18:18 Bellewstown

Wednesday 28 August 2024

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PANDA Mares Hurdle

Off time: 18:18 | Winning time: 4m 4.3s

Amanha^h,t²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: P J O'Hanlon| T: D A McLoughlin

8/1

Fair hurdler. 9/1 and hooded for 1st time, career best when winning 12-runner novice hurdle at Roscommon (15.4f, soft) on hurdles bow 22 days ago, going clear. Likely to improve.

Form: 432-241

Crack The Sky^h¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: D E Mullins| T: W P Mullins

9/4

Fairly useful Flat winner. Promising sort. Won 7-runner novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft, 5/6) 18 days ago, easily. Looks promising and she's probably the one to beat, for all that Paul Townend seemingly prefers Four Clean Aces.

Form: 23-1

Dame Rapide⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: D King| T: J M Barrett| OR: 109

12/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 11/1, creditable third of 15 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (17f, good) 41 days ago. Each-way chance.

Form: 2156-53

Disco Dancer^t¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 115| D

6/1

Fairly useful hurdler. One win from 3 runs last season. Latest win in hurdle at Cork in July. Creditable fourth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16f, good, 6/1) 13 days ago. Should make her presence felt.

Form: 231234

Four Clean Aces¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

10/3

Fairly useful hurdler. Career best when winning 14-runner novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (19f, good to soft, 6/4) 18 days ago, readily. Open to progress and helps give the Willie Mullins yard (also represented by Crack The Sky) a very strong hand.

Form: 1F40-21

Royal Hollow³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: A Slattery| D

5/2

Fair hurdler. Career best when winning 14-runner novice hurdle (13/8) at Ballinrobe (17.3f, good) 36 days ago, going with enthusiasm. Should progress and she should be in the mix, for all that this is tougher.

Form: 2224-21

All Biz²²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Maher

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. 150/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Roscommon (20.2f, soft) 22 days ago, pulled up before 3 out.

Form: 0P

Cleopatra's Needle^h,t²²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Sean Flanagan| T: H Rogers

100/1

Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Ninth of 16 in novice hurdle (20/1) at Roscommon (15.4f, soft) 22 days ago. Hood on for 1st time in this code, tongue strap on for 1st time in this code.

Form: 79

Forecasts

Crack The Sky (9/4), Royal Hollow (5/2), Four Clean Aces (10/3), Disco Dancer (6/1), Amanha (8/1), Dame Rapide (12/1), Cleopatra's Needle (100/1), All Biz (250/1)

Presumably Paul Townend was given the choice between CRACK THE SKY and Four Clean Aces, so the fact that he's aboard the latter may well be significant. However, Crack The Sky is nevertheless preferred on the back of a pretty impressive reappearance success at Kilbeggan where she appeared to benefit from being ridden with more restraint compared to her first two starts in this sphere. Royal Hollow is third choice ahead of Amanha and Disco Dancer.