15:50 Tramore

Sunday 20 August 2023

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Frank King Memorial Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 4m 0.06s

Hashtag Pretender^t¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: B Connell| BF

15/8

Fairly useful hurdler. 4/6, third of 14 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (15.3f, good to soft) 12 days ago. Big player.

Form: 72-3

Scottish Dancer⁷⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: E Doyle| D

9/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Won 5-runner handicap (6/5) at Catterick (13.9f, good to firm) 79 days ago, digging deep. Needs a close look on yard/hurdles debut.

Form:

Friends⁴⁴

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

4/6

Won 13-runner bumper at Wexford (20.7f, good to soft, 4/6) on NH debut 44 days ago, running on. Makes hurdles debut and of obvious interest for top yard.

Form: 1

Hi Sur Multi⁶³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Paul Traynor

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. 250/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, twelfth of 15 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good) 63 days ago. Booking of O'Keeffe a plus.

Form: FP/P0-00

Cramers Valley²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Conor Owens⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell

80/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. Fourteenth of 16 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Limerick (16f, soft) 24 days ago.

Form: 670

Jonny Mansie^t1¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Kevin Sexton| T: D Queally

66/1

Twice-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice hurdle (150/1) at Galway (16.8f, soft) 15 days ago, pulled up before 2 out. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 9P

Torential^t1⁹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: J S McGarvey| T: Miss T L Cogan

150/1

Making GB/IRE jumps debut. 150/1, first run since leaving Jack W. Davison when last of 11 in maiden at Killarney (8.1f, soft). Off 10 months. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: P

Dubeyeracingcraic¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Philip Byrnes⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes

17/2

Fair maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Eighth of 16 in maiden at Galway (12.2f, good to soft, 100/1) 18 days ago.

Form:

Non-Runners

Albert Camus⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: J C McConnell J: B W Harvey

Fox Leicester¹³

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: J M Burke J: E Walsh

Ladybela²

Weight: 10-11| Age: 5

T: P Kiely J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Friends (4/6), Hashtag Pretender (15/8), Albert Camus (7/2), Dubeyeracingcraic (17/2), Scottish Dancer (9/1), Fox Leicester (16/1), Jonny Mansie (66/1), Cramers Valley (80/1), Ladybela (100/1), Hi Sur Multi (150/1), Torential (150/1)

Winner of a Wexford bumper on debut last month, FRIENDS looks a decent prospect for the all-conquering Willie Mullins yard and she is taken to maintain her unbeaten record by making a successful start in this sphere. Hashtag Pretender and Albert Camus are feared most in that order of preference, while dual Flat winner Scottish Dancer is also of interest on his hurdles debut.