Rebecca Menzies raid at Downpatrick: all five runners see market support

Today will be the first time British-based trainer Rebecca Menzies will send runners out over jumps in Ireland and she has five runners in total at Downpatrick today. All of them have shortened in the market so let’s take a look at their credentials below.

Please note: odds correct at time of writing this article

Three Platoon
3.20 Downpatrick
9/2 into 7/2

Some promise over hurdles in 2022 but arrives here on the back of an AW double over 1m2f at Newcastle. Visor replaces usual blinkers. Needs to improve on all known hurdling form but is there with a chance in a winnable race.

My Friend Yeats
3.55 Downpatrick
6/1 into 5/1

Gordon Elliott’s Prends Garde A Toi is all the rage here but Menzies’ runner has been nibbled at. A repeat of his Cartmel novice second in July when beaten only half a length brings him right into this but he needs to bounce back from latest Sedgefield run.

You Some Girl
4.30 Downpatrick
13/2 into 4/1

Very strong in the market this morning. She hasn’t won in two years but wasn’t beaten far in third when a beaten favourite at Hexham latest. She handles undulating sharp tracks and runs from a 4lb lower mark in Ireland.

Boomslang
5.05 Downpatrick
8/1 into 7/2

A very modest beginners’ chase and if this boy takes to chasing he might take all the beating. He won over hurdles at Cartmel in June and was only touched off by a length at Sedgefield this month, with the pair pulling well clear.

Edgewell
5.35 Downpatrick
12/1 into 9/2

Yet to win and was far from convincing in three starts over fences but he ran well over hurdles at Kelso last time and the Irish handicapper has given him a real chance if he can improve over larger obstacles.

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