13:25
Abbey Haven Care Centre & Nursing Home Hurdle
2m1½f, Hurdle, 4yo+, €7,200, 5 runners
Winning time 4m 20.60s
- Going
- Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Combs heads our ratings on 120, three pounds better than Puppet Master, and that edge looks enough to see him home over the 18 furlongs on good ground at Sligo. Puppet Master is the chief danger on 117, with Friary Road a further three pounds back on 114 and Speisialta on 106 needing to improve to figure. Crystabel is the lowest rated of the five on 100 and looks to have plenty to find. Combs is the pick.
Result
Eoin Staples (5)
Anthony John Black
Set the pace from the start - went further ahead from the 5th - pushed along after the last and won comfortably
Eoghan Finegan (5)
Ciaran Murphy
Settled in rear early - 4th at halfway - progressed to chase in 2nd after 3 out - unable to threaten winner from 2 out - plodded on to finish 2nd
Josh Williamson (3)
T M Walsh
Settled at the back - crept into third after 3 out - pushed along but made no dent before the following fence - finished 3rd well beaten
Danny Gilligan
Gordon Elliott
held up off the pace - placed third at the midway point - minor error at the 5th - went second for a spell before another error 4 out - made another error 3 out and pushed along - soon found nothing more and finished 4th
Daniel King
John Patrick Ryan
Prominent early behind the front runner - held second place from the 5th - pushed along without response after 3 out and faded tamely to finish 5th
Racecard
Josh Williamson (3)
T M Walsh 0/1
Friary Road returns after 51 days with a sixth last time out and a win four starts back, and he has run over today's trip and on this going before, so he looks a leading threat under 166 lb. The main risk is a fell and a pulled up in the two runs before that sixth, which leave reliability in question.
- Sire
- Finsceal Fior (IRE)
- Dam
- Summer Star (IRE) by Medicean
- Owner
- Mrs Helen Walsh
- Foaled
- 28 May 2020
- Stable
- Kill, Co Kildare
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 1 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 51%
- Ratings
- Perf 114
Danny Gilligan
Gordon Elliott 5/36
Combs is the one to beat: he won two starts back, and he has run over today's trip and on this going before. A month since his last run (unplaced) should leave him fresh, though 162 lb is a hefty burden off an official mark of 117, and our rating of 120 puts him top of five.
- Sire
- Dark Angel (IRE)
- Dam
- Indigo Lady (GB) by Sir Percy
- Owner
- Mrs P Sloan
- Foaled
- 26 Jan 2022
- Stable
- Longwood, Co Meath
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 36 runs (14%)
- Trainer running to form
- 49%
- Ratings
- Perf 120
Eoghan Finegan (5)
Ciaran Murphy 1/20
Puppet Master arrives in fine heart, second last time out and a winner two starts back, with just three days since that run and experience of today's trip and going. The main risk is a stable out of form, with just one winner from twenty lately.
- Sire
- Camelot (GB)
- Dam
- Realtra (IRE) by Dark Angel
- Owner
- Jodmart Construction Ltd
- Foaled
- 6 Feb 2022
- Stable
- Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 20 runs (5%)
- Trainer running to form
- 37%
- Ratings
- Perf 117
Daniel King
John Patrick Ryan 0/17
Crystabel has been beaten in her last three runs, finishing a fifth last time out, a fourth two starts back and a fifth three starts back, and her sole win came five starts back. Carrying 156 lb and ranked last of five on our figures, she's hard to fancy, though she's fresh from a 13-day break and has run over today's trip and going.
- Sire
- Crystal Ocean (GB)
- Dam
- London Bells (GB) by Nathaniel
- Owner
- M R D Fleming G Bruce J P Ryan Miss G Ryan
- Foaled
- 8 Apr 2021
- Stable
- Templemore, Co Tipperary
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 17 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 36%
- Ratings
- Perf 100
Eoin Staples (5)
Anthony John Black 0/0
Speisialta was third last time out, and she was a winner four starts back before a second three starts back, while 21 days since her last run keeps her fresh. She has run over today's trip and going, but our rating ranks her only fourth of five, and 156 lb is a stiff burden.
- Sire
- Walk In The Park (IRE)
- Dam
- Midnight Angel (GER) by Acatenango
- Owner
- Austin Fanning
- Foaled
- 23 May 2020
- Stable
- Bunclody, Co Wexford
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 0 runs (None%)
- Trainer running to form
- 59%
- Ratings
- Perf 106
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.