17:35 Sligo

Thursday 10 August 2023

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Martin Reilly Hyundai Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:35 | Winning time: 4m 18.10s

Air Drop²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

9/1

Modest in bumpers but ran to a fair level when fourth of 18 on Listowel hurdle debut (2m) in June and is open to improvement.

Form: P-425

Comeragh Belle¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Slevin| T: M Flannery| OR: 80

200/1

No form on Flat/over hurdles.

Form: 6P-00B0

Coole Cherry³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| BF

4/7

Fair form when runner-up all 4 starts in bumpers. Bred to make a hurdler and should be up to making her presence felt in a race of this nature.

Form: 222-2

Glendars Mahler^t1¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Mark McDonagh⁽⁵⁾| T: J Fahey| OR: 98

11/2

Modest hurdler. Remains a maiden after 7 hurdle runs. 4/1, fell in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (21.6f, good) 16 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 63-932F

Going Easy

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: S K Ryder

200/1

Califet mare. Half-sister to 3 winners, including smart hurdler/fairly useful chaser Mister Miyagi and fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Worthy Farm.

Form:

Marvel Star³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny Mullins| T: Ms M Mullins

28/1

Modest form at best in 3 bumper runs. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: F7-S39

One For Mick^h⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Donagh Meyler| T: J Fahey

200/1

Well held in a pair of bumpers.

Form: 09

Portville¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: E A Fitzgerald⁽⁷⁾| T: Peter Fahey

14/1

Modest maiden on the Flat and similar form when down the field in juvenile hurdles.

Form: 000-

Stormie Outlook^t⁹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: E J O'Grady| BF

22/1

Fair maiden on the Flat who shaped better than the distance beaten suggests when seventh of 12 in maiden (3/1) at Clonmel (16.2f, soft) on NH debut 91 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code. Open to improvement.- Engaged 8.10 here Wednesday.

Form: 7

Ta Na La^t²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: T M Walsh

9/2

Fair maiden on the Flat who has been placed all 3 starts over hurdles, shaping clear second best when third at Kilbeggan (18f, soft) 20 days ago, paying for matching strides with winner for long way. Sets the standard.

Form: 323

Forecasts

Coole Cherry (4/7), Ta Na La (9/2), Glendars Mahler (11/2), Air Drop (9/1), Portville (14/1), Stormie Outlook (22/1), Marvel Star (28/1), Comeragh Belle (200/1), One For Mick (200/1), Going Easy (200/1)

TA NA LA paid late on for matching strides with the winner for a long way at Kilbeggan last month and certainly has a race of this nature within her compass judged on that performance, so she gets the nod. Coole Cherry has shown a fair level of ability in bumpers and will be suited by this slightly stiffer test now hurdling, with Air Drop also feared.