15:02 Down Royal

Monday 17 March 2025

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Powered By Bluegrass Handicap Hurdle (0-100)

Off time: 15:02 | Winning time: 4m 50.60s

Millyupdahilly^h,t³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny Mullins| T: Gerald Quinn| OR: 92

7/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 40/1, very good second of 8 in handicap hurdle at Ayr (20.4f, soft) 34 days ago. Should continue to give a good account.

Form: 65-72

Shashado¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Kevin Sexton| T: M M McNiff| OR: 91

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 150/1, thirteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 8600

Kobalt St Georges²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: R Tyner| OR: 90

5/2

Below form eleventh of 23 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, soft, 25/1) 23 days ago.

Form: 800090

Sir Carnegie²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: H E Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 88

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 250/1, seventh of 10 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.1f, heavy) 21 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to progress.

Form: 05P7

Walk In The Sea⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: J Smith⁽⁵⁾| T: Ian Donoghue| OR: 87

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Ninth of 10 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, soft, 125/1) 60 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Likely to improve.

Form: 6-47409

Knocknagoran Lady^t²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: B W Harvey| T: Cian Hughes| OR: 86

11/1

Creditable fourth of 9 in novice hurdle (13/2) at Punchestown (22.8f, heavy) 21 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 758834

Warrior Lion^p¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: O R Brown⁽⁵⁾| T: A McCann| OR: 86

12/1

16/1, respectable eighth of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (16f) 10 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Poor on last hurdle outing. Difficult ask.

Form: 0000-70

Ar Nos Na Gaoithe^p³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Miss P Elvin⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 85

13/2

Career best when winning 13-runner handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19f, soft, 17/2) 32 days ago, pushed out. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 795461

Dolly Watkins^t1⁷¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: A A Howard| OR: 85

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 33/1, below form eighth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Naas (18.9f, heavy) 71 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 590-8

Duce Bigalow²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: J J Slevin| T: S Neville| OR: 85

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Seventh of 15 in handicap hurdle (20/1) at Punchestown (20.1f, heavy) 21 days ago.

Form: P2-0807

Navy Waves^p¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: R P Treacy| T: Mrs J Cashin| OR: 85

12/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2022. Creditable second of 16 in handicap hurdle (20/1) at Thurles (15.6f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Back up in trip. Enters calculations.

Form: 40-4332

Cher Tara¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott| OR: 84

7/1

First run since leaving Dan Skelton when good sixth of 17 in handicap hurdle (10/1) at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) 15 days ago, keeping on well. Back up in trip.

Form: 9-57276

Deep Sigh^p,t⁶⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: P J O'Hanlon| T: Ian Donoghue| OR: 84

33/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, soft, 20/1) 60 days ago. First run for yard after leaving John McConnell.

Form: 05-0060

Lariat^p²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: Dylan Kidd⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 84

9/1

Remains a maiden after 21 NH runs. Respectable fifth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20.1f, heavy, 10/1) 21 days ago.

Form: 0-28545

Tubberfinn Lady^t³²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: C P McNamara| T: M Mulvany| OR: 84

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 20/1, tenth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16.1f, soft) 32 days ago, going in snatches. Up in trip.

Form: P0090

Bella Union¹⁹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-12| J: J S McGarvey| T: J C McConnell| OR: 83

40/1

Tenth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (19f, soft, 14/1). Off 6 months.

Form: 9080/0-0

Rideau Canal^p,t⁵⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 10-12| J: Ricky Doyle| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 83

16/1

Remains a maiden after 17 NH runs. 10/1, fourth of 8 in handicap chase at this course (20.4f, good to soft) 55 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 083604

Chartwell's Lady^t1⁵⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Mark McDonagh| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 93

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 125/1, last of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (16f) 59 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Up in trip. Tongue strap on 1st time. Poor on last hurdle run.

Form: 56U00

Le Bugiste^t¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽³⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 98

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 11/2, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Thurles (15.6f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Up in trip. Others more persuasive. RESERVE.

Form: 0005P

Non-Runners

Seasett⁵¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: J J Hanlon J: Paddy Hanlon

Fanoir⁷⁵

Weight: 10-13| Age: 10

T: C O'Dwyer J: Shane O'Callaghan

Forecasts

Kobalt St Georges (5/2), Ar Nos Na Gaoithe (13/2), Cher Tara (7/1), Millyupdahilly (7/1), Lariat (9/1), Knocknagoran Lady (11/1), Navy Waves (12/1), Warrior Lion (12/1), Seasett (14/1), Rideau Canal (16/1), Duce Bigalow (18/1), Le Bugiste (20/1), Tubberfinn Lady (22/1), Walk In The Sea (25/1), Dolly Watkins (33/1), Deep Sigh (33/1), Bella Union (40/1), Sir Carnegie (50/1), Fanoir (50/1), Shashado (66/1), Chartwell's Lady (100/1)

AR NOS NA GAOITHE showed much-improved form when scoring under this rider at Clonmel last month and an 8 lb rise doesn't look insurmountable. Millyupdahilly and Navy Waves head the dangers.