Greville Arms Hotel Mullingar Mares Hurdle

Off time: 19:00 | Winning time: 5m 4.5s

Shesadream¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Corey McGivern⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

5/6

Promising individual. 9/1, career best when winning 7-runner minor event hurdle at Down Royal (16.4f, good to soft) 10 days ago, readily. Outstanding claims.

Form: 803-11

Hope Des Blins¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: J P Shinnick⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| C

11/4

Lightly-raced winner under Rules. Course winner. One win from 2 runs last season. Third of 5 in minor event hurdle at Ballinrobe (18.2f, good to soft, 6/1) 13 days ago. Seemingly the main threat to Shesadream.

Form: F51-263

Dancing After Dark²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: J G Bennett

16/1

Twice-raced maiden. 50/1, sixth of 15 in novice hurdle at Killarney (22.2f, good to soft) 28 days ago.

Form: 31P-06

Granny Lowrie¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: J J Doyle| T: P M J Doyle| OR: 105| C

7/2

Lightly-raced winner under Rules. First run since leaving Barry Connell when respectable sixth of 14 in bumper (11/2) at Punchestown (16f, good) 15 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: D2/0-6

Essential Part^t²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: G P Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: Gearoid Brouder

50/1

9/2, eighth of 17 in claimer at Gowran (9.4f, soft) 20 days ago. First run for yard after leaving G. M. Lyons and looks up against it on hurdles debut.

Form:

Forecasts

Shesadream (5/6), Hope Des Blins (11/4), Granny Lowrie (7/2), Dancing After Dark (16/1), Essential Part (50/1)

The hat-trick beckons for SHESADREAM, who made it 2-2 over hurdles when taking the notable scalp of Anna Bunina at Down Royal recently. She remains open to improvement and will prove hard to beat. Granny Lowrie was first past the post on her sole previous start over hurdles (at this course) and she merits respect, but Hope des Blins is preferred for forecast purposes.