14:00 Sligo

Sunday 9 July 2023

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Killyhevlin Lakeside Hotel & Lodges Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 4m 7.01s

Dark Note¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 113

7/4

Fair Flat winner. Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. 3/1, creditable second of 11 in maiden at Wexford (16.7f, good) 18 days ago. Should go well.

Form: 5-332

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Shajak^t⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

4/7

Promising individual. Useful winner at 12f on Flat. Shaped quite well when fifth of 16 in juvenile hurdle at Killarney (17f, good to soft, 3/1) on NH debut 56 days ago. Sure to improve and the one to beat.

Form: 5

Chequer Square^b1,t⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 91

66/1

Modest maiden. Tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle (80/1) at Ballinrobe (16.2f, good) 40 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 079-P0

Cramers Valley²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell

40/1

Once-raced maiden. Sixth of 10 in bumper at Roscommon (16.2f, good to soft, 40/1) on NH debut 27 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 6

Keeptellinemnuttin

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: A P Heskin| T: M Mulvany

33/1

Youmzain gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Lady In Lavender, stays 2¼m. Dam (h101) maiden hurdler/winning pointer.

Form:

Mount Frisco²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. 20/1, eighth of 10 in bumper at Roscommon (16.2f, good to soft) 27 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 8-8

Say It So⁸⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean Flanagan| T: E McNamara

40/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. 80/1, first run since leaving Denis Hogan when ninth of 12 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.4f, soft) on NH debut 86 days ago.

Form: 9-

Suile Ban^t1

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Donagh Meyler| T: D Hogan

22/1

Pour Moi gelding. Half-brother to 5 winners, including dual bumper winner/useful hurdler Ribble Valley and useful 2m hurdle winner Bombs Away. Wears tongue strap. Bred to have a future. The betting should guide.

Form:

Blenheim Belle²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Phillip Enright| T: M M McNiff

22/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Seventh of 16 in novice hurdle (12/1) at Roscommon (16.2f, good) 27 days ago.

Form: 77

Ceis Charraigin²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Danny Mullins| T: Ms M Mullins

50/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Twelfth of 17 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.2f, good, 33/1) on hurdles bow 29 days ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 49-80

Non-Runners

Rene Artois¹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: J Nash J: Aidan Kelly

Forecasts

Shajak (4/7), Dark Note (7/4), Rene Artois (14/1), Suile Ban (22/1), Blenheim Belle (22/1), Keeptellinemnuttin (33/1), Cramers Valley (40/1), Say It So (40/1), Ceis Charraigin (50/1), Chequer Square (66/1), Mount Frisco (100/1)

There's seemingly little depth to this maiden and it would appear to represent an ideal opportunity for useful Flat performer SHAJAK to build on his quite encouraging opening hurdle run at Killarney in May. Dark Note is the obvious one to follow him home. Newcomer Suile Ban has quite a good pedigree and is one to monitor in the betting.