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Monday 28 August 2023

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Paddy Smyth Memorial Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:35 | Winning time: 5m 34.07s

Straight Home¹⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Miss J Townend| T: T Townend

3/1

11/4, won 9-runner bumper at Cork (16f, soft) on NH debut 140 days ago, kept up to work. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip. Leading claims.

Form: P11-

Alltheattitudes^t³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: A McCurtin| T: E F Gallagher

125/1

Once-raced maiden. Tongue strap on, last of 15 in novice hurdle at Killarney (22.8f, good, 150/1) on NH debut 38 days ago.

Form: P-PP0

Bless The Moon

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean Cleary-Farrell⁽⁷⁾| T: Barry J Fitzgerald

20/1

Sea Moon mare. Dam (c111/h129) 2m-3m hurdle winner, also 11.3f winner who stayed 2m on Flat.

Form:

C'est Rien¹⁰⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Danny Mullins| T: T Mullins| OR: 95

6/1

Modest form. Eleventh of 16 in novice hurdle (40/1) at Killarney (22.2f, good) 105 days ago.

Form: 3975-00

Diverse Beauty

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: S Fahey

33/1

Mount Nelson mare. Dam (h97) 2m/21f hurdle winner out of staying hurdler/chaser Lady of Gortmerron.

Form:

Electric Dreamer²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: W J Burke

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. 100/1, eleventh of 17 in novice hurdle at Cork (17f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 00

Half Off Six Pence²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: D H Kelly

33/1

Once-raced maiden. Sixth of 17 in novice hurdle (20/1) at Cork (17f, good to soft) on NH debut 21 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 65F4-56

Sleep Sound¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Jake Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: Peter Fahey

7/2

Promising type. Fourth of 10 in bumper at Sligo (18.2f, good to soft, 15/2) on bumper debut 18 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Up in trip. Should improve.

Form: 34

Springtime Promise⁵⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: C P McNamara| T: Gary McGill

25/1

Twice-raced maiden. Seventh of 12 in bumper at Thurles (16.3f, soft, 12/1). Off 18 months. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip. First run for yard after leaving Ciaran Murphy.

Form: 426327/

Zingara Lass¹¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Phillip Enright| T: Miss H McLoughlin| OR: 84

50/1

200/1, sixteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Cork (19f, good to soft) 114 days ago.

Form: 40800-0

Deons Diamond⁴⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell

18/1

Once-raced maiden. Eighth of 11 in bumper (18/1) at Roscommon (15.5f, good to soft) on NH debut 49 days ago, doing too much too soon. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 2-8

Hurricane Honey¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

7/2

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Fourth of 11 in novice hurdle (33/1) at Kilbeggan (19f, good to soft) 16 days ago. Likely to be thereabouts for top trainer/jockey pairing.

Form: 094

Mermaids Cave¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: E Walsh⁽³⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy

33/1

Once-raced maiden. 40/1, sixth of 11 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (19f, good to soft) on NH debut 16 days ago.

Form: 6

Amazing Amy²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Alan O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan| OR: 82

5/1

Poor hurdler. Remains a maiden after 11 hurdle runs. Very good second of 15 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Killarney (20.2f, good to soft) 2 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 7-07782

Non-Runners

Toucan Do⁸⁴

Weight: 10-13| Age: 5

T: J M Burke J: Niall Moore

Ogee¹⁶

Weight: 10-9| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: Daniel King

Forecasts

Straight Home (3/1), Hurricane Honey (7/2), Sleep Sound (7/2), Amazing Amy (5/1), C'est Rien (6/1), Deons Diamond (18/1), Bless The Moon (20/1), Toucan Do (20/1), Springtime Promise (25/1), Half Off Six Pence (33/1), Diverse Beauty (33/1), Mermaids Cave (33/1), Ogee (33/1), Zingara Lass (50/1), Electric Dreamer (100/1), Alltheattitudes (125/1)

Point winner STRAIGHT HOME looked potentially useful when landing a Cork bumper on her Rules debut in the spring and is taken to follow up now switched to hurdles on her return. Gordon Elliott's Hurricane Honey is second choice ahead of Sleep Sound.