18:20 Tramore

Saturday 18 August 2018

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Hibernian Hotel, Tramore Handicap

Off time: 18:20 | Winning time: 2m 40.4s

Decision Time¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: Ben Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: J E Kiely| OR: 84| C| D

9/2

Dual winner over 1m5f in the spring including at Ballinrobe (good) in June. Well held in a valuable Galway (2m1f, yielding) handicap subsequently and has won over hurdles here in the past.

Form: 41-0110

Fiesole³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: R Coakley⁽³⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 77| D

7/2

Winner of five races in all and not beaten far when finishing fifth over 1m4f at Gowran Park (good-to-firm) earlier this week. Worth a check in the market.

Form: 6-00305

Sharjah^b¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: A J Slattery⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 74| C| D

14/1

Followed up a 1m4f Fairyhouse (good-to-firm) win last month with a third over an extended 1m2f at Sligo (good) recently. Races off a mark 3lb higher than for his latest success.

Form: 593313

Ejayteekay¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Gary Carroll| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 73| D

14/1

Dual handicap hurdle winner this year and ran a respectable race in that sphere at Galway (yielding-to-soft) earlier this month. Worth a check in the market back on the Flat.

Form: 631128-

Bronagh's Belle¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Colin Keane| T: W P Mullins| OR: 80

1/1

Victorious in a 1m5f handicap at Leopardstown (good-to-firm) in June. Placed at Galway (soft-to-heavy) subsequently and a leading contender on this occasion.

Form: 5407-12

Maximus Daia^b⁷⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: D P Linehan⁽⁵⁾| T: N Dooly| OR: 67

33/1

Maiden winner at Cork (7f, heavy) in 2017 but struggled in two hurdles since joining this yard. Others make more appeal upped in distance.

Form: 817745-

Byron Beauty^b¹³

Age: 10| Weight: 9-0| J: Chris Hayes| T: H Rogers| OR: 66

20/1

Improved performance when finishing 4¼L seventh over 1m6f at Galway (yielding) earlier this month. Effective over shorter and market support would be interesting.

Form: 6-87907

Head Turner¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 8-11| J: S Foley| T: P A Fahy| OR: 63| D

10/1

Placed twice from four starts this term including when second over an extended 1m5f at Ballinrobe (yielding) last month. Run well in a highly competitive contest subsequently and an interesting runner int his contest.

Form: 18-2625

Forecasts

Bronagh's Belle (1/1), Fiesole (7/2), Decision Time (9/2), Head Turner (10/1), Ejayteekay (14/1), Sharjah (14/1), Byron Beauty (20/1), Maximus Daia (33/1)

The three-year-old BRONAGH'S BELLE ran well in a highly competitive event last time out and with further improvement likely she is taken to get the better of top weight Decision Time who has a leading apprentice booked to ride for this event. Third place can go the way of Sharjah who has the trip and ground in his favour and has been running well in recent times.