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Sunday 7 July 2024

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Friends Of Brian Mulligan Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-116)

Off time: 15:06 | Winning time: 4m 8.10s

Ankud^p¹⁹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott| OR: 116

7/2

Very good seventh of 28 in novice hurdle (50/1) at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft). Off 6 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to improvement.

Form: 230/377-

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Herculaneum^b²³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Gary Noonan⁽²⁾| T: N C Kelly| OR: 110

7/2

Fairly useful hurdler, career best when winning 16-runner handicap at Ballinrobe in May. Below par back on the Flat next time. Can make presence felt back in this sphere.

Form: 32125-1

Thunder³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: O R Brown⁽²⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 106

12/1

Won maiden hurdle at Tramore last summer but no form since. Switches from chase to hurdles. Back down in trip.

Form: 1770-FF

Full Noise^t¹⁴⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽²⁾| T: Miss K Brown| OR: 105

6/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, first run since leaving Paul Traynor when second of 15 in handicap hurdle at Navan (22f, heavy, 9/1) 147 days ago. Down in trip. Respected.

Form: 1P7P42-

Golden Sandbanks^p,t³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: L A McKenna⁽²⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 105| CD

16/5

C&D winner. Thirteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle (25/1) at Tipperary (16f, good to soft) 3 days ago, possibly amiss when. Others more persuasive.

Form: 40-0640

Win Some Lose Some⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Aidan Kelly⁽²⁾| T: P Roche| OR: 105

6/1

Promising individual. Won 12-runner novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (19f, good, 3/1) 51 days ago, overcoming positional bias. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Shortlist material.

Form: 9/7-1

True Destiny²⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-9| J: Niall Moore⁽⁴⁾| T: N C Kelly| OR: 97| C

10/1

Course winner. 17/2, ninth of 12 in handicap hurdle at this course (17.8f, good to soft) 26 days ago, needing stiffer test.

Form: 0/1269-9

Non-Runners

For Everyone⁴⁰

Weight: 11-5| Age: 8

T: M M McNiff J: Philip Byrnes

Lakomet Of Saints⁵

Weight: 10-0| Age: 6

T: J P Flavin J: Conor Stone-Walsh

Forecasts

Golden Sandbanks (16/5), Ankud (7/2), Herculaneum (7/2), Win Some Lose Some (6/1), Full Noise (6/1), True Destiny (10/1), Thunder (12/1), Lakomet Of Saints (16/1), For Everyone (25/1)

WIN SOME LOSE SOME got up in remarkable fashion to open his account at the third attempt at Kilbeggan and should have more to offer still now handicapping. Full Noise and Herculaneum look best of the others.