17:40 Sligo

Wednesday 9 August 2023

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Hop House 13 Handicap (47-65)

Off time: 17:56 | Winning time: 2m 26.22s

(2)

Hialeah^b1³²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-2| J: N G McCullagh| T: C Weld| OR: 63

9/1

Twelfth of 16 in handicap (15/2) at Naas (10.3f, good) 32 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Claims if the headgear sparks a return to form.

Form: 900-260

(15)

Katonah¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| OR: 62

9/2

7/2, respectable seventh of 17 in handicap at Cork (10f, good) 12 days ago. Has Colin Keane back in the saddle now.

Form: 0-70577

(16)

Silver Salver^t,v²³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Billy Lee| T: W McCreery| OR: 61

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Visored for 1st time, creditable sixth of 15 in handicap (20/1) at Killarney (11.2f, good to soft) 23 days ago.

Form: 0886

(10)

Lisgin³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: C Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 58

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 15 in handicap at Bellewstown (7.9f, good to soft, 50/1) 34 days ago, slowly away. Significantly up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 9700

(12)

Believe Me Now⁶⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Andrew Slattery| T: A Slattery| OR: 57

13/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Best effort when fourth of 11 in handicap at Roscommon (11.7f, good, 6/1) 69 days ago. Might be the best of the Slattery quartet.

Form: 98004

(7)

Ballyvohane²³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 55

8/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eleventh of 12 in maiden (40/1) at Killarney (11.2f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Unexposed and from a leading yard so there are reasons to be hopeful.

Form: 0-80

(11)

Chica Linda^p1³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Gavin Ryan| T: M Fahey| OR: 51

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 33/1, first run since leaving Eoin Doyle when sixth of 16 in handicap at Naas (10.3f, good) 32 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 0-006

(6)

Man Of Style²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Ben Coen| T: A Slattery| OR: 51

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. 12/1, tenth of 14 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft) 22 days ago, slowly away. Back up in trip.

Form: 00-90

(5)

Harrison Meadows^p1¹⁷³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: J C McConnell| OR: 48

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 33/1, last of 9 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f). Off 173 days. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 00-09

(13)

Sleepless Knight²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: C D Maxwell| T: J A Kinsella| OR: 47

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 25/1, twelfth of 15 in handicap at Navan (10f, soft) 25 days ago.

Form: 4000

(1)

Spinning Web³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: Ms M Mullins| OR: 47

3/1

Poor form in 4 Flat outings, including a handicap on reappearance, but did manage to make a winning start over hurdles at Tipperary 5 weeks ago. That suggests he should be up to making an impact from a basement mark on the Flat.

Form: 000-8

(8)

Water Mint²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 47

6/1

Creditable fourth of 14 in handicap (15/2) at Killarney (8.1f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Up in trip. Stable in good form. Should continue to give a good account.

Form: 082044

(9)

Buzzen^v1²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽³⁾| T: H Rogers| OR: 50

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Ninth of 15 in handicap (50/1) at Navan (10f, soft) 25 days ago. Visored for 1st time. RESERVE.

Form: 00-09

Non-Runners

(4)

Sparkit¹⁹

Weight: 9-13| Age: 3

T: A Slattery J: Amy Jo Hayes

(14)

So Messi²²

Weight: 9-3| Age: 3

T: P Martin J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

(17)

Night Moon¹

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: D Marnane J: Reserve 2

(3)

Elsa's Pride²³

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: J A Stack J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Spinning Web (3/1), So Messi (4/1), Katonah (9/2), Water Mint (6/1), Believe Me Now (13/2), Ballyvohane (8/1), Chica Linda (9/1), Hialeah (9/1), Silver Salver (9/1), Sparkit (16/1), Man Of Style (25/1), Buzzen (28/1), Sleepless Knight (40/1), Harrison Meadows (50/1), Lisgin (100/1)

SO MESSI is given a chance to build on last month's Killarney near miss. Spinning Web has yet to offer much encouragement on the Flat but a recent hurdle debut success suggests he ought to be up making his presence felt in this sphere from a mark in the low-40s. Water Mint, who wasn't too far behind the selection at Killarney, is also on the shortlist.