15:10 Down Royal

Friday 17 March 2023

All13:5014:3015:1015:5016:3017:1017:50

Powered By Bluegrass Novice Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 5m 25.90s

Monbeg Park⁶⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-5| J: Mr B Lawless⁽⁷⁾| T: S Doyle| OR: 130

16/5

Pulled up in Lawlor's of Naas Novices' Hurdle (14/1) at Naas (20f, heavy) 68 days ago won by Champ Kiely, pulled up. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 1-3213P

Ottoman Style^t²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 121| D

15/2

2 wins from 5 runs this season. 14/1, career best when winning 19-runner handicap hurdle at Gowran (20.1f, heavy) 27 days ago. Shortlist material up 6 lb.

Form: 4-13931

The Gradual Slope⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Mark McDonagh⁽⁵⁾| T: S O O'Brien| OR: 121| C

9/2

Course winner. 2 wins from 6 runs this season. Latest win in hurdle here in January. Respectable sixth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Naas (19f, soft, 16/5) 5 days ago.

Form: 416146

Mr Saxobeat²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 117

8/1

Creditable third of 14 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Fairyhouse (20.1f, good to soft) 20 days ago.

Form: 28-U273

Bella Bliss^t¹⁸²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 116| BF

28/1

Latest win in hurdle at Cartmel in August. 3/1, unseated rider in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (21.5f, good), needing stronger gallop. Off 6 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 34211U

Arahecan⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-1| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: N McCluskey| OR: 112| CD

100/1

10/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Wexford (20f, soft), not fluent again sixth. Switches from chase to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving Henry De Bromhead. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 6P55P5

Cardamon Hill⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: D F O'Regan| T: G Elliott| OR: 112

15/2

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Winner in hurdle at Tramore in January. Fourth of 5 in minor event hurdle at Thurles (23f, soft, 6/1) 54 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 2-32214

L Anamour¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 111| BF

11/1

Promising individual. Fourth of 11 in novice hurdle at Ayr (16f, good to soft, 13/8) 18 days ago. Up in trip. Yard in good form. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Enters calculations.

Form: P-414

Luimneach³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: J S McGarvey| T: D McDonogh| OR: 110

11/1

2 wins from 5 runs this season. Career best when winning 16-runner handicap hurdle at Naas (15.6f, good to soft, 8/1) 34 days ago, soon clear. Back up in trip. Can make presence felt.

Form: 0-56171

Petit King⁴⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: Phillip Enright| T: E Cawley| OR: 106

40/1

33/1, thirteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.7f, soft) 47 days ago. Back up in trip. Has work to do.

Form: 54F9-60

Early Arrival⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Mr A P Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: J Barcoe| OR: 91

10/3

Remains a maiden after 18 NH runs. Good second of 20 in handicap hurdle (20/1) at Gowran (20f, heavy) 6 days ago, finishing well.

Form: 340842

Non-Runners

Connors Cross²³

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: J Fahey J: Peter Smithers

Dartan³¹⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: M J Smith J: P J Carberry

Forecasts

Monbeg Park (16/5), Early Arrival (10/3), The Gradual Slope (9/2), Dartan (6/1), Connors Cross (7/1), Ottoman Style (15/2), Cardamon Hill (15/2), Mr Saxobeat (8/1), L Anamour (11/1), Luimneach (11/1), Bella Bliss (28/1), Petit King (40/1), Arahecan (100/1)

A competitive race. L ANAMOUR appeals as one who should have more to offer now moving into handicaps and gets the vote for the Stuart Crawford team. Last-time-out scorers Ottoman Style and Luimneach can give him most to think about.