17:25 Downpatrick

Friday 9 May 2025

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Road Stud Installations Handicap Hurdle (0-100)

Off time: 17:25 | Winning time: 5m 34.70s

Our Zebo^b²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: N C Kelly| OR: 100| D

9/4

Career best when winning 11-runner handicap hurdle at Tramore (21.5f, good to soft, 7/2) 25 days ago by 11 lengths from Mother Ship. Merits respect.

Form: 576P21-

She'll Be Kept^t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Alan O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: C Collins| OR: 100

20/1

28/1, respectable seventh of 16 in novice hurdle at Cork (19f, soft) 19 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Opposable.

Form: 0P02P7-

Sights Unseen^p⁷¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Alix Balfe⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 93| BF

11/4

Creditable fourth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16f, heavy, 5/2) 71 days ago. Significantly back up in trip and she's open to improvement.

Form: 852224-

Technology^p1,t²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: B W Harvey| T: J C McConnell| OR: 93

6/1

13/2, respectable fifth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Bellewstown (24.1f, good) 27 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time and he has to enter calculations.

Form: 4/26P65-

Go Avel¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Gavin Brouder⁽³⁾| T: Francis Casey| OR: 88

40/1

66/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (15.5f, good) 15 days ago. Significantly up in trip and she's readily passed over.

Form: 700400-

Mother Ship²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Paddy Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 88

7/2

Creditable 11 lengths second of 11 to Our Zebo in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Tramore (21.5f, good to soft) 25 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 484052-

Bishbashbosh⁸¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H Smyth| OR: 87

11/1

Bit below form fifth of 10 in handicap hurdle (9/2) at Carlisle (19.3f, good to soft) 81 days ago. Rejoined yard after leaving Ross O'Sullivan and she's a live each-way player.

Form: 364245-

Earlofbrackenstown⁴⁷²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: R A Berry⁽⁷⁾| T: E Sheehy| OR: 87

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (17.2f, heavy, 20/1). Off 15 months and up in trip on this debut for new yard.

Form: 00B00/

Sallap¹⁷³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Curling| OR: 87

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. 200/1, seventeenth of 21 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, good to soft) 173 days ago. Significantly up in trip for this handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 0000-

I'm For Home⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-6| J: Mike O'Connor| T: R K Watson| OR: 78

10/1

Tenth of 11 in handicap hurdle at this course (17.8f, good to soft, 14/1) 40 days ago, finding little. Up in trip.

Form: 28/0640-

Getaway Erin²¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: Jordan Gainford| T: C A McBratney| OR: 77

33/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (50/1) at this C&D (good to soft), tailed off when pulled up before 4 out. Off 7 months. First run for yard after leaving John Joseph Hanlon.

Form: 04300/P-

Non-Runners

Butchers Bill³⁶

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: J Smith

Chef's Kiss³⁸

Weight: 11-11| Age: 5

T: P J Rothwell J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Our Zebo (9/4), Sights Unseen (11/4), Mother Ship (7/2), Chef's Kiss (9/2), Technology (6/1), Butchers Bill (6/1), I'm For Home (10/1), Bishbashbosh (11/1), She'll Be Kept (20/1), Getaway Erin (33/1), Go Avel (40/1), Sallap (50/1), Earlofbrackenstown (80/1)

A first taste of success could be the cards for SIGHTS UNSEEN, who was doing her best work at the finish when fourth in a big-field 2m Clonmel handicap last time, leaving the strong impression that this step back up in trip would be in her favour. Low-mileage 5-y-o Butchers Bill could be the one fo follow her home, though Our Zebo, who proved 11 lengths too strong for the re-opposing Mother Ship at Tramore, is also high on the shortlist.