18:40 Sligo

Wednesday 21 August 2024

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McDermott Farm Machinery Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 18:40 | Winning time: 5m 35.30s

Rodney⁸⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Paddy Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 92

9/1

22/1, below form seventh of 16 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (20.1f, good) 80 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 660F-07

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Renard De Noir¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: R Deegan| T: J H Black| OR: 89

66/1

First run since leaving Stuart Crawford when last of 10 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (17.8f, good, 22/1) 10 days ago.

Form: 00-0940

Rideau Canal^p1,t²⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 88

13/2

80/1, eighth of 12 in novice chase at Wexford (19.4f, soft) on debut over fences 28 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 45/4-008

Glenmorefiftyfour^t²⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Liam Quinlan⁽³⁾| T: R Hackett| OR: 86

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Ninth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22f, good, 66/1) 29 days ago.

Form: 0P/9-809

Awakino²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Simon Torrens| T: D Cullen| OR: 89

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 20/1, ninth of 15 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (18.9f, good) 26 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Can give a good account.

Form: 8-59

Fernhill Fling^p¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 85

18/1

22/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, eleventh of 12 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 6000-00

Portnacoo⁹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Donagh Meyler| T: H Smyth| OR: 84

10/1

Last of 6 in Limerick maiden chase in May. Switches from chase to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving Jamie Albert Sloan with work to do.

Form: 0PP79-6

Shesabreeze^t⁹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Calum Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 84

9/2

25/1, good third of 13 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19f, soft) 97 days ago. Trainer going well so she's in the mix again.

Form: 006P9-3

Nicolas Fortune^t¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: K A Heffernan| OR: 83

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Tenth of 20 in novice hurdle at Galway (16.8f, soft, 150/1) 18 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: P-60660

Realta Geal⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: F J Flood| OR: 81

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Pulled up in handicap hurdle (100/1) at Roscommon (24.7f, good to soft) 44 days ago, soon beaten.

Form: 9670/P

Father Jed⁵

Age: 13| Weight: 10-13| J: J J Slevin| T: J P Ryan| OR: 80| C| D

9/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2023. Eighth of 13 in handicap chase at Tramore (21.8f, good to soft, 25/1) 5 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 2290U8

Stowaway Lass²⁹⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Curling| OR: 80

13/2

Respectable 22 lengths fifth of 14 to Any Day Now in handicap hurdle at this course (20f, soft, 9/2). Off 9 months so needs to hit the ground running. RESERVE.

Form: 0975/55-

Any Day Now^b¹⁰⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: E Cawley| OR: 86| C

7/1

Course winner. Winner in hurdle here in October. 7/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (21.4f, good) 106 days ago. Blinkers back on. RESERVE.

Form: 0P601-P

That's Me Finished⁹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: J S McGarvey| T: N C Kelly| OR: 80

8/1

Ninth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19f, soft, 25/1) 97 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 47679-9

Non-Runners

Evans Secret¹⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: M M McNiff J: Phillip Enright

Tullyhogue Fort¹⁵

Weight: 11-10| Age: 8

T: John F O'Neill J: Non Runner

The Rebel County¹⁵

Weight: 11-6| Age: 4

T: N Meade J: Sam Ewing

Bella Be Good²⁷

Weight: 11-2| Age: 7

T: E Cawley J: Philip Byrnes

Forecasts

Evans Secret (11/4), Bella Be Good (7/2), Shesabreeze (9/2), Rideau Canal (13/2), Stowaway Lass (13/2), Any Day Now (7/1), Tullyhogue Fort (7/1), That's Me Finished (8/1), Father Jed (9/1), Rodney (9/1), Portnacoo (10/1), Nicolas Fortune (14/1), The Rebel County (14/1), Glenmorefiftyfour (16/1), Awakino (16/1), Fernhill Fling (18/1), Renard De Noir (66/1), Realta Geal (80/1)

Not nearly as competitive as the numbers suggest and BELLA BE GOOD is fancied to build on a good Wexford second and gain a breakthrough win. Tullyhogue Fort is also weighted to have a big say and next on the list ahead of Evans Secret and Shesabreeze.