17:50 Tramore

Friday 12 August 2022

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Brian Griffin Memorial Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:51 | Winning time: 5m 56.9s

Diamond Union⁴¹

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

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Eighth of 11 in bumper (22/1) at Bellewstown (16.8f, good) 41 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: 0566-8

Eat My Dust^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: P G Fahey

50/1

Artan gelding. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Ingenious Stroke^h1,t1⁶²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 102| BF

4/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 4/1, creditable third of 12 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (17.3f, good to soft) 62 days ago. Hood /tongue strap on first time. Respected.

Form: 1/499-23

Oneforpaddy⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: F J Flood

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 200/1, eleventh of 12 in novice hurdle at Wexford (16.7f, good) on hurdles bow 7 days ago.

Form: 0-090

Pretorius²²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D F O'Regan| T: J Queally| OR: 106| BF

7/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eleventh of 17 in novice hurdle (2/1) at Limerick (19f, heavy). Off 7 months.

Form: 94/980-

Remembergenteljack²⁵³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr A P Fahey⁽⁷⁾| T: P G Fahey

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Blinkered for 1st time, thirteenth of 16 in novice hurdle (40/1) at Clonmel (16.2f, soft). Off 8 months.

Form: 5060-

Simpatico⁷⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: Colm Murphy| OR: 99

18/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 12 in novice hurdle (18/1) at Limerick (16.4f, good to soft) 78 days ago.

Form: P/6P33-7

So Scottish⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: E Mullins| OR: 105

5/6

Modest hurdler. Tenth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (24.2f, good to soft, 14/1) 90 days ago. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 4956-70

Use Your Illusion²⁷⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: N Carolan

200/1

100/1, seventh of 9 in bumper at Navan (16f, good to soft) on NH debut. Off 9 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 7-

Vairue^t1⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Conor Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: Ms H P Markham

66/1

250/1, tenth of 14 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good) 6 days ago. Tongue strap on for first time.

Form: 000-F00

Doyenna^t⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Kieren Buckley⁽⁵⁾| T: L Fowler| OR: 97

6/1

Promising individual. 13/2, third of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16f, good to soft) 63 days ago. Should improve and can go well here.

Form: 4-43

Hollow Spark⁴³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: C A Landers| T: J Barcoe

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. 200/1, ninth of 13 in bumper at Roscommon (15.4f, good). Off 14 months. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving Eoin Doyle.

Form: 99-

Rathnageeragh¹⁷⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: Liam Treacy

150/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Twelfth of 16 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy, 200/1) on hurdles bow 170 days ago.

Form: 00-

Sofias Castle^t⁷⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Ricky Doyle| T: R J Tierney

80/1

11/1 and tongue strap on for first time, first run since leaving James Daniel Dullea when third of 6 in hunter chase at Cork (24f, heavy) 116 days ago.

Form: 34233-5

Wild Caprice¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 97

10/1

Fair chaser. Remains a maiden after 9 hurdle runs. Sixteenth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Cork (18.8f, good to soft, 7/1) 11 days ago. One to consider.

Form: P/22720

Non-Runners

Keepthepresent⁶

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: P F Cashman J: Reserve 1

M For Melody³⁵

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: B Jordan J: Reserve 2

The Hogan Stand¹¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: J J Hanlon J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

So Scottish (5/6), Ingenious Stroke (4/1), Doyenna (6/1), Pretorius (7/1), Wild Caprice (10/1), Diamond Union (16/1), Simpatico (18/1), The Hogan Stand (20/1), Remembergenteljack (40/1), Eat My Dust (50/1), Keepthepresent (50/1), Vairue (66/1), M For Melody (66/1), Sofias Castle (80/1), Hollow Spark (100/1), Oneforpaddy (150/1), Rathnageeragh (150/1), Use Your Illusion (200/1)

DOYENNA's long-term future probably lies over longer trips but she's made a promising start to her career and can land this before her stamina is drawn out. Ingenious Stroke is the obvious threat, though Wild Caprice is a threat on the pick of her form.