18:00 Sligo

Wednesday 3 August 2022

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Sligo Champion Handicap (47-65)

Off time: 18:01 | Winning time: 2m 27.07s

(4)

Ruby Jules^h1⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: Danny Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 64

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. First run since leaving David Loughnane when third of 13 in maiden (100/1) at Galway (7f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Hood on 1st time. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 474-63

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(2)

Ysobel⁶³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: K J Manning| T: E & P Harty| OR: 64

20/1

Made little impression when tenth of 14 in maiden at the Curragh (12f, good, 150/1) 9 weeks ago. Makes handicap debut. Hard to fancy.

Form: 000

(11)

Miss Abby Jools¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 63

33/1

66/1, fourteenth of 15 in maiden at the Curragh (8f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 740

(7)

Butterfly Garden²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Scott McCullagh⁽⁵⁾| T: K Prendergast| OR: 61

16/5

Creditable second of 10 in handicap (4/1) at Killarney (11.2f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Proving consistent rather than progressive so others appeal more for win purposes.

Form: 70-9252

(16)

Auriela^h,t²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Killian Leonard| T: Eoin Joseph McDonagh| OR: 57

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, tenth of 12 on handicap debut (40/1) at Killarney (8.1f, good) 22 days ago. Up in trip. Hood back on.

Form: 9-050

(3)

Eagles Perch¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 57

20/1

25/1, shaped like a non-stayer on first run since leaving Peter Fahey when sixth of 10 in handicap at Down Royal (12.8f, good) 12 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Back down in trip.

Form: 6-06036

(9)

Yokkell^p¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Leigh Roche| T: J P Fahey| OR: 57

11/4

Good third of 11 in handicap (4/1) at Cork (10f, good to soft) 12 days ago, rallying after shuffled back approaching straight. Going the right way now so fancied to make her presence felt.

Form: 36-0443

(5)

Gold Lunula³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Gavin Ryan| T: M M McNiff| OR: 54| D

33/1

16/1, went with little promise on first run since leaving Kevin Thomas Coleman when fifth of 12 in juvenile hurdle at Tipperary (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 34 days ago. Little to shout about since making a winning handicap debut at Cork in April so best watched.

Form: 00-1077

(1)

Wayne R Walker¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Rory Cleary| T: D Kinsella| OR: 53

15/2

Not disgraced tackling 1m for just the second time when sixth of 12 in handicap at Leopardstown (11/1) 13 days ago. Could well have a say in proceedings upped further in trip.

Form: 044696

(8)

Vlad The Impaler²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Billy Lee| T: J J Lambe| OR: 52

11/1

Made little impression when seventh of 13 in handicap (28/1) at Dundalk (8f) 22 days ago. Back up in trip. Easy to look elsewhere despite his tumbling mark.

Form: 88-4007

(6)

Madame Montgomery^h1²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: James Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 51

33/1

33/1, eleventh of 17 in handicap at Fairyhouse (7f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Hood on 1st time. Remains with one standout effort so she's tough to enthuse over.

Form: 0-70070

(10)

Your Honor¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Mikey Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 49

4/1

10/1, back on track when third of 14 in handicap at Ballinrobe (12.6f, good) 16 days ago. Back against his own age today and having dropped further in the weights, he looks more solid than most.

Form: 069593

(13)

Sioux Princess^t1,v1²⁸⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: James J Doyle| T: A McCann| OR: 47

100/1

Tailed off in a trio of maidens towards the back end of last year. Makes handicap bow after 9 months off/first start since leaving Gerard Keane. Visor/tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 007-

(12)

The Rebel Breen^b1¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| OR: 64

17/2

Proved to be a disappointment when seventh of 10 on handicap debut at Down Royal (12.8f, good, 11/4) 12 days ago. Back down in trip. Blinkers on 1st time. RESERVE.

Form: 7847

Non-Runners

(14)

Serafina²³

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: D K Weld J: Chris Hayes

(15)

Sovereignty³

Weight: 9-5| Age: 3

T: P J McKenna J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Yokkell (11/4), Butterfly Garden (16/5), Your Honor (4/1), Sovereignty (11/2), Wayne R Walker (15/2), The Rebel Breen (17/2), Serafina (10/1), Vlad The Impaler (11/1), Ruby Jules (18/1), Ysobel (20/1), Eagles Perch (20/1), Miss Abby Jools (33/1), Madame Montgomery (33/1), Gold Lunula (33/1), Auriela (66/1), Sioux Princess (100/1)

Plenty in with a squeak but YOUR HONOR got back on track with the aid of a good position when third at Ballinrobe just over a fortnight ago and back against his own age and down further in the weights, he gets the tentative nod to open his account. Yokkell is going the right way now so she heads up the opposition, with Butterfly Garden and Wayne R Walker another couple to consider.