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BOYLE Sports Home Of The Early Payout Handicap Hurdle

2m 1f 89y
10 runners

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Runners: 10 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

Wolf Prince 9 days

J: Conor Smithers

T: Aidan Melia

Form: 0811/1 D

OR: 125

RPR: 122

TS: 92

W: 12st 3lb

Age: 10 yo Gelding

Form

Flat run at this venue prefaced a hurdles win at Sligo, good chance despite 5lb rise

Fiveonefive 23 days

J: Mark Walsh

T: Cian Collins

Form: P00-84 D

OR: 122

RPR: 131

TS: 109

W: 12st 0lb

Age: 8 yo Gelding

Form

Has recorded three of his five hurdle starts at Cartmel, below his best there last time

1 tip

Sir Allen 43 days

J: Sam Coen

T: Andrew Slattery

Form: /730/4 D

OR: 122

RPR: 119

TS: 13

W: 12st 0lb

Age: 7 yo Gelding

Form

Flat winner on heavy in March, well beaten off this hurdles mark at Roscommon last month

Spinola Bay 182 days

J: Jack Kennedy

T: Gordon Elliott

Form: /1136- BF

OR: 112

RPR: 124

TS: 107

W: 11st 4lb

Age: 6 yo Gelding

Form

Beaten favourite in two novice hurdles in January, won last December after a long break

Dontgowithjoe 328 days

J: Simon Torrens

T: P J Rothwell

Form: /0011- D

OR: 107

RPR: 120

TS: 90

W: 10st 13lb

Age: 5 yo Gelding

Form

On a hat-trick after successive wins at this venue and Bellewstown last August

1 tip

Ballyearl 21 days

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: Henry De Bromhead

Form: /160-P D

OR: 105

RPR: 117

TS: 100

W: 10st 11lb

Age: 5 yo Gelding

Form

Pulled up in a chase at Wexford last month, well beaten on his only handicap hurdle outing

1 tip

Eye Of A Tiger 43 days

J: J J Slevin

T: John Patrick Ryan

Form: 3-5U69

OR: 101

RPR: 134

TS: 128

W: 10st 7lb

Age: 6 yo Mare

Form

Has lost her way since winning a Kilbeggan maiden hurdle last August, stable in form

Eye Contact 37 days

J: Mr Alan O’Sullivan

T: Donal Commins

Form: 00-46

OR: 100

RPR: 137

TS: 95

W: 10st 6lb

Age: 5 yo Gelding

Form

Best form when running way above expectations in a conditions hurdle at this venue in May

Free Flow 121 days

J: Mr M J Kenneally

T: Edward F Power

Form: 07090-

OR: 100

RPR: 127

TS: 105

W: 10st 6lb

Age: 6 yo Gelding

Form

Weak handicap form last season, hard to make a case for him on stable debut

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Space Warrior 98 days

J: Cian Quirke

T: Thomas Mullins

Form: 64P63-

OR: 94

RPR: 130

TS: 117

W: 10st 0lb

Age: 5 yo Gelding

Form

Now 17lb below career-high, enters calculations based on third placing at Clonmel in April

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Betting Forecast

9/4 Wolf Prince, 10/1 Fiveonefive, 6/1 Sir Allen, 9/2 Spinola Bay, 6/1 Dontgowithjoe, 8/1 Ballyearl, 14/1 Eye Of A Tiger, 14/1 Eye Contact, 20/1 Free Flow, 5/1 Space Warrior

Verdict

Getting weight from all nine rivals, SPACE WARRIOR may be capable of winning a race of this standard. He has slumped in the ratings and is slightly preferred to Wolf Prince, a recent winner at Sligo, thus completing a hurdles hat-trick initiated in Britain in 2024. Dontgowithjoe now bids for a hat-trick after an absence of almost a year. [Alan Sweetman]

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