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Tuesday 27 May 2025

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Monroe's Live John & Margaret Monroe Memorial Mares Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 19:00 | Winning time: 3m 54.9s

Dame Rapide^h¹⁹²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: D King| T: Cian Hughes| OR: 116| C| D

13/2

Course winner. Respectable sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle (10/1) at Navan (16.2f, good to soft). Off 6 months. First run for yard after leaving James M. Barrett. Hood on 1st time over jumps.

Form: 841426-

Fratas²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Jordan Gainford| T: M Mulvany| OR: 116| C| D

9/4

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 12f on flat. Good second of 12 in handicap at Sligo (10.6f, good, 15/2) 23 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 1P/02-

Miss Gherkin¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: E Griffin| OR: 115| BF| D

5/2

7/2, first run since leaving Peter Croke when good second of 8 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16.7f, good to firm) 12 days ago. Respected.

Form: 25556-2

She Is Electric^h³²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-9| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: N Lee| OR: 114| C| D

22/1

Course winner back in 2022. Off over 2 years, pulled up in maiden chase at Kilbeggan (19.9f, good to soft) on debut over fences 32 days ago, dropping away 3 out. Switches from chase to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 21144/P-

Flidais³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 106| BF| C| D

7/2

Course winner. Latest win in chase at Clonmel in March. Respectable eighth of 14 in handicap hurdle (9/2) at Kilbeggan (18.2f, good) 33 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 858148-

Brilliant Question^t³⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: K A Heffernan| OR: 87| D

11/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, sixth of 10 in Flat handicap at Gowran (13.7f, soft, 5/1) 34 days ago. Runner-up over hurdles there prior to that.

Form: 146/872-

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 10p in the pound

Non-Runners

First Dare¹⁶

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: Liz Doyle J: T P Harney

Andyourbirdcansing³²

Weight: 10-7| Age: 7

T: J P Ryan J: Sean O'Keeffe

Maxios Prime⁴⁰

Weight: 10-3| Age: 4

T: P J Rothwell J: D Robinson

Forecasts

Fratas (9/4), Miss Gherkin (5/2), Flidais (7/2), Maxios Prime (5/1), Dame Rapide (13/2), First Dare (8/1), Andyourbirdcansing (10/1), Brilliant Question (11/1), She Is Electric (22/1)

MISS GHERKIN made a positive start for new trainer Eoin Griffin when second at Clonmel recently and is given a chance to build on that promise. Fratas has been in good form under both codes this spring and is second choice ahead of Philip Rothwell's Maxios Prime.