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Tuesday 23 July 2024

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West 'Howaya' Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:21 | Winning time: 4m 3.20s

Fatal Flaw^t⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: Jonathan Sweeney| D

2/1

Thrice-raced winner in bumpers. Fairly useful winner at 17f in bumpers. Won 20-runner bumper at Punchestown (16.8f, good, 5/1) 45 days ago, running on. Makes hurdles debut. Needs considering.

Form: 0-21

Next Week^h,t1¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: T Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: A Slattery| D

125/1

Thrice-raced winner under NH rules. Fair winner at 17f in bumpers. 28/1, tenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Cork (16.9f, good) on hurdles bow 18 days ago, not knocked about. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 51/0

Old Bill Barley⁶⁷⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: W P Mullins

28/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Winner in bumper at Kilbeggan in April 2022. 3/1, eleventh of 16 in novice hurdle at Navan (15.8f, good). Off 22 months. Market should reveal expectations.

Form: 13330/

Qaasid¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Paddy Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

13/2

Useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Won 9-runner handicap (11/1) at Doncaster (10.2f, good to firm) 18 days ago, keeping on well. First run for yard after leaving Julie Camacho. Interesting newcomer.

Form:

Sequoiaspirit³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Liam Quinlan⁽³⁾| T: R Hackett| OR: 116

9/2

Fairly useful hurdler. 11/1, eighth of 10 in handicap at Cork (12f, good) 39 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Fairly useful hurdler, creditable on last hurdle outing.

Form: 2350-22

Sir Jimmy Mac⁴⁵⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Kevin Sexton| T: P W Flynn| D

22/1

Thrice-raced winner under NH rules. Off 15 months. First run for yard after leaving Mark Fahey.

Form: 199/

Cleopatra's Needle³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁵⁾| T: H Rogers

125/1

Fair Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Eleventh of 15 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good to firm, 13/2) 33 days ago.

Form:

Chief Consul⁶⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: John Shinnick⁽⁷⁾| T: T O'Brien

25/1

Twice-raced maiden. 18/1, fourth of 16 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (18f, soft). Off 12 months. First run for yard after leaving Declan Queally. May well do better.

Form: 04-1

Dinamine³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

66/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. 11/1, seventh of 11 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good) on NH debut 37 days ago.

Form: 7

Huntsgrove²⁹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: J P Ryan

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 10/1, fourth of 9 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.5f, soft) on hurdles bow. Off 9 months.

Form: 43524-

Star In The Park¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: D E Fitzgerald

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. 100/1, thirteenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Cork (24f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 0-0

Royal Hollow¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: A Slattery

13/8

Fair hurdler. 16/5, second of 13 in novice hurdle at Bellewstown (17.2f, good to firm) on hurdles bow 17 days ago. Can make presence felt again.

Form: 32224-2

Who Ate The Jam

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Phillip Enright| T: J F Gleeson

150/1

Zambezi Sun mare. Dam unraced.

Form:

Go Frankie⁹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Jordan Gainford| T: P Croke

100/1

Maiden pointer, unplaced last time (Apr 21). RESERVE.

Form: 233/8-

Non-Runners

Arabian Diamond³¹¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: G Elliott J: Jack Kennedy

Nemo⁷⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: G Elliott J: Jordan Gainford

Aultown Keppols⁵

Weight: 10-11| Age: 6

T: Peter Fahey J: Reserve 1

Granda George⁵²

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: E McCarthy J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Royal Hollow (13/8), Fatal Flaw (2/1), Arabian Diamond (5/2), Sequoiaspirit (9/2), Qaasid (13/2), Nemo (14/1), Huntsgrove (20/1), Sir Jimmy Mac (22/1), Chief Consul (25/1), Granda George (25/1), Old Bill Barley (28/1), Aultown Keppols (50/1), Dinamine (66/1), Go Frankie (100/1), Cleopatra's Needle (125/1), Next Week (125/1), Who Ate The Jam (150/1), Star In The Park (200/1)

This can go to one of the hurdling debutants with progressive bumper winner FATAL FLAW shading the over useful Flat performer Qaasid. Royal Hollow looks best of those with hurdling experience.