16:05 Bellewstown

Wednesday 30 August 2023

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Bright Motor Group Claiming Hurdle

Off time: 16:05 | Winning time: 4m 51.20s

Clondaw Hollow^t⁸²

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: B W Harvey⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 118| BF

8/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Evens, third of 4 in novice chase at Clonmel (20f, good) 82 days ago. Not discounted returned to hurdling/down in grade.

Form: 123/32-3

Desert Friend²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 115

12/1

Latest win in chase at Clonmel in June. 4/1, 16¾ lengths fifth of 7 to Must Meet Cecil in claiming hurdle at Sligo (17.8f, good to soft) 20 days ago.

Form: 34-61P5

Jungle Prose^p²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 134

4/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Pulled up in novice chase at Galway (22.5f, good to soft, 15/2) 27 days ago, tailed off when pulled up before sixth. Return to hurdling could well have positive effect and she's worth siding with.

Form: 40-2P2P

Bal De Rio⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: Daniel King⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 110| D

5/2

Fairly useful hurdler. 10/1, creditable second of 11 in claimer at Roscommon (10.3f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Each-way possibilities returned to timber.

Form: 614317

Wajaaha^p²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Mark McDonagh⁽⁵⁾| T: P J McKenna| OR: 119

4/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 17/2, 7¼ lengths fourth of 7 to Must Meet Cecil in minor event hurdle at Sligo (17.8f, good to soft) 20 days ago. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 270-504

Must Meet Cecil^p⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Carl Millar⁽⁷⁾| T: C Collins| OR: 108

13/2

Fair hurdler. Latest win in hurdle at Sligo in August. 15/2, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (20.6f, good to soft) 7 days ago. Needs to confirm his stamina for this sort of trip.

Form: 00F014

Starman³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽³⁾| T: D Queally| OR: 105

15/2

Fair hurdler who opened his account in a Wexford maiden (16.7f) in June. 25/1, fourteenth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.6f, soft) 30 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: U-27510

Knock On Steel¹⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 10-8| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: B Jordan| OR: 95| D

20/1

Eighteen runs since last win in 2020. 33/1, fourth of 11 in handicap chase at Tramore (15.7f, soft) 10 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 44/9P84

Essential Part^p1,t¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: P Roche| OR: 84

66/1

Seventh of 14 in handicap hurdle (25/1) at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Back up in trip. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. Hard to fancy on these terms.

Form: 40000-7

Non-Runners

No Thanks¹³

Weight: 11-8| Age: 7

T: M J Smith J: J Smith

Gendarme⁷

Weight: 10-10| Age: 8

T: C Byrnes J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Bal De Rio (5/2), Jungle Prose (4/1), Wajaaha (4/1), Must Meet Cecil (13/2), Starman (15/2), Clondaw Hollow (8/1), No Thanks (10/1), Desert Friend (12/1), Knock On Steel (20/1), Gendarme (25/1), Essential Part (66/1)

JUNGLE PROSE needs forgiving a lesser effort over fences at Galway on her latest outing 4 weeks ago yet she holds sound claims on these terms returning to timber and could well be the way to go. Wajaaha and Clondaw Hollow are a couple of others fancied to feature. Bal de Rio can also give a good account.