18:20 Tramore

Friday 2 June 2023

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Ballyduff Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 18:20 | Winning time: 3m 54.07s

Bojak²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead

12/1

Promising type. 12/1, first run since leaving Andreas Suborics when third of 16 in juvenile hurdle at Cork (16.8f, good to soft) on NH debut 27 days ago. Trainer going well. May well do better.

Form: 3

Dark Note¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery

13/2

Fair Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 10f on flat. Third of 13 in juvenile hurdle (20/1) at Tipperary (16f, good) 15 days ago but Samui was 9 lengths ahead in second.

Form: 5-3

Samui¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott

2/5

Promising individual. Bumper winner in February. Very good start over hurdles when second of 13 in juvenile at Tipperary (16f, good, 10/3) 15 days ago. Hard to beat with improvement.

Form: 19-2

Spy¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Slevin| T: C Byrnes

10/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 9f on flat. Fourth of 13 in juvenile hurdle (4/1) at Tipperary (16f, good) 15 days ago but Samui was well ahead of him in second.

Form: 24

Across The Ocean¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Kieren Buckley⁽³⁾| T: G P Cromwell

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. 250/1, fifteenth of 16 in juvenile hurdle at Killarney (17f, good to soft) 19 days ago.

Form: 00

Aussie Warrior²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Danny Mullins| T: T R Hughes

28/1

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. First run since leaving James Tate when eighth of 16 in juvenile hurdle at Cork (16.8f, good to soft, 125/1) on NH debut 27 days ago.

Form: 8

Caminante^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean Flanagan| T: G P Cromwell

50/1

Morpheus gelding. Half-brother to smart 7f-10.7f winner Ansgar. Dam ran once on Flat. Wears hood.

Form:

Jeriko De Baune¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Brian Hayes| T: P Fenton

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Eighth of 13 in juvenile hurdle (50/1) at Tipperary (16f, good) 15 days ago.

Form: 98-8

Parish Rivals¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Alix Balfe⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Sixth of 13 in juvenile hurdle at Tipperary (16f, good, 125/1) 15 days ago.

Form: U6

Sea The Sunset⁴⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽³⁾| T: J Morrison

150/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden. Eighth of 13 in juvenile hurdle (200/1) at this course (16f, good to soft) 46 days ago.

Form: 08-

Helens Delight

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: J F O'Shea

50/1

French Navy filly. Half-sister to 2 winners on Flat, including 7f winner Tybendargent. Dam unraced.

Form:

My Second Chance⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: J P Robottom⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

100/1

Once-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 15 in juvenile hurdle (22/1) at Cork (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 54 days ago, broke blood vessel when. Yard having good spell.

Form: 0-

Sefarina¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Donagh Meyler| T: P J Duffy

80/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. First run since leaving Jack W. Davison when thirteenth of 14 in novice hurdle at Tipperary (16f, good, 14/1) on NH debut 15 days ago.

Form: 0

Ta Na La^t1¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: T M Walsh

9/2

Fair maiden on the Flat. Promising sort. Third of 17 in juvenile hurdle (25/1) at Punchestown (15.8f, good to soft) on NH debut 10 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Should improve.

Form: 3

Non-Runners

Prince Quattro¹⁰

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: P J Rothwell J: Conor Owens

Jeje Plessis¹⁵

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: P Fenton J: Reserve 1

Expound¹⁷

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 2

Drombanna Boy

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: E Bolger J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Samui (2/5), Drombanna Boy (4/1), Ta Na La (9/2), Dark Note (13/2), Spy (10/1), Bojak (12/1), Aussie Warrior (28/1), Jeriko De Baune (50/1), Helens Delight (50/1), Expound (50/1), Jeje Plessis (50/1), Caminante (50/1), Sefarina (80/1), My Second Chance (100/1), Sea The Sunset (150/1), Across The Ocean (150/1), Prince Quattro (150/1), Parish Rivals (200/1)

It's very hard to ignore the claims of SAMUI who ran to a pretty useful level when second on his recent Tipperary hurdle debut. Ta Na La, who like the selection was placed on her hurdle debut, is second choice ahead of Dark Note, who was 9 lengths behind the selection when third at Tipperary.