17:28 Cork

Monday 7 August 2023

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Off time: 17:29 | Winning time: 4m 34.80s

Answering¹⁴⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Very good fourth of 10 in bumper at Thurles (16.4f, heavy, 14/1) 147 days ago.

Form: 9/3564-

Cheerful Charlie^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr A P Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery

20/1

Affinisea gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Scardura and bumper winner Kirwans Lane. Wears tongue strap. Check the betting.

Form:

Final Edgar¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D Higgins⁽⁷⁾| T: R J McGrath

50/1

Once-raced maiden. Sixth of 12 in bumper at Killarney (17f, good, 10/1) on NH debut 18 days ago.

Form: F-6

Madhenry¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Harry Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: F Feeney

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 15 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Ballinrobe (17f, good) 13 days ago. Makes bumpers debut.

Form: P0

Royal Moon^t¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Ms R M O'Grady⁽⁷⁾| T: E J O'Grady

15/2

Fairly useful hurdler. Creditable third of 12 in bumper (3/1) at Killarney (17f, good) 18 days ago.

Form: 344-343

Silas Marner⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr Pat Taaffe⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Brien

18/1

Sixth of 15 in bumper (18/1) at Punchestown (16.2f, good) 58 days ago.

Form: 235P/6-6

Silver King^t²⁵¹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J C Barry⁽³⁾| T: O McKiernan

15/8

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Third of 14 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (21.7f, good to soft, 14/1). Off 8 months. Switches from hurdles to bumpers.

Form: 3/43-

Sonny Dont Go Away⁸¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins| BF

11/4

Once-raced maiden. Second of 15 in bumper (4/6) at Kilbeggan (16f, good) on debut in May 2021. Not seen since but probably still the one to beat.

Form: 2/

The Shantou King¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: Aengus King

33/1

Modest hurdler. 40/1, creditable fourth of 11 in bumper at Limerick (19f, soft) 11 days ago.

Form: 0FP-044

Watergrangedreamer^p1²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D A McCarthy⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy

80/1

Remains a maiden after 9 bumper runs. 25/1, eleventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Sligo (16.9f, good) on hurdles bow 29 days ago. Switches from hurdles to bumpers. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 5599-60

Mr Dibbs¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr D G Lavery| T: A Murray

9/2

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 6/1, second of 12 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (18f, soft) on hurdles bow 17 days ago, running on. Switches from hurdles to bumpers.

Form: 76-32

Two Mile House^t1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Paddy Cody⁽⁷⁾| T: K Purcell

40/1

War Command gelding. Half-brother to numerous winners, including useful hurdler Drill Sergeant. Dam 9f-1½m winner on Flat. Wears tongue strap. Makes some paper appeal.

Form:

Frisco Babe

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr M J O'Connor| T: M J O'Connor

50/1

Getaway mare. Dam, showed nothing over hurdles, closely related to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser (stayed 21f) Offaly and useful bumper winner Blencathra Bay.

Form:

Magical Lass¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr D J Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: Brendan Walsh

250/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eleventh of 12 in bumper at Killarney (17f, good, 200/1) 17 days ago.

Form: 0/00

Run Molly Run

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr R W Barron⁽⁷⁾| T: C Byrnes

16/1

Mahler mare. Half-sister to modest hurdler Chapel Street, stays 3m. Dam, ran twice over hurdles, out of sister to smart chaser up to 29f Amtrak Express. Newcomer who needs a betting ckeck.

Form:

Youre A Derry Girl⁹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Miss E Cody⁽⁷⁾| T: S G Walsh

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Unseated rider in novice hurdle at this course (19f, good to soft, 150/1) on hurdles bow 93 days ago. Switches from hurdles to bumpers.

Form: 666-U

Menrva

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr C J Shine⁽⁷⁾| T: M Magnussen

80/1

Vendangeur filly. Likely outsider on debut.

Form:

Forecasts

Silver King (15/8), Sonny Dont Go Away (11/4), Mr Dibbs (9/2), Royal Moon (15/2), Answering (10/1), Run Molly Run (16/1), Silas Marner (18/1), Cheerful Charlie (20/1), The Shantou King (33/1), Two Mile House (40/1), Youre A Derry Girl (50/1), Final Edgar (50/1), Frisco Babe (50/1), Menrva (80/1), Watergrangedreamer (80/1), Magical Lass (250/1), Madhenry (250/1)

SONNY DONT GO AWAY's 815-day absence would normally be a huge concern but not so much with the Willie Mullins yard and this 7-y-o can belatedly confirm the promise of his debut second. The likes of Royal Moon and Silver King may fight it out for the forecast spot unless the betting speaks in the favour of one or more of the newcomers.