18:35 Down Royal

Friday 1 September 2023

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Pepsico (Walkers Snacks) Hurdle

Off time: 18:35 | Winning time: 5m 54.9s

Streets Of Doyen^p,t⁴⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 131| D

11/1

Useful hurdler. Tenth of 13 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (25f, soft, 15/2) 49 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Tongue strap back on, cheekpieces back on.

Form: 350P-10

Whiskey Sour^t³²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 143

15/8

Useful hurdler. 25/1, good fifth of 20 in Flat handicap at Galway (16.8f, heavy) 32 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Leading claims.

Form: 5314/1U-

Dovlator^t1⁵⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: J J Slevin| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 121| C

20/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 17/2, sixth of 7 in novice chase at Tipperary (19.5f, soft) on debut over fences 59 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Tongue strap on 1st time. Uphill task.

Form: 2200-36

Digby^p1²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 126

11/2

Fairly useful hurdler. 9/1, below form seventh of 16 in handicap hurdle at Galway (22.6f, soft) 27 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 41/3F-37

Jeff Kidder⁵⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Mark Walsh| T: N Meade| OR: 140

5/2

Useful hurdler. Very good 6½ lengths sixth of 13 to Fils D'oudairies in Grimes Hurdle (33/1) at Tipperary (16f, good) 57 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Not taken lightly.

Form: 113/7-U6

Tullybeg^t⁴⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 134| CD

4/1

Useful chaser. 12/1, ninth of 13 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (25f, soft) 49 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Can give a good account back hurdling.

Form: U145-19

Non-Runners

Max Flamingo¹²⁷

Weight: 11-0| Age: 8

T: Francis Casey J: Thomas Reilly

The Jam Man³⁰

Weight: 11-0| Age: 10

T: P J Rothwell J: Simon Torrens

Forecasts

Whiskey Sour (15/8), Jeff Kidder (5/2), Tullybeg (4/1), Digby (11/2), The Jam Man (6/1), Streets Of Doyen (11/1), Max Flamingo (20/1), Dovlator (20/1)

WHISKEY SOUR arrives on the back of a decent run on the Flat at Galway and can make a successful return to hurdles. Jeff Kidder ran well in a Tipperary Grade 3 last time can give the selection most to do ahead of Gordon Elliott's Mayo National winner Tullybeg, who reverts to hurdling for the first time since spring 2022.