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Wednesday 17 August 2022

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Ballymote Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:26 | Winning time: 4m 17.1s

Ayda^p1¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon

125/1

Once-raced maiden. First run since leaving Clare Hobson when fell 4 out (behind) in novice hurdle at Cork (17f, good to soft) on NH debut 16 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code.

Form: F

Get Me To The Park⁸⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: W P Mullins| D

9/4

Fair winner at 17f in bumpers. Won 12-runner bumper (11/8) at Downpatrick (17.3f, soft) on NH debut 89 days ago, just holding on. Makes hurdles debut. Trainer going well. In the mix.

Form: 1

Angelsworknovrtime^t¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: K C Sexton| T: James Andrew Fahey

17/2

Modest hurdler. 33/1, excellent fourth of 14 in novice hurdle at this course (17.9f, good) 13 days ago. Shortlisted.

Form: 55-7D44

Balum¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: D A McLoughlin

9/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 6/1, fifth of 10 in bumper at Galway (16f, heavy) 18 days ago. Makes hurdles debut with others preferred.

Form: 445

Bella Bliss^t¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Brian Hayes| T: J C McConnell

13/8

Fair hurdler. Good second of 13 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good, 9/4) 10 days ago. Hard to beat on form.

Form: 28-5342

Dinero Falso^p1⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Richard Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: P Croke| OR: 96

5/1

Modest hurdler. Remains a maiden after 9 hurdle runs. 5/1, good second of 15 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (20f, good) 44 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Respected.

Form: 2023-42

Elusive Sea^t⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott

11/1

Promising type. Fourth of 16 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (19f, good to soft, 16/1) on hurdles bow 40 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 503-24

Fairy Tree¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Smith

14/1

Sixth of 12 in bumper at Wexford (16.7f, good, 14/1) 12 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles with more needed.

Form: 890-956

Lovely Hans¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: P Cluskey

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 200/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Roscommon (20.9f, soft) 15 days ago.

Form: 708F-P

Pettigo^t¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: C A Landers| T: M M McNiff

125/1

Once-raced maiden. Tongue strap on, thirteenth of 14 in bumper at this course (18f, good, 22/1) on NH debut 13 days ago, pulling hard. Makes hurdles debut and others appeal more.

Form: 0

Zahina¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Broderick

100/1

Making GB/IRE jumps debut. Twelfth of 17 in maiden (250/1) at Galway (12f, soft) 19 days ago. Lots more needed.

Form:

Forecasts

Bella Bliss (13/8), Get Me To The Park (9/4), Dinero Falso (5/1), Angelsworknovrtime (17/2), Balum (9/1), Elusive Sea (11/1), Fairy Tree (14/1), Zahina (100/1), Pettigo (125/1), Ayda (125/1), Lovely Hans (200/1)

BELLA BLISS sets a good standard on form so is taken to open her account at the chief expense of fair bumper winner and hurdling debutante Get Me To The Park. Elusive Sea is another open to improvement and she appeals as the pick of the remainder.