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15:45 Sligo

Sunday 9 July 2023

All14:0014:3515:1015:4516:2016:5517:30

Friends Of Brian Mulligan Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-116)

Off time: 15:45 | Winning time: 4m 6.8s

1^st

The Big Chap

612-0

9/2

T: P W FlynnJ: A P Kelly (4)

Tracked leaders, 7th halfway, progress into 3rd after 3 out, headway to lead 2 out, pushed along to go 2 lengths clear entering straight, soon ridden and kept on well from last op 4/1

2^nd

3 ¼

Warm In Gorey

510-8

5/1

T: P J RothwellJ: P J O'Hanlon

Rear of mid division, 6th halfway, headway into 4th after 2 out, pushed along to go 3rd last, soon ridden and kept on well to go 2nd over 150 yards out op 7/2

3^rd

3 ½

Woodstream Lad

610-0

50/1

T: R K WatsonJ: M P O'Connor

Mid division, 5th halfway, 4th after 3 out, headway on outer to go 2nd after 2 out, soon ridden and dropped to 3rd after last, no extra tchd 66/1

4^th

4 ¼

Pont Audemer

411-6

11/2

T: G P CromwellJ: K E Buckley

Towards rear, 8th halfway, 6th 3 out, briefly went 3rd after 2 out, 4th last, soon ridden and no extra, kept on one pace op 9/2 tchd 6/1

5^th

Staging Post

710-6

9/4f

T: M M McNiffJ: M J M O'Sullivan

Rear of mid division, 9th halfway, pushed along after 3 out, soon ridden and kept on from 2 out op 11/4

6^th

Willyouwalkwithme

811-7

14/1

T: H SmythJ: J P Shinnick (4)

Mid division, 3rd halfway, went 2nd after 3 out, pushed along and dropped to 5th after next, soon ridden and no extra, kept on one pace op 10/1

7^th

Bigz Belief

611-12

7/1

T: M J SmithJ: J Smith (4)

Clear with leader, led before 5th, went on before 4 out, soon pushed along and reduced advantage before next, headed before 2 out, soon ridden and weakened tchd 13/2

8^th

4 ½

Alhaajeb

510-10

22/1

T: J J HanlonJ: Shane Fenelon (4)

Tracked leaders in remote 3rd, 4th halfway, 5th after 3 out, pushed along before next, soon ridden and no extra before last op 40/1 tchd 18/1

9^th

Garcon Doux

711-2

7/1

T: P FentonJ: C M Quirke (4)

Always towards rear, never a factor op 11/1

10^th

9 ½

So Easy Way

710-0

66/1

T: I MaddenJ: D Moloney (4)

Soon led, headed before 5th, lost position before next, weakened quickly, tailed off op 40/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€5.50Pl:€1.60, €1.80, €9.60EX:€25.10Trifecta:€502.20Tricast:€1,011.33SF:€28.32

Forecasts

Staging Post (9/4), The Big Chap (9/2), Warm In Gorey (5/1), Pont Audemer (11/2), Bigz Belief (7/1), Garcon Doux (7/1), Willyouwalkwithme (14/1), Alhaajeb (22/1), Woodstream Lad (50/1), So Easy Way (66/1)

WARM IN GOREY upped his game to run out a cosy winner at Punchestown last time and he's worth a chance to follow up at the possible expense of Staging Post, who arrives on the back of a good second. Pont Audemer is another one to consider.