18:08 Tramore

Friday 18 August 2023

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Tom Murphy Mercedes Benz Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 18:08 | Winning time: 4m 17.70s

Betty Dutton¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mark McDonagh⁽⁵⁾| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 105

3/1

Good third of 18 in handicap hurdle at Cork (18.7f, good to soft, 7/1) 11 days ago, collared close home. No reason why she won't go well again.

Form: 6-93333

First Dare⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: Liz Doyle| OR: 101| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Bit below form fourth of 14 in handicap hurdle (9/1) at Downpatrick (18.8f, good) 61 days ago, plugging on. Drops back in trip now.

Form: 160-444

Queenie Newall⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 98

11/1

10/1, seventh of 11 in handicap hurdle at Bellewstown (20f, good) 41 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 063/5-87

Costanuci³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: N F Houlihan| T: J Queally| OR: 96| C

7/2

Course winner. Creditable fourth of 15 in handicap hurdle (8/1) at Cork (20f, good to soft) 35 days ago, keeping on. Clearly in good heart but marked drop back in trip may not be ideal.

Form: 03P-514

Inchiquin Star³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: P Kiely| OR: 95

9/1

Creditable sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (15.5f, good to soft, 14/1) 39 days ago. Rider takes off handy 5 lb and she could yet have more to offer in handicaps.

Form: 770-286

Is That So¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Eoin G Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: A Murray| OR: 92

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Fifth of 17 in novice hurdle at Cork (17f, good to soft, 125/1) 11 days ago. More needed making handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 0/0-05

Mater Matuta^p,t⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: E D Delany| OR: 92| C| D

9/2

8/1, creditable fourth of 13 in handicap at Bellewstown (12.1f, good to soft) 42 days ago. Has often gone well at this venue and worth considering back over hurdles.

Form: 1328-62

Serpolette^t⁴¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Danny Mullins| T: E D Delany| OR: 91| C

17/2

Course winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2022. Creditable fourth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Bellewstown (20f, good, 12/1) 41 days ago.

Form: 00-0204

Minnie Beets¹²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Carl Millar⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 89

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 50/1, eighth of 14 in novice hurdle at this C&D (soft) 124 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Should have more to offer.

Form: 088-

Image Du Large⁷⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: B W Harvey⁽³⁾| T: C Motherway| OR: 86

33/1

Offered a little more than previously for this yard when seventh in big field Tipperary mares' maiden (15.7f) in May but in process of running poorly when falling 4 out at Wexford (17.5f) later that month

Form: 3PP0-7F

Amazing Amy²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: E M O'Sullivan| OR: 85

25/1

18/1, seventh of 15 in mares' maiden hurdle at Killarney (22.8f, good) 28 days ago. weakening from 2f out. Drops back markedly in trip returned to handicaps but more needed.

Form: 497-077

O'Faolains Glory²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: N Dooly| OR: 83

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 22/1 and hooded for 1st time, last of 15 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (18f, soft) 28 days ago, always behind. Needs to show more before becoming of interest.

Form: 0-670

Non-Runners

Reverse Polarity¹⁰

Weight: 11-9| Age: 8

T: Ms H P Markham J: Shane Fenelon

Rebel Treaty¹¹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: P O'Flynn J: Phillip Enright

Baby Chou⁸

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Conor Smithers

Redwood Queen⁶⁷

Weight: 10-12| Age: 6

T: C Byrnes J: Philip Byrnes

Forecasts

Betty Dutton (3/1), Costanuci (7/2), Mater Matuta (9/2), First Dare (5/1), Rebel Treaty (8/1), Serpolette (17/2), Inchiquin Star (9/1), Redwood Queen (10/1), Queenie Newall (11/1), Baby Chou (20/1), Amazing Amy (25/1), O'Faolains Glory (33/1), Image Du Large (33/1), Minnie Beets (40/1), Reverse Polarity (50/1), Is That So (66/1)

Fit from a spin on the Flat last month, MATER MATUTA has yet to run a bad race at this venue (runner-up over fences in June) and, re-united with Rachael Blackmore ahead of this switch back to hurdling, she's expected to make her presence felt. Redwood Queen is interesting, particularly if strong in the betting, with Betty Dutton and First Dare completing the shortlist.