The best of these in the long term is likely to be Keep Up, who won a soft ground bumper and didn't run badly in a quality Listed contest at Gowran on good but she has a 247-day absence to overcome. Fillusin also returns from an absence but has some good placed efforts to her name. A chance is taken that KILRUSH LADY can catch out some of the market principals with her fitness after winning a point by 13L recently and not running badly in a maiden hurdle last July. [Denis Harney]
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Bumper winner at Tramore on debut last year; some good placed efforts in maiden hurdles over a range of distances without looking like winning; well beaten favourite when last seen in a mares' handicap at Thurles last November (2m4f, good); chance.
Pulled clear in a Roscommon bumper (soft) and wasn't disgraced in a useful Listed bumper at Gowran (good); returns from 247 day absence but plenty to recommend on first hurdling start; rider partnered last year's winning favourite in this for Willie Mullins.
Got off the mark on sixth point-to-point start last time when winning by 13L at Ballingarry (good); outran her odds when finishing third at 33-1 in a maiden hurdle at Downpatrick last July; cheek pieces are added to tongue tie and she is clearly in good spirits.
Galway bumper winner in 2022 (soft); 0-12 over hurdles but four seconds over 2m on varying ground types; reasonable efforts this year in handicaps; vulnerable to more talented mares but she is honest.
Sister to 2m4f/2m5f chase winner Mylesfromwicklow, closely related to point winner Killinkere; dam bumper/2m hurdle winner; from a good stable and worth a market check.
Point winner but 0-14 over hurdles; returned from a break with a distant second in a Cork handicap hurdle (3m, good); didn't back that up last time when seventh of 11 at Bellewstown in April (3m, good); some good placed efforts last year; needs more.
Seventh of 16 on hurdles bow at Kilbeggan in May when starting at 66-1 (2m3f, good); best effort in three point starts was when a remote second last February; others more likely.
Beaten into third on penultimate start at Kilbeggan in a maiden hurdle (2m6f, yielding); improved by one place last time when dropped in trip at Limerick when 8.5L back in second (2m3f, good); could be thereabouts.
Pulled up on sole point start and beaten 48L in a Limerick bumper and the same distance in a maiden hurdle at Down Royal last time; changes trainer once again; extremely unlikely candidate.
Has run okay in a bumper and last time in a Cork maiden hurdle when finishing fifth of 16 at 66-1, albeit 29L behind the winner; would need major improvement again but can't be totally discounted.
