14:10 Downpatrick

Sunday 13 August 2023

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ITBA Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 4m 11.90s

Franno³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Ricky Doyle| T: G Keane| OR: 95

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Good second of 11 in handicap (7/1) at Tramore (16f, good to soft) 33 days ago, running on. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Bit below form on last hurdle run.

Form: 90-57

Hurricane Helen¹⁵

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

50/1

Fair but unreliable handicapper on Flat (probably stays 1½m). Well below best when twelfth of 16 in handicap at Gowran (9.5f) 15 days ago. Not the easiest to weigh up now starting out over hurdles.

Form:

Meadow Soprano³⁵⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: B W Harvey⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell

18/1

5-y-o mare half-sister to fairly useful 2¾m hurdle winner/useful staying chaser Some Neck. Fair form when dual winner around 1m on Flat in Denmark at 3 yrs, placed once in 2022: Market likely to prove the best guide now hurdling for new yard on back of 11 months off.

Form:

Artemis Angel^h²³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: C O'Keeffe| OR: 94

9/2

11/1 and blinkered for 1st time, good third of 15 in novice hurdle at Killarney (22.8f, good) 23 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Peter Fahey. Hood back on.

Form: 57-4563

Fortuna Favente

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: B Connell

6/4

€100,000 3-y-o, Soldier of Fortune mare. Half-sister to 3 winners, including high-class hurdler/very smart chaser Appreciate It, stays 3m, and useful hurdler/chaser Danny Kirwan, stays 3m. Very interesting newcomer for good yard.

Form:

Gaye Winnie³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Danny Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| BF

11/4

Thrice-raced maiden. Third of 10 in novice hurdle (15/8) at this course (17.8f, good) 31 days ago, no extra only late on. Claims of hitting the frame again.

Form: 66-3

Sally's Cave

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Thomas Reilly⁽⁷⁾| T: Francis Casey

100/1

Court Cave mare. Dam unraced half-sister to useful chaser (stayed 4½m) Hello Bud and untrustworthy but fairly useful chaser (stayed 3m) The Musical Guy. Likely to be suited by further in due course.

Form:

Signora Di Milano^p¹⁰⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Carl Millar⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

22/1

Little form in points discouraging start on Rules/hurdles debut when eleventh of 12 in novice hurdle at this course (21.8f) back in May. Has made a very interesting yard switch though, so interesting what the market makes of her.

Form: P5-0

Spice Diva³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford

8/1

Once-raced maiden. 13/2, fifth of 10 in novice hurdle at this course (17.8f, good) on NH debut 31 days ago.

Form: 4/4B31-5

Struell Duchess³¹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: J P Shinnick⁽⁷⁾| T: S Wilson

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Seventh of 10 in novice hurdle (250/1) at this course (17.8f, good) 31 days ago.

Form: 0PU/P7

Ruby Jules¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Phillip Enright| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 87

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 66/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, ninth of 11 in maiden at Galway (7f, soft) 12 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. 8/16 on last hurdle run.

Form: 548

Non-Runners

Jacks Fancy¹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 5

T: H De Bromhead J: Rachael Blackmore

Forecasts

Fortuna Favente (6/4), Gaye Winnie (11/4), Artemis Angel (9/2), Spice Diva (8/1), Franno (11/1), Jacks Fancy (14/1), Meadow Soprano (18/1), Signora Di Milano (22/1), Ruby Jules (50/1), Hurricane Helen (50/1), Sally's Cave (100/1), Struell Duchess (200/1)

Those with previous form don't set a tall standard so it could well be worth siding with debutante FORTUNA FAVENTE. She makes plenty of appeal on paper (half-sister to high-class hurdler Appreciate It) for a good yard and it would come as no surprise to see her play a lead role. Gaye Winnie and Artemis Angel are others fancied to be thereabouts.