18:05 Sligo

Thursday 8 August 2019

All17:3518:0518:3519:1019:4020:1020:40

Guinness Rated Novice Hurdle

Off time: 18:05 | Winning time: 4m 10.50s

1^st

Construct

411-2

3/1

T: J C McConnellJ: D J McInerney

Made all, ran around approaching 2nd and 4th, went clear from 2 out, ridden at last, stayed on well run-in, reduced advantage close home op 5/2

2^nd

Jon Ess

510-11

5/2f

T: C O'DwyerJ: Ricky Doyle (5)

Tracked leaders, headway into 2nd after 3 out, slight mistake and ridden 2 out, no impression on winner at last, kept on well in 2nd inside final furlong, not reach winner op 3/1

3^rd

Rip Rocks Paddy Ok

411-5

3/1

T: A SlatteryJ: Darragh O'Keeffe (5)

Tracked leaders, ridden in 4th before 2 out, moderate 4th before last, kept on one pace to go moderate 3rd inside final furlong op 11/4 tchd 10/3

4^th

3 ¾

Coolongolook

410-13

6/1

T: G ElliottJ: Rachael Blackmore

Tracked leader in 2nd, not fluent 4 out, ridden and dropped to 3rd next, moderate 5th 2 out, soon no impression, went moderate 4th near line tchd 11/2

5^th

Hammerstein

511-6

8/1

T: G ElliottJ: Keith Donoghue

Held up towards rear, slight mistake 1st, bumped at 4th, progress after 3 out, ridden in moderate 3rd 2 out, moderate 3rd and bad mistake at last, soon dropped to 4th, 5th near line op 10/1

6^th

Feel Des Mottes

410-4

8/1

T: Miss E DoyleJ: Sean Flanagan

Held up in rear early, pulled hard, soon tracked leaders, slight mistake at 4th, ridden in 5th 3 out, weakened from next op 10/1

7^th

Stealth

410-4

66/1

T: A McCannJ: J M Moore

Always behind, mistake at 5th, trailing and mistake 4 out, no impression

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Non-Runners

Morning Skye¹⁰

Weight: 10-4| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: D G Hogan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€3.70Pl:€2.00, €1.60EX:€15.10Trifecta:€61.30SF:€11.69

Forecasts

Jon Ess (5/2), Construct (3/1), Rip Rocks Paddy Ok (3/1), Coolongolook (6/1), Morning Skye (6/1), Hammerstein (8/1), Feel Des Mottes (8/1), Stealth (66/1)

This could come down to a dual between Rip Rocks Paddy Ok and CONSTRUCT with a slight preference given to latter who was most impressive on his hurdling debut at Downpatrick in July and there is no good reason why he should not be able to land this before going onto better things. The former obviously holds every chance given his racecourse experience and may have been a winner last time out if his saddle had not slipped. Feel Des Mottes could be the best of the rest should he be able to put a poor run last time out behind him. He certainly showed promise when winning at Killarney in May.

Construct
Rip Rocks Paddy Ok
Feel Des Mottes

Previous Winners

2018

Gold Seal

Weight: 10-12 |Age: 4

J: B J Geraghty | T: J P O'Brien

9/4

Prize Money

1st: €9,751.002nd: €3,151.003rd: €1,502.004th: €676.005th: €346.006th: €182.00