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Callan Tansey Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 14:35 | Winning time: 4m 29.70s

Fair Damsel¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: R Brabazon| OR: 102| D

6/1

Won 8-runner novice hurdle at Killarney (17f, soft, 9/2) 19 days ago, held by winner with that rival fell. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 5-21

Ask Cillian²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Collins| OR: 96

8/1

Winner in hurdle at Killarney in August. 18/1, below form seventh of 16 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (15.6f, soft) 25 days ago.

Form: 656107

Bayou Belle^p¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Fahey| OR: 96| BF

7/2

11/1, respectable seventh of 16 in handicap at Roscommon (12.2f, soft) 11 days ago, hampered. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Cheekpieces on 1st time over jumps and his mark is a fair one.

Form: 3-22234

Chatterbox⁸⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Sam Ewing| T: J J Murphy| OR: 95

6/1

9/1, below form tenth of 18 in handicap at Galway (12f, good to soft) 85 days ago, left poorly placed. Switches from Flat to hurdles, runner-up last 2 outings in this code.

Form: 0FP-682

Dreamz^h²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: John Shinnick⁽⁵⁾| T: T O'Brien| OR: 95

17/2

Unseated rider very early in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Listowel (16f, soft) 28 days ago having pulled hard.

Form: 966-27U

Queenofthelodge²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Curling| OR: 94

9/1

20/1, second of 15 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (16f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Capable of building on that if brushing up her jumping.

Form: 086-02

Whatyouwant⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Carl Millar⁽⁷⁾| T: Michael C Griffin| OR: 91

9/1

Winner in hurdle at Ballinrobe in May. Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Bellewstown (20.5f, good, 22/1) 58 days ago, tailed off when pulled up 5 out. Tongue tie removed.

Form: 7-1506P

Dancing After Dark^t1²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Donagh Meyler| T: J G Bennett| OR: 90

12/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (24.1f, soft, 33/1) 25 days ago, weakening quickly. Down in trip, which should help and she's now fitted with a tongue tie.

Form: 2010P/P

Bowgate Street^t¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: M Flannery| OR: 89

11/2

Maiden but just about best effort to date when second of 12 in handicap hurdle (7/1) at Galway (16.6f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Looks competitive on form from 3 lb higher.

Form: 0-P4622

Good Time Belle²⁰⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Kieren Buckley| T: E Cawley| OR: 87

40/1

Eighteenth of 24 in handicap hurdle (100/1) at Naas (18.8f, soft), going in snatches. Off 6 months.

Form: 00070-

Hanara Rovan⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 87

28/1

Eleventh of 16 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Kilbeggan (19f, soft) 51 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut and has a bigger performance in her.

Form: 0/600

Volez Vous¹⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: D Deacon| OR: 83

40/1

66/1, sixteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (16.8f, good to soft) 172 days ago.

Form: 0606-0

Non-Runners

Cleopatra's Needle¹³

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: H Rogers J: Sean Flanagan

Albatala¹⁸

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: J C McConnell J: B W Harvey

Thefaithfulindian¹

Weight: 10-9| Age: 9

T: J Barcoe J: K Callaghan

Forecasts

Cleopatra's Needle (10/3), Bayou Belle (7/2), Bowgate Street (11/2), Fair Damsel (6/1), Chatterbox (6/1), Ask Cillian (8/1), Dreamz (17/2), Queenofthelodge (9/1), Whatyouwant (9/1), Dancing After Dark (12/1), Albatala (16/1), Thefaithfulindian (25/1), Hanara Rovan (28/1), Volez Vous (40/1), Good Time Belle (40/1)

Having finally opening his account on the level in May, CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE was a ready winner on handicap debut over hurdles a fortnight ago. With the promise of more to come, she gets the vote at the chief expense of Bayou Belle and Bowgate Street.