17:05 Sligo

Thursday 8 August 2024

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Clayton Hotel Claiming Hurdle

Off time: 17:05 | Winning time: 4m 29.00s

Felix Desjy^p⁵¹⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 12-0| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 131

13/2

Unreliable type. Formerly smart hurdler/chaser. Missed 2023/24 (off 17 months). Market should reveal expectations.

Form: 4B7020/

Point Gellibrand³³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: Gerard O'Leary| OR: 109

40/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 10f on flat. 7/1, seventh of 13 in novice hurdle at Bellewstown (17.2f, good to firm) 33 days ago.

Form: 4-37

Boom Boom Boom¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Philip Byrnes| T: C Byrnes| OR: 115

5/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Career best when winning 8-runner novice hurdle (4/1) at Ballinrobe (17.3f, good) 16 days ago, going clear. Claims.

Form: 076-641

Circus Act^b¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Danny Gilligan| T: J Nash| OR: 95

14/1

Fair hurdler. Twelve runs since last win in 2023. 20/1, creditable fourth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22f, good) 16 days ago.

Form: 243-5P4

Dollar Value¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁷⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 122| C| D

4/5

Temperamental sort. Course winner. Easy winner of a similar event at Roscommon last month. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Solid claims.

Form: 56-9241

Single Edition^t¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Carl Millar⁽⁷⁾| T: N Slevin| OR: 99

9/1

125/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, fourth of 7 in maiden at Ballinrobe (12.8f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code.

Form: 8326/0-0

Gino Drummer Boy^p³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| OR: 101

9/1

Fair hurdler. 14/1, respectable 14½ lengths third of 15 to Dollar Value in claiming hurdle at Roscommon (20.6f, good to soft) 31 days ago.

Form: PU-6263

Non-Runners

Rick Dalton¹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: C Collins J: Jordan Gainford

Action Motion¹⁰

Weight: 10-10| Age: 5

T: D Hogan J: Daniel King

Forecasts

Dollar Value (4/5), Boom Boom Boom (5/1), Felix Desjy (13/2), Gino Drummer Boy (9/1), Single Edition (9/1), Circus Act (14/1), Action Motion (14/1), Rick Dalton (16/1), Point Gellibrand (40/1)

DOLLAR VALUE won a similar event in good style under this rider last month and looks the one to beat. Boom Boom Boom showed improved form when winning a novice hurdle at Ballinrobe and is feared most ahead of Felix Desjy, who's returning from a long absence.