13:50 Down Royal

Tuesday 24 January 2023

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Coors Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 13:50 | Winning time: 4m 24.20s

Curious Bride^t¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: E O'Connell⁽⁵⁾| T: E O'Connell| OR: 103

25/1

14/1, good second of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (16f) 11 days ago, running on. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Tongue strap back on. 7/11 on last hurdle run.

Form: 1P0/00-7

Knocknagappagh²³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 103

4/1

Good second of 14 in handicap hurdle (10/1) at Tramore (16.2f, heavy) 23 days ago. Can give a good account.

Form: U-22652

Trishknowsbest^h,t¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Keith Donoghue| T: Ian Donoghue| OR: 100| BF

7/2

Latest win in hurdle at Fairyhouse in October. Second of 7 in novice chase (9/4) at Cork (20f, heavy) on debut over fences 17 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Merits consideration.

Form: 513142

Karen's Gift^p⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 98

14/1

Seventh of 8 in handicap hurdle (9/1) at Punchestown (20.9f, heavy) 9 days ago.

Form: 082737

Imperial Kate²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Fahey| OR: 94

22/1

Fourteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, heavy, 50/1) 27 days ago. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 6625-00

Kelly's Birr⁶³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 94

25/1

28/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 63 days ago, weakening quickly. Something to find on form.

Form: 24379P

Galactica^t²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: L P Dempsey| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 93

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 33/1, 7½ lengths third of 16 to Kalanisi Dubh in handicap hurdle at this course (17f, soft) 29 days ago.

Form: 060P3

Kalanisi Dubh²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: S Fahey| OR: 92| CD

3/1

Career best when winning 16-runner handicap hurdle over C&D (soft, 20/1) 29 days ago, going clear. 7 lb rise is unlikely to prevent another prominent showing.

Form: 593991

Thefaithfulindian^h,t²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Simon Torrens| T: A A Howard| OR: 90

12/1

10/1, creditable third of 22 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.4f, heavy) 24 days ago. couple of these to falter.

Form: 0/7-2283

Katlaur^b1⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: C A McBratney| OR: 81

50/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (80/1) at Punchestown (24.4f, heavy) 8 days ago, pulled up 4 out. Down in trip. Blinkered for 1st time.

Form: 5P6PPP

Circus Act⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 93

9/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Respectable third of 17 in maiden hurdle at Clonmel (16.8f, heavy, 11/1) 7 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Expected to be bang there.

Form: U0633

Non-Runners

Toor Moment¹¹⁴

Weight: 11-5| Age: 8

T: Ms M Flynn J: Conor Smithers

Forecasts

Kalanisi Dubh (3/1), Trishknowsbest (7/2), Knocknagappagh (4/1), Circus Act (9/2), Galactica (8/1), Thefaithfulindian (12/1), Karen's Gift (14/1), Toor Moment (20/1), Imperial Kate (22/1), Kelly's Birr (25/1), Curious Bride (25/1), Katlaur (50/1)

CIRCUS ACT looks on a workable mark for her handicap hurdle and gets a narrow vote ahead of last month's C&D scorer Kalanisi Dubh. Knocknagappagh, who represents the Gordon Elliott/Davy Russell combination, and Trishknowsbest look best of the remainder.