14:15 Wexford

Saturday 20 May 2023

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Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 5m 4.80s

Good As Hell^b¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: P Fenton| OR: 105| CD

11/2

C&D winner. 11/1, career best when winning 13-runner handicap chase at Tipperary (17f, good to soft) 16 days ago, just holding on. Switches from chase to hurdles. Not taken lightly.

Form: 41462-1

Lady Iseult¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 105

14/1

28/1, below form seventh of 12 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (17.4f, good to soft) 15 days ago, unsuited by drop in trip.

Form: 8U163-7

Cottie^t²⁰⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-13| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 104

10/1

6/1, bit below form fifth of 9 in handicap chase at Clonmel (16.3f, heavy), unable to sustain effort. Off 6 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. Up in trip.

Form: 12F305-

Hot As Pepper^t⁵¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: B W Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 104| D

9/2

15/8, career best when winning 10-runner novice hurdle at Hexham (20.1f, heavy) 51 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. May well do better.

Form: 105761-

Presenting Doyen²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: D F O'Regan| T: C Collins| OR: 104

10/3

Promising type. 17/2, career best when winning 16-runner handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (19.2f, good to soft) 29 days ago by ¾ length from Fruit Blossom, pushed out. Looks competitive on form.

Form: U24851-

Where's Bunny²⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: C Brassil⁽⁵⁾| T: N Dooly| OR: 103| CD

25/1

22½ lengths eleventh of 16 to Presenting Doyen in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Kilbeggan (19.2f, good to soft) 29 days ago.

Form: 541170-

Buttons And Bows^b1²⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: Simon Torrens| T: P J Flynn| OR: 102| CD

16/1

Course winner. 16/1, 29½ lengths twelfth of 16 to Presenting Doyen in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (19.2f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 0P5150-

Capture The Action^b⁴⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-11| J: Phillip Enright| T: J J Mangan| OR: 102| C

25/1

Course winner. Latest win in hurdle at Limerick in November. Bit below form ninth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16f, soft, 28/1) 40 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 5210P9-

Gelee Blanche²⁵⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Sean Cleary-Farrell⁽⁷⁾| T: Barry J Fitzgerald| OR: 102

20/1

Respectable third of 11 in handicap chase at this C&D (good to soft, 13/2). Off 8 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving W. P. Mullins. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 7331/03-

Knocknagappagh⁶⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 102

9/1

Creditable third of 14 in claiming hurdle at Clonmel (18.5f, heavy, 4/1) 60 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Gordon Elliott.

Form: 526953-

Fruit Blossom^p1²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott| OR: 101

11/2

11/2, good ¾-length second of 16 to Presenting Doyen in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (19.2f, good to soft) 29 days ago, unsuited by drop in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Big player.

Form: 670322-

North Of Nashville²³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: C Bowe| OR: 100

20/1

Respectable fifth of 9 in novice chase (11/1) at Roscommon (21f, good). Off 7 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Something to find on form.

Form: 337745-

Non-Runners

Atimetodream¹³⁹

Weight: 11-8| Age: 5

T: H De Bromhead J: Reserve 1

Tilloughna²⁹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: D Budds J: Reserve 2

Loudest Whisper¹⁵

Weight: 11-6| Age: 8

T: E D Delany J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Presenting Doyen (10/3), Hot As Pepper (9/2), Fruit Blossom (11/2), Good As Hell (11/2), Atimetodream (11/2), Knocknagappagh (9/1), Cottie (10/1), Lady Iseult (14/1), Buttons And Bows (16/1), North Of Nashville (20/1), Gelee Blanche (20/1), Where's Bunny (25/1), Capture The Action (25/1), Loudest Whisper (33/1), Tilloughna (50/1)

There wasn't much between PRESENTING DOYEN and Fruit Blossom when first and second at Kilbeggan last month with the lesser-exposed Presenting Doyen taken to come out on top again. Recent chase-winner Good As Hell is potentially on a good mark back over hurdles and is another to consider.