19:00 Wexford

Wednesday 29 May 2024

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BoyleSports Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 19:00 | Winning time: 5m 21.9s

Cut The Rope^t1³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: P Nolan| OR: 116

6/5

Fairly useful hurdler. 18/1, third of 12 in maiden at Gowran (12.4f, heavy) on flat debut 36 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Tongue strap on 1st time. Should go well.

Form: 1/2F926-

Kinbara Hills³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 102

16/1

Modest hurdler. 33/1, respectable eighth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Bellewstown (17f, good to soft) 35 days ago.

Form: 6U6408-

Rocket Spirit²⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Cian Cullinan⁽⁷⁾| T: P G Fahey| OR: 109

20/1

Fair hurdler. Twelfth of 13 in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Listowel (20f, soft). Off 8 months.

Form: 07/2340-

The Flying Spur^t⁵²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Ricky Doyle| T: M Brassil| OR: 105

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 4/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, below form sixth of 19 in novice hurdle at Naas (18.8f, soft). Off 17 months.

Form: 8406/

Val Rapide¹⁷⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: K C Sexton| T: E Sheehy

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Clonmel (19.1f, heavy, 250/1) 174 days ago.

Form: S50P-

Hurry Up Flower¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: Liz Doyle

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Ninth of 14 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.2f, soft, 125/1) 13 days ago. Up in trip. Booking of Harney a plus.

Form: 00-9

Innatendue^t⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: B W Harvey| T: J C McConnell| OR: 113| BF

2/1

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 12 hurdle runs. 11/10, respectable third of 7 in novice hurdle at Ayr (16f, soft) 40 days ago. Back up in trip. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 50/2403-

Slim Marvel²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: T Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: A Slattery| BF

5/1

Fair hurdler. 11/10, respectable third of 15 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (16.8f, good) 22 days ago.

Form: 4/0273-3

Thunder Rose³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Sam Ewing| T: Peter Fahey

50/1

Sixteenth of 19 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Tipperary (20f, good to soft) 36 days ago.

Form: 485U80-

Non-Runners

Marv Michael²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: H De Bromhead J: Rachael Blackmore

Whatsitabout¹⁵⁵

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: M F Morris J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Forecasts

Cut The Rope (6/5), Innatendue (2/1), Slim Marvel (5/1), Marv Michael (5/1), The Flying Spur (10/1), Kinbara Hills (16/1), Rocket Spirit (20/1), Thunder Rose (50/1), Whatsitabout (50/1), Val Rapide (150/1), Hurry Up Flower (200/1)

CUT THE ROPE ran well on the Flat at Gowran last month and gets the nod back hurdling for Paul Nolan. Innatendue has had a few chances but is more than capable of going close in a race like this and is second choice ahead of Andrew Slattery's Slim Marvel.