16:45 Sligo

Tuesday 11 June 2024

All16:4517:1517:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:15

Knocknarea Opportunity Claiming Hurdle

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 4m 40.20s

Routine Excellence^p²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Alix Balfe⁽⁴⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 111

14/1

Fairly useful chaser. Respectable third of 12 in claiming hurdle at Clonmel (19f, good to soft, 7/1) 26 days ago.

Form: P4P36-3

Gordons Aura^p³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Carl Millar⁽⁴⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 112

15/2

Fairly useful hurdler. Twelfth of 17 in handicap hurdle (18/1) at Cork (20f, good) 31 days ago.

Form: 48305-0

Summer Tide⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: Kevin A Murphy⁽⁴⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 111

12/1

Fairly useful chaser. Latest win in chase at Cork in March. Tenth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (16f, good to soft, 11/1) 8 days ago.

Form: 2U14-30

Doctor Nightingale¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Jake Coen| T: G Elliott| OR: 109

28/1

Fair hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Limerick in April. Ninth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (16.3f, good to soft, 16/1) 14 days ago.

Form: 3861-69

Broken Ice^p¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁴⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 104| C

6/1

Fair chaser. 3/1, creditable third of 8 in handicap chase at Limerick (25.5f, good) 19 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Down in trip. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 54295-3

Flaming Moon³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁴⁾| T: P Flood| OR: 123

16/1

Fair chaser. 10/1, sixth of 9 in handicap chase at Downpatrick (17.8f, good). Off 9 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving Matthew J. Smith.

Form: 0/496P-P

Tom McGreevy^h,t¹²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: T P Harney⁽⁴⁾| T: Liz Doyle| OR: 116

8/1

Unreliable type. Running below form when fell in claiming hurdle (7/2) at Limerick (16.4f, soft) 12 days ago won by Kendancer.

Form: 0210-8F

Kendancer^v¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Philip Byrnes| T: C Byrnes| OR: 109| D

11/4

Fair hurdler. Didn't need to improve to win 10-runner claiming hurdle (15/8) at Limerick (16.4f, soft) 12 days ago by 3¾ lengths from Gino Drummer Boy, shaken up to assert. Should go well again.

Form: 0476-51

Clever Currency^p,t⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁴⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 111| CD

10/3

Fairly useful hurdler. Seventeenth of 24 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.4f, good to soft, 28/1) 40 days ago. Expected to be bang there down in class.

Form: 129720-

Gino Drummer Boy^p¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: P Cleary⁽⁴⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 102

16/1

Fair hurdler. Creditable 3¾ lengths second of 10 to Kendancer in claiming hurdle at Limerick (16.4f, soft, 17/2) 12 days ago. Respected.

Form: 4FPU-62

Kellyiscool^h,t¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 10-6| J: Gavin Brouder| T: N C Kelly| OR: 107

33/1

Fair chaser. Remains a maiden after 21 NH runs. 11/2, fourth of 6 in handicap chase at Cartmel (21.2f, soft), broke blood vessel when. Off 9 months. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 4333-23

Young Fitzy^p¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-6| J: R P Geoghegan⁽⁴⁾| T: N Lee| OR: 87

22/1

Modest hurdler. Twenty runs since last win in 2022. 16/1, thirteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (16.3f, good to soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 63P4-50

Non-Runners

Mr Macallum⁸⁷

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: Mrs C O'Leary J: M J Molloy

Edge Of Darkness¹¹

Weight: 11-3| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: Philip Donovan

Jupiter Rock⁹

Weight: 10-3| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Kendancer (11/4), Clever Currency (10/3), Broken Ice (6/1), Gordons Aura (15/2), Tom McGreevy (8/1), Summer Tide (12/1), Routine Excellence (14/1), Gino Drummer Boy (16/1), Flaming Moon (16/1), Edge Of Darkness (16/1), Jupiter Rock (20/1), Young Fitzy (22/1), Mr Macallum (25/1), Doctor Nightingale (28/1), Kellyiscool (33/1)

CLEVER CURRENCY isn't the most consistent but he's down in class here and is the one to beat on the pick of his form on these terms. Kendancer and Gino Drummer Boy were first and second in a similar event at Limerick 12 days ago and head the dangers.