16:55 Tramore

Monday 14 April 2025

All16:2516:5517:2517:5518:2518:5519:25

Ladies Day August 16th Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 16:56 | Winning time: 4m 19.50s

Balovale¹⁰⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mark McDonagh| T: E J O'Grady

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 150/1, ninth of 14 in bumper at Down Royal (17.2f, good to soft) 109 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: 0UU-9

Penny Express

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott

5/1

Irish Wells gelding. Dam, poor maiden hurdler, half-sister to useful hurdler/fairly useful chaser (stayed 2¾m) Sit Down Lucy. Highly respected on debut for top stable.

Form:

Prove Yourself²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Donagh Meyler| T: R O'Sullivan

9/4

Placed in bumpers for Mark Fahey. Well below that level on hurdle debut for new yard last month but should do better at some stage.

Form: 32-240

Trooper Carton^p¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Cian Quirke⁽³⁾| T: G Ahern

12/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, brought down in novice hurdle (66/1) at Limerick (24f, good) on hurdles bow 13 days ago. Significantly down in trip.

Form: 12U5UB

Mayo Shirocco³²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: C Bowe

1/1

Twice-raced maiden. Showed ability when fifth on debut but went backwards from that when a distant fourth at Limerick 32 days ago. Significantly down in trip.

Form: 154

Onyx Storm⁵⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: N T Prendergast⁽⁷⁾| T: P Hennessy

33/1

Well held in 2 bumpers ahead of this switch to hurdles.

Form: 79

Saga Des Aigles⁹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Kevin Sexton| T: D Queally

11/1

Modest maiden on Flat and well held on hurdle debut in December. First run for yard after leaving C. W. J. Farrell.

Form: 0

Wildfield Sky¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: R Deegan| T: P J F Murphy

150/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16f, good to soft, 125/1) on hurdles bow 18 days ago.

Form: 0P

Non-Runners

Long Gone¹

Weight: 11-5| Age: 7

T: D Queally J: Mr D L Queally

The Store Boy

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: H De Bromhead J: Rachael Blackmore

Forecasts

Mayo Shirocco (1/1), The Store Boy (11/10), Long Gone (2/1), Prove Yourself (9/4), Penny Express (5/1), Saga Des Aigles (11/1), Trooper Carton (12/1), Balovale (28/1), Onyx Storm (33/1), Wildfield Sky (150/1)

With form choice Long Gone due to run here on Sunday this may be best left to newcomers from top yards THE STORE BOY and Penny Express. The former is out of a smart hurdler and is preferred before any betting clues are known.