18:50 Downpatrick

Friday 5 May 2023

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Randox Mares Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 18:50 | Winning time: 4m 21.3s

Return To Base^p³³

Age: 8| Weight: 12-4| J: Danny Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 113

6/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, very good third of 10 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at this course (18.8f, heavy) 33 days ago. Should be in the mix. Yard also saddles Cool Croi.

Form: 15P433-

Splashing Out^p1²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: E Griffin| OR: 108| BF

11/2

Promising type. Below form tenth of 19 in handicap hurdle (7/1) at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) 25 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time and remains open to improvement.

Form: 522450-

Lady Iseult²⁸⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: P Cleary⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 105

28/1

Hurdles winner at Roscommon in June. Good third of 7 in minor event hurdle (5/1) at Limerick (20f, good). Off 9 months. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 8/8U163-

Will You Win^t²⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Richard Condon⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 98

9/2

One win from 26 NH runs. 18/1, career best when winning 11-runner novice hurdle at Clonmel (19.5f, heavy) 29 days ago, driven out. More needed here.

Form: 673351-

She's Tobias¹⁹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 97| BF

10/1

Promising type. 3/1, creditable third of 11 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (17.5f, soft). Off 6 months. First run for yard after leaving Adrian Murray. May well do better.

Form: P/53523-

Game And Glory^p¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 96

8/1

Hurdles winner at Tramore in October. 11/1, respectable seventh of 16 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (19.2f, good to soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 313737-

Theonewedreamof²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 101| BF

3/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Successful at Punchestown in January. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Booking of Flanagan a plus. Creditable on last hurdle run. Leading contender.

Form: 90014-

Cool Croi⁹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Nathan Andrews⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 93

33/1

Ninth of 14 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.4f, soft, 100/1) 97 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to progress.

Form: 95/P609-

Deo Bellator³³

Age: 10| Weight: 10-9| J: Aileen O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: S Millar| OR: 90

50/1

Seventh of 8 in handicap chase (28/1) at this course (19.2f, heavy) on debut over fences 33 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 0801/57-

Presenting Beeper²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 89

66/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Nineteenth of 21 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Fairyhouse (16f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 600-

Bint Alsarab²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Simon Torrens| T: E D Delany| OR: 88

40/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Thrice-raced maiden. 40/1, sixth of 13 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.4f, soft) 21 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 806-

Danesfort Mayfly³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Danny Mullins| T: W J Lanigan| OR: 87

4/1

Excellent second of 23 in handicap hurdle (28/1) at Naas (18.9f, soft) 36 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 000892-

Non-Runners

Mater Matuta¹⁸³

Weight: 10-11| Age: 7

T: E D Delany J: Rachael Blackmore

Social Distancing⁴

Weight: 10-4| Age: 6

T: N McCluskey J: Reserve 2

Flyaway Maggie¹⁴²

Weight: 10-2| Age: 5

T: M Flannery J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Theonewedreamof (3/1), Danesfort Mayfly (4/1), Will You Win (9/2), Splashing Out (11/2), Return To Base (6/1), Game And Glory (8/1), She's Tobias (10/1), Mater Matuta (10/1), Lady Iseult (28/1), Cool Croi (33/1), Flyaway Maggie (33/1), Bint Alsarab (40/1), Deo Bellator (50/1), Presenting Beeper (66/1), Social Distancing (66/1)

Though she failed to make much of an impact at Fairyhouse last time, SPLASHING OUT appeared to be on the right track prior to that and she could be the answer if responding well to the first-time cheekpieces. Theonewedreamof scored on the Flat last month and, having also performed well on her latest start in this sphere, she looks dangerous. She's Tobias is third choice, while Cool Croi may well leave her previous hurdles efforts behind now pitched into a handicap.