney| OR: 90

13/2

Blinkered for first time, career best when winning 13-runner handicap hurdle (6/1) at Downpatrick (21.4f, soft) 19 days ago, kept up to work. Can make presence felt again.

Form: 08F7P-1

Hastobedone⁸⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Conor Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 86

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 25/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Limerick (22f, heavy) 87 days ago, beaten 5 out.

Form: 0/P09P-

Mooney Boy^p1¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 86

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 40/1, well-beaten eleventh of 21 to Bonne Debut in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (24f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Booking of Quirke a plus. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 009-0

Lesssaidthebetter¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: Simon Torrens| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 84

22/1

Fell in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.5f, good to soft, 7/1) 15 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 73F65-F

Raven Queen⁶⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: D G Murphy| OR: 84

12/1

Bit below form ninth of 20 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Naas (16.2f, good to soft) 69 days ago. Significantly up in trip on second handicap start.

Form: P7PU09-

Bearwithmenow¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: G Bourke⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Flavin| OR: 81| D

8/1

4/1, first run since leaving Garrett James Power when below form seventh of 21 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (24f, good to soft) 15 days ago.

Form: 10005-7

Roccorionach⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: N T Prendergast⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss E McCutcheon| OR: 80

28/1

Eleventh of 16 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Ballinrobe (22.3f, good to soft) 9 days ago.

Form: 0863-80

Balgowlah^p⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-6| J: C P McNamara| T: C A McBratney| OR: 80

50/1

One win from 30 NH runs. Seventeen runs since last win in 2019. Eighth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22.3f, good to soft, 22/1) 9 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 870U-P8

Non-Runners

Classic Concorde¹³

Weight: 12-0| Age: 9

T: A McNamara J: C G O'Dwyer

It's Time Again⁹

Weight: 11-10| Age: 6

T: David Barry J: Dillon Maxwell

Western Dreaming¹⁹⁷

Weight: 10-6| Age: 7

T: Jayne Hearne J: M Hamill

Forecasts

Iridescent (5/2), Bonne Debut (3/1), Yulong Voice (10/3), It's Time Again (5/1), Journey West (13/2), Bearwithmenow (8/1), Raven Queen (12/1), Classic Concorde (12/1), Lesssaidthebetter (22/1), Roccorionach (28/1), Hastobedone (33/1), Mooney Boy (33/1), Balgowlah (50/1), Western Dreaming (50/1)

BONNE DEBUT, Iridescent and Journey West all arrive on the back of career-best victories and look the trio to focus on, preferred in that order.