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Tuesday 22 July 2025

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West 'Howya' Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:12 | Winning time: 4m 11.00s

Akmaam¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: D Duggan

14/1

Fair Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fourth of 18 in novice hurdle (28/1) at Cork (16.9f, good) 11 days ago.

Form: 44

Migdam⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Kieren Buckley| T: E Buckley| BF

14/1

Fairly useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Fourth of 12 in claimer (10/3) at Limerick (11.5f, good) 41 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Adrian McGuinness.

Form:

Love At Sea¹³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: Edward F Power| OR: 108

4/1

Fair hurdler. 16/5, tenth of 14 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.6f, good to soft) 138 days ago.

Form: 813530-

Bubba Yeats¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Cian Quirke| T: S Curling

125/1

Twice-raced maiden. 100/1, eleventh of 14 in novice hurdle at Wexford (20.8f, good to soft) 18 days ago.

Form: 00

Eden Valley⁵⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Twelfth of 14 in bumper at Punchestown (16f, soft, 33/1) on NH debut. Off 14 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0/U4F-P

Just Dennis¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: P Maher

200/1

Once-raced maiden. Sixteenth of 18 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Cork (16.9f, good) on NH debut 11 days ago.

Form: 0

Last Man D'arcy¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: J Smith⁽⁵⁾| T: B McMahon

80/1

Once-raced maiden. Eighth of 14 in novice hurdle (25/1) at Roscommon (20.6f, good) on NH debut 15 days ago.

Form: 4-P8

No Demand¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: D Collins| OR: 105

22/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, fifth of 18 in novice hurdle at Cork (16.9f, good) 11 days ago, not knocked about. Might be capable of better again.

Form: 795

Red Or White⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Daniel King| T: J P Ryan| OR: 100

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 16/1, second of 10 in novice hurdle at Sligo (17.4f, good) 9 days ago.

Form: 70-P72

Tactical Mission¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Maher

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 18 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Cork (16.9f, good) 11 days ago.

Form: P-00

Way Down We Go⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁵⁾| T: Charlie Keegan| OR: 98

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable fifth of 10 in novice hurdle at Sligo (17.4f, good, 14/1) 9 days ago, needing stiffer test.

Form: 0P07-5

Nothing Hectic⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Miss H McLoughlin

6/1

Modest hurdler. 12/1, creditable fourth of 15 in novice hurdle at Limerick (19.2f, good) 54 days ago. Should go well.

Form: 2/550-34

Shannon Bank³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Conor Stone-Walsh| T: G P Cromwell

5/1

Poor hurdler. First run since leaving Seamus Fahey when respectable fourth of 9 in bumper at Downpatrick (17.8f, good to soft, 7/2) 37 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: 423/09-4

Spick And Span⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Kevin Sexton| T: J Fahey| OR: 102| BF

5/6

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 19 hurdle runs. 9/4, good second of 9 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (17.4f, good) 9 days ago. Leading claims.

Form: 4434-22

Townhill Lass^p,t¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: B W Harvey| T: D McNamara

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 200/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, pulled up in novice hurdle at Wexford (24.4f, good to soft) 18 days ago, pulled up before last. Back down in trip.

Form: F/P16-0P

Non-Runners

Streamsforth Lad¹⁶⁷

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: G Elliott J: Reserve 1

Teagarden Jazz⁹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 6

T: Charlie Keegan J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Spick And Span (5/6), Love At Sea (4/1), Shannon Bank (5/1), Nothing Hectic (6/1), Streamsforth Lad (10/1), Migdam (14/1), Akmaam (14/1), No Demand (22/1), Teagarden Jazz (25/1), Red Or White (33/1), Last Man D'arcy (80/1), Way Down We Go (100/1), Bubba Yeats (125/1), Eden Valley (150/1), Just Dennis (200/1), Townhill Lass (200/1), Tactical Mission (250/1)

If SPICK AND SPAN can reproduce the form she's shown when placed in a couple of Sligo handicaps this summer this might finally be her day. Nothing Hectic has recorded creditable in-frame efforts in similar races this spring and is second choice ahead of No Demand.