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Thursday 8 August 2024

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Martin Reilly Hyundai Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:34 | Winning time: 4m 36.70s

Bowgate Street⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M Flannery| OR: 86

40/1

Remains a maiden after 7 hurdle runs. 16/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (19.4f, good) 61 days ago, tailed off when pulled up 2 out. First run for yard after leaving T. Gibney.

Form: 08/400-P

Cloonainra¹¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

11/1

€3,500 4-y-o, €27,000 5-y-o, Financial Reward mare. Dam (h87) lightly raced over hurdles. Won completed start in points (Apr 13). One to note.

Form: F1-

Florance^h⁶⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: J P O'Sullivan| T: A McCann

16/1

16/1, tenth of 15 in bumper at Punchestown (16.6f, good) 60 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0/053-50

Get In Line²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

5/1

Twice-raced maiden. 4/1, seventh of 14 in bumper at Wexford (20.4f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Obvious appeal for top yard.

Form: 4-7

Hero In The Sky^t³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Luke Burke Ott⁽⁷⁾| T: A Ott

80/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Eighth of 17 in novice hurdle at Cork (17f, good to soft, 80/1) on hurdles bow 3 days ago.

Form: 042-F8

Joe Hannigan³²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: William P Murphy

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. Eleventh of 15 in bumper at Navan (15.6f, good to soft, 80/1). Off 10 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: P/40-

Kate Knows Best²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan

5/2

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Second of 11 in novice hurdle (13/2) at Killarney (22.8f, good) on hurdles bow 20 days ago. Back down in trip. Sets a fair standard.

Form: 24-442

Knocknagoran Lady²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: B W Harvey| T: Cian Hughes

22/1

Once-raced maiden. 16/1, seventh of 14 in novice hurdle at Wexford (20.4f, good to soft) on NH debut 26 days ago.

Form: 7

Our June³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott

40/1

Once-raced maiden. Eighth of 10 in bumper (12/1) at this course (18.3f, good) on NH debut 32 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 8

Santa Catarina⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

28/1

Poor maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. First run since leaving W. P. Browne when tenth of 13 in maiden at Galway (12f, soft, 80/1) 6 days ago.

Form:

Spanish Maid⁹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Donagh Meyler| T: F J Flood

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Third of 15 in novice hurdle (33/1) at Tipperary (16.5f, good to soft) 91 days ago.

Form: U/0F77-3

Tell Me This³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan

7/4

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 4/1, brought down in novice hurdle at Roscommon (20.6f, good to soft) 31 days ago.

Form: F/FB3-5B

Annalough¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: M M McNiff

125/1

Twice-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (18.9f, good, 150/1) 13 days ago.

Form: 7-0

Forecasts

Tell Me This (7/4), Kate Knows Best (5/2), Get In Line (5/1), Spanish Maid (9/1), Cloonainra (11/1), Florance (16/1), Knocknagoran Lady (22/1), Santa Catarina (28/1), Bowgate Street (40/1), Our June (40/1), Hero In The Sky (80/1), Annalough (125/1), Joe Hannigan (150/1)

KATE KNOWS BEST made a decent start over hurdles when second at Killarney and sets a clear standard. Point winner Cloonainra may emerge as the biggest threat ahead of Get In Line.