March 17 / 17.50 Down Royal

17.50

Yielding To Soft

Bluegrass Horse Feeds Mares INH Flat Race

  • Prize money: £5221.24
  • 2m 0f 190y
  • 8 runners
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Bluegrass Horse Feeds Mares INH Flat Race

Runners: 8 runners

Type: NH Flat

Surface: Turf

Weather: Light rain

5/4 (Won)

  • Win: £1.40
  • Place: £1.10

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 11lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Off the mark at the fourth attempt in a point last year and she's an interesting recruit for this yard on her debut under Rules; decent jumps pedigree (half-sister to Quarenta, Fantastikas and three more jumps winners) and this looks like a winnable starting point.
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12

22nd Apr 2025

Soft To Heavy

2m 5f 0y

14:50 Fairyhouse

Cuta Des As

10st 0lb

J: Sean O’Keeffe

T: W P Mullins

towards rear, mistake and unseated 6th

12/1

16/1

  • Place: £2.70

Form: 437-6

Last run: 310 days

W: 11st 11lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Failed to complete in recent points; had shown minor promise in bumpers previously but something to find on form; wears first-time tongue-tie.
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7

9th Sep 2024

Soft

2m 4f 216y

Class 5

15:15 Newton Abbot

Sunshine Girl

10st 5lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Max Young

Won over hurdles for an Irish stable last summer (3m, good to soft) but has lost her way; well beaten on both starts for Max Young, the latter her chasing debut in May; cheekpieces tried here.

40/1

5th

7

27th May 2024

Good To Soft

2m 7f 129y

Class 5

16:25 Huntingdon

Sunshine Girl

10st 3lb

J: Tabitha Worsley

T: Max Young

in touch with leaders, lost ground quickly before 2 out, tailed off before last

25/1

Form: S

Last run: 60 days

W: 11st 11lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Tailed off when she slipped and came down on debut; was 40-1 that day and best watched for now.
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7th

14

14th Apr 2024

Soft

2m 3f 170y

14:30 Down Royal

Noble Annys

10st 6lb

J: Peter Smithers

T: R K Watson

Some bumper promise before switched to Britain, placed in a Hexham novice her best effort; well held in Catterick claimer last month and now debuts for new yard with tongue tie tried.

14/1

7th

14

14th Apr 2024

Soft

2m 3f 170y

14:30 Down Royal

Noble Annys

10st 6lb

J: Peter Smithers

T: R K Watson

Some bumper promise before switched to Britain, placed in a Hexham novice her best effort; well held in Catterick claimer last month and now debuts for new yard with tongue tie tried.

14/1

5th

7

6th Mar 2024

Soft

1m 7f 156y

Class 4

14:15 Catterick

Noble Annys

11st 0lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: Wilf Storey

Ex-Irish maiden who is inconsistent; has made the frame twice for current yard but suffered a heavy defeat last time; far from solid and faces a difficult task at the weights to boot.

25/1

Form: 2

Last run: 22 days

W: 11st 11lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Beaten roughly half a length in a mares' bumper on debut last month when just behind a Willie Mullins favourite; entitled to build on that and yard's first-string here.
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5th

7

18th Aug 2023

Good

2m 0f 0y

19:53 Tramore

Silver Lark

11st 7lb

J: Ms Hannah Smullen

T: Gordon Elliott

Just failed to get up on debut at Thurles in February (good) but nowhere near that level in three attempts since, latest after a short break at Killarney last month; cheekpieces now tried.

7/1

11th

10

20th Jul 2023

Good

2m 1f 0y

20:15 Killarney

Silver Lark

11st 7lb

J: Ms Hannah Smullen

T: Gordon Elliott

Just failed to get up on debut at Thurles in February (good) but well below that level twice since on softer ground; return to better ground should suit.

11/2

7th

10

11th May 2023

Soft

2m 0f 54y

20:18 Clonmel

Silver Lark

11st 11lb

J: Mr H C Swan

T: Gordon Elliott

Just failed to get up in a bumper at Thurles in February on debut; disappointing at Down Royal subsequently but very much a player on her Thurles run.

9/4

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 11lb

5 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Champs Elysees mare; closely related to high-class 2m/2m1f hurdle/chase winner Amarillo Sky; dam unraced sister to useful 2m-3m hurdle/chase winner Beg To Differ and useful 2m3f-3m2f hurdle/chase winner Ashtown Lad; likeable pedigree; any market support would be worth noting.
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8th

2

7th Feb 2024

Soft

2m 0f 178y

Class 5

15:10 Sedgefield

Leahs Tricks

12st 0lb

J: Danny McMenamin

T: P E Collins

in touch with leaders

7/1

6th

5

27th Jan 2024

Soft

2m 2f 0y

14:15 Fairyhouse

Leahs Tricks

10st 10lb

J: J J Slevin

T: P E Collins

Game winner of an ordinary 2m mares' maiden here in October; out of her depth in a Grade 3 event at Down Royal; this is much more realistic; something amiss when pulled up in a handicap hurdle at Limerick in November; massive task here.

100/1

0

2

21st Nov 2023

Heavy

2m 0f 0y

13:35 Limerick

Leahs Tricks

11st 11lb

J: Patrick M O’Brien

T: P E Collins

jumped left on occasions, soon led, headed and weakened after 3 out, dropped to rear when pulled up before last

8/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 11lb

6 yo Mare

OR:

Form & Verdict
Getaway mare; half-sister to winners Taniokey (bumper/2m hurdle), War Creation (bumper and 2m/2m3f hurdle), Blazer's Mill (bumper/2m hurdle) and On The Sixth Day (bumper); yard 2-24 in bumpers this term; worth a market check.
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14

26th Aug 2024

Soft

2m 2f 52y

17:10 Ballinrobe

Im Here Now

11st 5lb

J: John Aherne

T: John Patrick Ryan

Tailed off when last of six in bumper last year; good jumping pedigree but will surely need this outing.

33/1

6th

3

17th Mar 2023

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 190y

17:50 Down Royal

Im Here Now

11st 11lb

J: Mr A P Ryan

T: John Patrick Ryan

in rear throughout, detached from 5f out, tailed off

12/1

OUR TIP

Form: 55F

Last run: 13 days

W: 11st 11lb

5 yo Filly

OR:

Form & Verdict
Not a bad run in a bumper on debut and only beaten 9l at Navan last month on hurdle bow; fell when 4-1 for a maiden hurdle back at that venue last time; has each-way claims back in a bumper but yard's first-string is probably Silver Lark.
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13th

19

23rd Feb 2025

Heavy

1m 7f 110y

13:50 Naas

Charity Barnum

11st 5lb

J: Philip Donovan

T: Dermot Day

Some promise for Gordon Elliott in 2023 before two moderate runs; long absence to overcome on first start for a small County Wexford yard.

66/1

6th

11

7th Dec 2023

Soft

2m 0f 43y

12:02 Clonmel

Charity Barnum

11st 5lb

J: Jack Kennedy

T: Gordon Elliott

Promise in her first two career starts last season and was still involved when coming down at Navan on final start last season; tailed off on return at Punchestown but needed the run and could be the one to beat here.

7/4

7th

7

16th Nov 2023

Soft

2m 4f 175y

15:15 Punchestown

Charity Barnum

11st 5lb

J: Jack Kennedy

T: Gordon Elliott

raced in third, lost position 4 out, no extra and weakened from 3 out

5/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 1lb

4 yo Filly

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Form & Verdict
Workforce filly; half-sister to winners Not The Chablis (bumper and 2m4f hurdle/3m chase) and Penneys Hun (2m hurdle); dam unraced half-sister to 2m-2m3f hurdle/useful chase winner Hold Fast and 2m4f/2m5f hurdle winner Commanche Wind; yard 0-74 in bumpers last five years.
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18th

18

5th Jun 2023

Good

2m 0f 0y

14:20 Listowel

Forza Angelina

11st 2lb

J: Simon Torrens

T: P J Rothwell

Big price when finishing with only one behind her in a mares' bumper at Clonmel last month.

100/1

12th

14

11th May 2023

Soft

2m 0f 54y

20:18 Clonmel

Forza Angelina

11st 5lb

J: Mr R Sugrue

T: P J Rothwell

Workforce half-sister to winners Not The Chablis (bumper and 2m4f hurdle/3m chase) and Penneys Hun (2m hurdle); dam unraced half-sister to 2m-2m3f hurdle/useful chase winner Hold Fast; likely best watched on debut.

33/1

20

6th May 2023

Good

2m 0f 0y

17:25 Cork

Forza Angelina

11st 5lb

J: Ms C A Walsh

T: P J Rothwell

Non-runners

Charity Barnum, Forza Angelina

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €12.90
Straight Forecast €13.08
Trifecta €116.00

Selections

RP Ratings (IRE):

Charity Barnum

The Irish Sun:

Silver Lark

SPOTLIGHT:

Cuta Des As

POSTDATA:

Charity Barnum