17:30 Wexford

Friday 9 August 2024

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Noel O'Connell Memorial Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 17:33 | Winning time: 4m 11.2s

Bobbi Gin Tree³³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 102| BF

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable second of 10 in novice hurdle (15/8) at Sligo (17.4f, good) 33 days ago, clear of rest. Switch to handicaps looks in her favour now and distinctly possible she could yet have more to offer.

Form: 65-62

Inchiquin Star³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: P Kiely| OR: 102

8/1

Creditable sixth of 18 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Tipperary (16f, good to soft) 36 days ago. Can give a good account again on that evidence.

Form: 8616-46

Doyen Magic^t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Jordan Gainford| T: P Nolan| OR: 97

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Bit below form sixth of 13 in novice hurdle at this course (20.4f, good to soft, 7/2) 15 days ago, weakening quickly. Drop down in trip may help now making handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 1/645-36

Bayou Belle¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Fahey| OR: 93| BF

10/3

Good 1¾ lengths second of 13 to Onebrightbluerose in handicap hurdle (5/1) at this course (16.7f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 28853-2

Rock On Dolly⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Kieren Buckley| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 92

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Ninth of 11 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (19f, good, 150/1) 80 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to progress and worth noting if the market speaks in her favour.

Form: 00-9

Gilded Moon¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: J J Slevin| T: A Fleming| OR: 93

12/1

Modest Flat winner who has improved with each run in maiden hurdles, keeping on for third in 15-runner event at Kilbeggan (18.9f) 2 weeks ago. Likely there's even better to come now handicapping and she's one to note.

Form: 083

Onebrightbluerose^b²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr A Burke-Ott⁽⁷⁾| T: Patrick Cronin| OR: 90| CD

9/4

Shed maiden tag in first-time blinkers over C&D on penultimate start and produced another solid effort when third of 13 in handicap back here on Wednesday. Likely she can feature again.

Form: 590713

Gonetomillgrove¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 89

18/1

Flat winner earlier in career but not much to shout about in this sphere, already beaten when unseating in handicap hurdle here (20.4f) 15 days ago. Best to look elsewhere.

Form: 0/9PP-6U

Thebeautifulgame¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: E Walsh| T: C Collins| OR: 88

80/1

Eleventh of 14 in handicap hurdle (100/1) at Ballinrobe (22f, good) 17 days ago, struggling early final circuit. Back down in trip. Hard to recommend.

Form: 00B-000

Joeswayornoway^v1¹⁴⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: E Sheehy| OR: 87| D

16/1

Unreliable individual. 11/1, ninth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (20f, soft) 145 days ago. Visor on 1st time but she's hard to predict.

Form: 053079-

C'est Rien⁸⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: D E Mullins| T: T Mullins| OR: 83

11/1

Remains a maiden after 24 NH runs. Respectable sixth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19f, soft, 11/2) 85 days ago. Reserve 2.

Form: 70787-6

Hockworthy Flyer³⁵⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-7| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: A McNamara| OR: 81

18/1

Remains a maiden after 19 NH runs. Eleventh of 16 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (20.5f, good, 15/2). Off 11 months. Reserve 3.

Form: 0/23570-

Non-Runners

Dreamz⁷³

Weight: 11-8| Age: 7

T: T O'Brien J: John Shinnick

Shana Cloon¹⁰⁶

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: G P Cromwell J: Keith Donoghue

Ballycommon Chapel²

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: R Donohoe J: R Deegan

Tropical Image¹⁷

Weight: 11-0| Age: 7

T: E McCarthy J: Gary Noonan

Grizabella²

Weight: 10-12| Age: 5

T: J J Hanlon J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Onebrightbluerose (9/4), Bayou Belle (10/3), Shana Cloon (5/1), Bobbi Gin Tree (11/2), Inchiquin Star (8/1), Dreamz (8/1), C'est Rien (11/1), Gilded Moon (12/1), Doyen Magic (14/1), Joeswayornoway (16/1), Ballycommon Chapel (16/1), Gonetomillgrove (18/1), Hockworthy Flyer (18/1), Tropical Image (33/1), Rock On Dolly (40/1), Thebeautifulgame (80/1)

BOBBI GIN TREE matched her previous hurdles best when runner-up in a Sligo maiden 33 days ago and, open to further progress now handicapping, she gets the nod to come out on top. Bayou Belle and Onebrightbluerose are others to consider. Gilded Moon and Shana Cloon are others warranting a second look also.