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Tuesday 27 May 2025

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Portwest Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 19:30 | Winning time: 3m 59.00s

I Am Mimi²⁶³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 105

15/2

Creditable third of 14 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft, 11/2). Off 8 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 29/4533-

W B Easy^t⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 105

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 11/2 and hooded for 1st time, good ninth of 15 in novice hurdle at this course (16.8f, good) 46 days ago, not knocked about. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 5/3069-

Gordons Aura¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: John Shinnick⁽³⁾| T: W Delahunty| OR: 102| D

16/1

Fifteen runs since last win in 2023. 40/1, sixth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good) 11 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 0470P-6

Katherine^p¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: Sam Ewing| T: A Sexton| OR: 102| D

25/1

150/1, last of 6 in maiden at Leopardstown (10f, good) 16 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Cheekpieces back on. Poor on last hurdle outing.

Form: 1B7950-

Katakana^h,t²⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 100| BF

11/2

10/3, third of 11 in novice chase at Downpatrick (17.8f, good to soft) on debut over fences. Off 8 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. Open to improvement.

Form: 20/6473-

Brave Soldier³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Phillip Enright| T: M M McNiff| OR: 99

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Respectable sixth of 14 in handicap hurdle (50/1) at Kilbeggan (15.5f, good) 33 days ago.

Form: 84706-

Desert Haven^t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Donagh Meyler| T: N Meade| OR: 99

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 7f on flat. Respectable sixth of 14 in handicap at Roscommon (7.5f, good, 13/2) 15 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 07000-

Dream Shaper⁶⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: R P Geoghegan⁽⁷⁾| T: I Madden| OR: 99

20/1

Remains a maiden after 18 NH runs. 33/1, bit below form seventh of 18 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16.7f, good to soft) 68 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 655407-

Only One Plan^p¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Cian Quirke⁽³⁾| T: M Flannery| OR: 99| D

18/1

First run since leaving P. J. Rothwell when ninth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good, 25/1) 11 days ago.

Form: 60189-9

Order Of The Dance^p¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Danny Gilligan| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 99| BF

7/2

3/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable second of 12 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.6f, good to firm) 12 days ago. Has to enter calculations.

Form: 90802-2

Leitzel²⁰⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean Flanagan| T: A McNamara| OR: 95

9/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Cork (16.3f, good to soft), pulled up before 3 out. Off 6 months. Others more persuasive.

Form: 32856P-

Whatsitabout³¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Jake Coen⁽³⁾| T: M F Morris| OR: 95

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 14/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (19.3f, good to soft), pulled up before 2 out. Off 10 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 590/P-

Hobart⁷²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 100

33/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, seventeenth of 18 in maiden at the Curragh (8f, soft) 72 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut. May well do better.

Form: 57F-

Zero Fighter¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Jordan Gainford| T: E D Delany| OR: 90

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Modest winner at 8f on flat. Won 15-runner handicap at Roscommon (7.5f, good, 10/1) 15 days ago, pushed out. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 4/006-0

Dream Escape¹⁸⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Danny Mullins| T: T Mullins| OR: 85

4/1

Respectable sixth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16.2f, good, 7/2) 180 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 0/90376-

Non-Runners

Away To Milan²⁸

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: P J Rothwell J: Tiernan Power Roche

Max Time⁴⁶

Weight: 10-0| Age: 8

T: I Madden J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Order Of The Dance (7/2), Dream Escape (4/1), Katakana (11/2), I Am Mimi (15/2), Leitzel (9/1), Brave Soldier (12/1), W B Easy (12/1), Desert Haven (16/1), Gordons Aura (16/1), Only One Plan (18/1), Whatsitabout (18/1), Dream Shaper (20/1), Away To Milan (20/1), Zero Fighter (22/1), Katherine (25/1), Max Time (25/1), Hobart (33/1)

I AM MIMI looks on a workable opening handicap mark and can strike for Gavin Cromwell. Katakana ran well in a chase when last seen in the autumn and retains unexposed potential for Henry de Bromhead. Order of The Dance, runner-up on both starts in handicaps, and Ross O'Sullivan handicap newcomer W B Easy also make the shortlist.