Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Irish EBF Mares Handicap Hurdle

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
8th	1	—	She's A Fine Wine (M) T Useful effort when winning handicap chase at Cork (2¼m, good) in October and made light of an 8-month absence to follow up from her lower hurdles mark in a 12-runner event at Downpatrick by ½ length …	13691-1	Darragh O'Keeffe H De Bromhead	8	75.3kg	9 8/1
—	1	—	Royal Hollow (M)	2104-26	— A Slattery	8	75.3kg	—
1st	2	—	Venusienne (M) H Shaped promisingly when runner-up in listed hurdle at Auteuil on debut. Highly tried in 2 starts for current yard last spring, before easily landing the odds (fitted with a hood) in 2½m Tramore maide…	20P/1-3	H Cobden W P Mullins	6	73.9kg	12 11/1
—	2	—	Paul's Dream (M)	—	— A Mullins	7	74.8kg	—
9th	3	—	Missus Beeton (M) V Revitalised by the addition of cheekpieces last season, winning mares handicaps at Down Royal in January and at Leopardstown in March. Has looked summed up by her mark both starts since though, whils…	4117-09	Keith Donoghue J P Dempsey	8	73kg	34 33/1
16th	4	—	Billie Frechette (M) T Landed a maiden hurdle at Cork last summer prior to staying on strongly to finish runner-up in this race on her next start. In the frame in 3 maiden chases this summer, not really convincing with her…	122-430	Donagh Meyler N Meade	5	72.1kg	13 12/1
—	5	—	Samba Train (M) Unseated Rider Dual bumper winner who made her third start over hurdles a winning one when benefiting from the longer trip to win a 16-runner novice hurdle at Killarney (2¾m, good to soft) 79 days ago. Markedly sho…	1614-1U	Joshua Halford E Bolger	5	72.1kg	7 6/1
15th	6	—	Ardeen Joy (M) H Resumed her progress when the facile winner of a 13-runner maiden hurdle at Bellewstown (2½m, good) 25 days ago. Opening mark has suffered as a result but she can't be ruled out making handicap debut…	P83-F31	Jack Kennedy G Elliott	5	70.8kg	23 22/1
18th	7	—	Splashing Out (M) B Hadn't been the most consistent but returned to form back over hurdles at Downpatrick in May and built on that to land a 6-runner handicap at Tramore (2m, good) 61 days ago. That form has since been …	—	Peter Smithers E Griffin	8	69.9kg	21 20/1
12th	8	—	Zahra Dodville (F) P French recruit made a winning yard debut in a 5-runner race at Fakenham before finishing third in a listed juvenile at Newbury in late-November. Picked off only by one played later when runner-up in …	36/513-2	Calum Hogan James Owen	4	69.9kg	8.50 15/2
7th	9	—	Camlin Park (M) T Point winner who proved a different proposition to on hurdling debut when landing a Downpatrrick maiden in August. Pulled up in 2 handicaps since, though, so plenty to prove after 114 days off.	4/01PP-7	Alex Harvey J C McConnell	6	69.4kg	126 125/1
—	9	—	Shoda (M)	3/3397-8	— J P O'Brien	5	68.9kg	—
2nd	10	—	Fratas (M) FAV Rather all or nothing over hurdles for Michael Mulvany. Might have needed the run after almost a year off when making debut for this yard in a 1m Flat handicap last month. Betting might prove best gu…	0/0244-6	J J Slevin J P O'Brien	6	69.4kg	5 4/1
10th	11	—	Wonderfulwonderful (F) P Fairly useful on Flat and struck at first time of asking over hurdles in Killarney juvenile in August. Respectable efforts in listed events on her next 2 outings and shed her maiden tag on the Flat a…	145-0	Danny Gilligan J C McConnell	4	68.9kg	13 12/1
17th	12	—	Crohan Lady (M) PT Opened her account under Rules in a 2m Tramore maiden in April. Ran at least as well in defeat at Cork next time before finding progress to finish a close second of 4 in minor event hurdle at Clonmel…	3891-42	Luke Burke Ott Miss E Lalor	8	68.5kg	41 40/1
4th	13	—	Cleopatra's Needle (M) H Won this race last year and runner-up twice on the Flat since, but returned with nasal discharge in a Flat handicap at Navan earlier in the month, which tempers enthusiasm for her repeat bid.	520-229	Sean Flanagan H Rogers	8	68kg	23 22/1
13th	14	—	Hillhead Runner (M) T Bumper winner who showed fair form in maiden hurdles for Gavin Cromwell last season. Spurned what looked a good opportunity having been granted an easy lead when fourth of 8 in maiden at Kilbeggan (1…	28-9740	Tom Kelly C Byrnes	6	66.7kg	41 40/1
11th	15	—	Two Pair (M) Posted career best when winning 16-runner novice hurdle at Bellewstown in April but disappointing when only eighth of 14 on handicap debut at Wexford (2½m) next time. Still reasonably low mileage.	4/2551-8	Conor Stone-Walsh P Nolan	6	66.7kg	29 28/1
6th	16	—	Simple Things (F) H Lightly-raced 4-y-o who finished runner-up in mares handicap hurdles at Bellewstown/Wexford in the spring. Shaped as if still in decent form for a long way before not really seeing her race out at Ro…	7862-25	Simon Torrens J P Dempsey	4	65.8kg	21 20/1
—	17	—	Astelia (M) Pulled Up Arrives here on the back of 3 second-placed finishes, most recently in a 15-runner novice hurdle (5/2) at Roscommon (2m, good) 23 days ago. Yard have a good record in this race and she's a player bac…	270-222	Sam Ewing Peter Fahey	7	65.3kg	9 8/1
5th	18	—	Bossy Bird (M) T Lightly-raced sort improved when second of 16 on handicap hurdle debut at Cork (2½m, good, 25/1) 19 days ago, travelling well and still keeping on when hampered final 50 yds. Up 4 lb but should be in…	0/88-42	Harry Sexton T Gibney	6	65.3kg	19 18/1
14th	19	—	Small Bucks (M) Produced an improved effort from a reduced mark when winning a 15-runner handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (2¼m, good) 15 days ago by 7½ lengths from Sea of Doubt. Took that race easily, so 8 lb rise lo…	P-74010	Patrick M O'Brien P E Collins	5	64.9kg	15 14/1
—	19	—	Lucy Wang (M)	213313-	— E Mullins	6	64.9kg	—
—	20	—	Sea Of Doubt (M) T NON RUNNER.	16232U	Caragh Monaghan Ian Donoghue	6	64.4kg	17 16/1 Sky B… 26 Betfa… 26 Paddy… 26
3rd	21	—	Emesteraye (M) T Improved third on handicap debut/return at Wexford (17f, good to soft) in May before filling the same position in an 11-runner event at Limerick 4 weeks ago. Remains open to improvement with strong g…	608-33	Daniel King R O'Sullivan	5	64kg	17 16/1
—	22	—	Tingarran Express (M) Handicap hurdle winner at Tramore last summer and went close at Clonmel on her penultimate outing. Ninth of 13 in handicap chase at Wexford (19f, good, 11/1) on debut over fences 26 days ago. Probabl…	514-629	Reserve 2 Miss D O'Shea	9	64kg	26 25/1 Paddy… 19 Betfa… 19 Sky B… 19
—	23	—	You Make Me Smile (M) Fit from a couple of good efforts on the Flat when placed in handicap hurdles at Ballinrobe and Downpatrick in May/June. Seemingly failed to get home upped to 2m back on the level last time and other…	8315-32	Reserve 3 P A Fahy	8	63.5kg	17 16/1 Betfa… 13 Paddy… 13 Sky B… 13
—	27	—	Albatala (M)	0269/41	— J C McConnell	7	62.6kg	—
—	29	—	Imperial Miss (M)	04280-U	— T Gibney	5	61.2kg	—
—	30	—	Midnight Eagle (M)	000-302	— A McNamara	6	61.2kg	—
—	31	—	Real Petite (F)	9880P-	— T Mullins	4	56.2kg	—

Betting forecast: Fratas (4/1), Samba Train (6/1), Zahra Dodville (15/2), She's A Fine Wine (8/1), Astelia (8/1), Venusienne (11/1), Wonderfulwonderful (12/1), Billie Frechette (12/1), Small Bucks (14/1), Emesteraye (16/1), Sea Of Doubt (16/1), You Make Me Smile (16/1), Bossy Bird (18/1), Simple Things (20/1), Splashing Out (20/1), Cleopatra's Needle (22/1), Ardeen Joy (22/1), Tingarran Express (25/1), Two Pair (28/1), Missus Beeton (33/1), Hillhead Runner (40/1), Crohan Lady (40/1), Camlin Park (125/1)