18:40 Sligo

Wednesday 23 August 2023

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Kevin Egan Cars Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 18:40 | Winning time: 5m 11.01s

Florey Spud^p¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P W Gleeson⁽⁷⁾| T: P F O'Donnell| OR: 102

10/1

Remains a maiden after 19 NH runs. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Wexford (20.4f, soft, 5/1) 12 days ago, folding.

Form: 5-6228P

Smallcraftwarning^t²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss E McCutcheon| OR: 102

50/1

25/1, seventh of 9 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (24f, soft) 27 days ago.

Form: 7408-47

Bold Emperor^p¹²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-10| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 98| C

16/1

22/1, sixth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (20.4f, soft) 12 days ago.

Form: D8-9066

Leish Oscars Son⁶⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 95

5/2

Ninth of 14 in novice chase (16/1) at Wexford (19.8f, good to soft) 64 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Still early days with this yard.

Form: 46F1-59

Dragon's Pass^t³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Kieren Buckley⁽³⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 94

7/1

Creditable fourth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (20f, good, 10/1) 34 days ago, running on late. Enters calculations.

Form: 0825-24

Gendarme²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Philip Byrnes⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 93

10/3

Shaped well when fourth of 14 in handicap hurdle (20/1) at Limerick (17f, soft) on reappearance 27 days ago, finishing strongly. Up in trip. Interesting runner.

Form: 00000-4

Royal Class²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Donagh Meyler| T: Joseph Murray| OR: 93

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eighth of 15 in novice hurdle (14/1) at Ballinrobe (17f, good) 29 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to improvement.

Form: F-768

Breezy Bell^t⁸²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁵⁾| T: E Cawley| OR: 92

10/1

Fourth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16.6f, good, 14/1) 82 days ago. Back up in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 7/7000-4

Sittingonthefence²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: J J Slevin| T: Stephen Gerard Carey| OR: 89| BF

7/1

Eleventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (21.6f, good, 7/2) 29 days ago.

Form: 0723-50

Moyvilla Lass^p,t1¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 88

13/2

15/2 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable seventh of 18 in handicap hurdle at Cork (18.7f, good to soft) 16 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 79-5547

Non-Runners

The Grey Monty¹⁰

Weight: 11-11| Age: 6

T: J C McConnell J: B W Harvey

The Truant⁴³

Weight: 11-10| Age: 6

T: Peter Fahey J: Sean Flanagan

College Causeway³⁸⁷

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: J C McConnell J: Simon Torrens

Ask Bob¹¹

Weight: 11-2| Age: 6

T: J C McConnell J: Brian Hayes

Karayaz⁹⁹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 8

T: John Cullen J: Reserve 1

Deo Bellator⁶⁴

Weight: 10-12| Age: 10

T: S Millar J: Reserve 2

Cullenwaine⁷¹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 5

T: P J Rothwell J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Leish Oscars Son (5/2), The Grey Monty (11/4), Gendarme (10/3), Moyvilla Lass (13/2), Sittingonthefence (7/1), Dragon's Pass (7/1), Florey Spud (10/1), Breezy Bell (10/1), The Truant (10/1), Ask Bob (10/1), Bold Emperor (16/1), Royal Class (16/1), Karayaz (20/1), College Causeway (20/1), Cullenwaine (20/1), Deo Bellator (33/1), Smallcraftwarning (50/1)

GENDARME is given a chance to build on his eyecatching reappearance fourth at Limerick, with confidence in his chance increased should the betting vibes be strong. John McConnell's recent Downpatrick runner-up The Grey Monty is second choice ahead of the consistent Dragon's Pass.