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Leisure Club At Breaffy Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 17:50 | Winning time: 4m 6.70s

Bashful Beauty¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Robbie Colgan| T: J Feane| OR: 102

13/2

Poor strike rate over timber, just one win from 29. May be in need of some further relief from the handicapper, despite another respectable effort at Kilbeggan over 2m on good ground a fortnight ago.

Form: 00747-3

Black Label^b⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D E Splaine| T: A McGuinness| OR: 102

5/1

Improved run on the Flat at Navan late last month, was respectable at Leopardstown in December when last tackling these obstacles and has to enter calculations now.

Form: 641795-

Let Her Cry^b1⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: B T O'Connell| T: J R Barry| OR: 102

14/1

Mare finished third at Tramore in December over 2n5f but well beaten at the same track a fortnight later. Disappointed again on reappearance at Gowran Park in March, has won over this C&D before however and gets first-time blinkers on now.

Form: 06038P-

Voluptueux^t1¹²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: Kevin McDonagh| OR: 102

25/1

Just the one win from 17 over hurdles, well beaten off on New Year's Day at Fairyhouse over 2m and returns here from just a 2lb lower mark.

Form: 607700-

Celtic Monarch¹²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: Steven Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: M M McNiff| OR: 99

25/1

Extended winless sequence to 15 at Down Royal over Christmas, effort quickly fading. Off since, worth noting he went well around this time last year on reappearance at Hexham and money was down.

Form: 230080-

Stormey^t²²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Paul Townend| T: S J Mahon| OR: 99

9/1

Was out of form over 2m here in September when last spotted, made a winning reappearance last season causing 25/1 stir at Sligo and weights give him every chance to go well now too.

Form: 26580-2

Whats The Plot¹²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Donagh Meyler⁽³⁾| T: A L T Moore| OR: 99

14/1

Yet to place in five starts over hurdles, including recent handicap debut. Is 2lb lower now, needs improvement to have a say.

Form: U7060-

Ask David^b¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: M P Burke⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 98

12/1

Returned from a break with career-best effort score at Tipperary 12 days ago over this trip. Raised 5lb, should be competitive again if building on that effort in just seventh hurdles spin.

Form: 55001-0

Broughtons Star^h1,t¹²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: D F O'Regan| T: G Elliott| OR: 98

11/1

Jumping technique under scrutiny after two unseats and a fall among his last six starts but feasibly-treated, as evidenced by a decent efforts at Tramore and Tipperary last month. Drops back in trip now.

Form: F2UU46-

Icelip^t²²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D M O'Brien| OR: 98

10/1

Had turned in a series of consistent efforts last year and gained reward when scoring on reappearance at Tramore recently over 2m. That was career-best and goes up 5lb here.

Form: 653561-

Cnoc Na Sioga¹⁵¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: T N Brett⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 95

25/1

Has had his problems, with just two appearances since August 2015 on the track, neither of which provide any confidence for this first outing in 151 days.

Form: B3U31/0-

Athloman Cottage²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: D Duggan| OR: 94

25/1

Raced with some promise last time at Tramore over 2m though overall profile is anything but convincing and plenty to find with Icelip on that run.

Form: 66067-7

Native Lass^p²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Brian Hayes| T: M Winters| OR: 94

12/1

Third of nine in a handicap chase at Wexford last month on reappearance, switches back to hurdles here with cheekpieces back on and needs more from somewhere.

Form: 57153-6

Andratx^t³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: D R Fox| T: M M McNiff| OR: 100

13/2

Just fourth hurdles start when winning Downpatrick handicap over 2m in March, more on plate this time around but has to be considered a player.

Form: 7091-

Ben Rumson^t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: J J Slevin⁽⁵⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 92

20/1

Maiden after three hurdles runs, two of them for this trainer and has to improve to have a say in this race based on Fairyhouse run over the trip 37 days ago.

Form: 970-

For Pedro²²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: B J Cooper| T: T Cooper| OR: 92

8/1

Just 9L in arrears of Icelip at Tramore 22 days ago over this trip, should be competitive here if getting a call up to run (First Reserve).

Form: 04P/35-8

Non-Runners

Tunnel Creek¹²

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: T Cooper J: Danny Mullins

Littlestickarubarb¹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 5

T: A J Martin J: Reserve 2

Youngnedofthehill⁸⁰

Weight: 11-0| Age: 9

T: S T Nolan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Black Label (5/1), Andratx (13/2), Bashful Beauty (13/2), Littlestickarubarb (7/1), For Pedro (8/1), Stormey (9/1), Icelip (10/1), Broughtons Star (11/1), Native Lass (12/1), Ask David (12/1), Whats The Plot (14/1), Let Her Cry (14/1), Ben Rumson (20/1), Athloman Cottage (25/1), Cnoc Na Sioga (25/1), Celtic Monarch (25/1), Tunnel Creek (25/1), Voluptueux (25/1), Youngnedofthehill (66/1)

Andratx opened his account over timber at Downpatrick and should come here in confident mood as a result, though more is probably needed this time. Stormey was a shock 25/1 winner at Sligo in reappearance last season, ensuring he's respected on this return in similar company off a fair mark while recent Tramore winner Icelip cannot be ruled out off just 5lb higher. CELTIC MONARCH went well at Hexham around this time last year on his reappearance run and from a 6lb lower mark time around might be capable of having another tilt at this as he seems best caught when fresh.

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