17:25 Thurles

Thursday 8 March 2018

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Fethard Flat Race

Off time: 17:25 | Winning time: 4m 24.5s

Cairnhill³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr S F O'Keeffe⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss E Doyle

14/1

Gelding by Doyen out of a Shernazar mare and related to Kumbeshwar and multiple winner Valdez. Beaten and no impression over 1½f out on debut at the end of January. Will need to improve here.

Form: 5

Cooldine Bog⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr R P Quinlan⁽³⁾| T: A Slattery

50/1

Placed twice in point-to-point company in the autumn but finished well beaten over hurdles at Punchestown on his rules debut before an 80L defeat at Fairyhouse in January and others make more appeal.

Form: 433P00

Desir Du Large^t1¹¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D G Lavery⁽³⁾| T: M F Morris

33/1

Gelding by Zambezi Sun cost connections £68,000 at the 2016 sales. Half-brother to winning Flat performer Bubble Sea and a couple of horses placed over hurdles. Beaten 33L on maiden hurdle debut and better expected here.

Form: 8

Extrapolate⁹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Ms N Carberry| T: G Elliott

6/1

Pulled-up in two point-to-point efforts before a 29L defeat fifth of 15 at Fairyhouse in December on bumper debut. More expected here with significant jockey booking.

Form: PP-5

Sam Chisolm¹⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Miss K Harrington⁽³⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington

14/1

Weakened over 2f out on a disappointing debut run at Punchestown in October when seventh of 12 beaten 62L. Looks opposable.

Form: 7

Teddy's Acre⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J W O'Neill⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Neill

16/1

Aristotle gelding whose dam is related to a few point-to-point winners. Well beaten on debut in a bumper at Punchestown before a 12½L defeat at Cork in January and likely to be found wanting again.

Form: 95

Thosedaysaregone¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes

15/8

Getaway gelding is a half-brother to bumper winner/2m2f hurdle winner Lord Adare. Promising third of 10 beaten 3L in a Fairyhouse bumper on debut last month. Another bold show likely here.

Form: 3

Voix Des Tiep³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins| BF

1/1

Beaten favourite on all three career bumper starts including on two occasions this season. Likely to be a warm order once again but could be in the last chance saloon.

Form: 2-33

Forecasts

Voix Des Tiep (1/1), Thosedaysaregone (15/8), Extrapolate (6/1), Cairnhill (14/1), Sam Chisolm (14/1), Teddy's Acre (16/1), Desir Du Large (33/1), Cooldine Bog (50/1)

With Voix Des Tiep already beaten in three bumpers as favourite preference in the closer is for the Charles Byrnes-trained THOSEDAYSAREGONE who finished a promising third of 10 beaten 3L adrift of Sometime Soon and can improve once again here. The booking of Nina Carberry is eye-catching and Extrapolate can hit the frame at a price.