17:00 Down Royal

Friday 1 September 2023

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Hovis (Prev. Premier Bakeries Ireland) Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:02 | Winning time: 4m 5.4s

Dame Rapide²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: D E Mullins| T: J M Barrett

7/2

Useful Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Useful winner at 14f on flat. Sixteenth of 17 in handicap at Galway (12f, good, 25/1) 28 days ago, hampered. Switches from Flat to hurdles and worth another chance.

Form: 46-8

I Am Shadow²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: E Walsh⁽³⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy

16/1

1 win from 2 runs this season. Career best when winning 10-runner bumper at Sligo (18.2f, good to soft, 5/1) 22 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 4348-31

Summertime Romance⁸²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Anna McGuinness⁽⁷⁾| T: C A McBratney

100/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. First run since leaving Marco Botti when twelfth of 16 in novice hurdle (16/1) at Punchestown (16f, good) on NH debut 82 days ago.

Form: 0

Final Decision⁸²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: A P Heskin| T: A McCann

28/1

Winner in bumper at Kilbeggan in April. 13/2, good second of 10 in bumper at Punchestown (16f, good) 82 days ago, no match for winner. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 45431-2

Goodie Two Shoes^t¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mark Walsh| T: J P O'Brien

4/5

Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Useful winner at 12f on flat. Won 6-runner handicap at Gowran (12.4f, good, 6/5) 16 days ago, very much having run of race. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Respected.

Form: 3F-

Young Lucy^t⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: P J Carberry| T: A J Martin

28/1

Promising sort. 1 win from 2 runs this season. Winner in bumper at Cork in May. Excellent sixth of 13 in novice hurdle (11/2) at Sligo (17.4f, good to soft) 9 days ago. Open to progress.

Form: 6565-16

Air Drop²²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

4/1

Promising type. Good second of 10 in novice hurdle at Sligo (17.8f, good to soft, 9/1) 22 days ago, conceding first run. Should have more to offer.

Form: P-4252

Angelsworknovrtime⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: K C Sexton| T: James Andrew Fahey| OR: 96

12/1

Modest hurdler. Remains a maiden after 13 hurdle runs. Creditable fourth of 13 in novice hurdle at Sligo (17.4f, good to soft, 5/1) 9 days ago.

Form: 335044

Cullagh West^h1

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: B P Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: S Fahey

200/1

Westerner mare. Dam unraced. Wears hood.

Form:

Fly With Me Chik^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin

200/1

Free Eagle mare. Dam 11f winner. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Leahs Tricks^t1¹⁶⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: J J Slevin| T: P E Collins

100/1

Once-raced maiden. Fifth of 6 in bumper (9/1) at this C&D (heavy) on NH debut 168 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 5-

Little Soiree²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Simon Torrens| T: P Nolan

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Below form ninth of 15 in bumper at Galway (16f, soft, 10/1) 27 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 22-49

Sally's Cave¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Thomas Reilly⁽⁷⁾| T: Francis Casey

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Ninth of 11 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Downpatrick (17.3f, good) on NH debut 19 days ago.

Form: 9

Shindilla⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Ricky Doyle| T: Peter Fahey

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Ninth of 14 in novice hurdle (25/1) at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 7 days ago.

Form: 9

Its Not Over Yet¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: O McKiernan

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 50/1, fourteenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Tramore (16f, good) on hurdles bow 15 days ago.

Form: 760

Sheemore⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: J S McGarvey| T: C Collins

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Seventh of 13 in novice hurdle at Sligo (17.4f, good to soft, 150/1) on hurdles bow 9 days ago.

Form: 587

Stellar Queen^t⁹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

18/1

13/2, last of 10 in handicap at Catterick (6f, good to firm). First run for yard after leaving Edward Bethell. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code.

Form:

Forecasts

Goodie Two Shoes (4/5), Dame Rapide (7/2), Air Drop (4/1), Angelsworknovrtime (12/1), I Am Shadow (16/1), Stellar Queen (18/1), Final Decision (28/1), Young Lucy (28/1), Little Soiree (66/1), Leahs Tricks (100/1), Summertime Romance (100/1), Sheemore (125/1), Shindilla (150/1), Sally's Cave (150/1), Its Not Over Yet (200/1), Fly With Me Chik (200/1), Cullagh West (200/1)

DAME RAPIDE has yet to convince as a hurdler but she's worth another chance given her useful form on the Flat. Goodie Two Shoes has a similar profile to the selection so is feared, with Air Drop another to consider.