15:15 Tramore

Sunday 19 August 2018

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Comeragh Veterinary Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: 5m 3.6s

Getareason¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Ruby Walsh| T: W P Mullins

1/5

Will look to build on a couple of promising starts at Listowel and more recently at the Galway festival despite disappointing connections. Open to plenty of improvement.

Form: 2/13-32

Zaofu^h²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: E Doyle| OR: 116| BF

4/1

Enters calculations following a trio of runner-up positions over hurdles since June including a short-head defeat in a 2m1½f Ballinrobe maiden last month. Deserves a change of luck.

Form: 0/222

Cusp Of Carabelli²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D M O'Brien

40/1

Moderate form in point-to-points and bumpers before finishing well down the field in a couple of dismal maiden hurdle performances since last month. Plenty to prove at present.

Form: U-P6508

Don Elias¹²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C D Maxwell| T: Don Cashman

100/1

Poor in a number of point-to-point appearances recently and remains without a win in three hurdle starts to date. Watching brief on stable debut.

Form: U/PFP-

Triangle Rock^p1,t⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: M F Morris| OR: 90

16/1

Nothing of note in a number of desolate hurdling displays since returning to the track in May. First time cheekpieces unlikely to bring about the required amount of improvement needed to play a role here.

Form: 80-P058

Where Now^p1¹²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: R Loughran| T: W J Lanigan

66/1

Gelding by Where Or When out of a Lord Americo mare. Failed to finish in five of his six point-to-point starts and passed over her.

Form: F6UFFU-

Carrigaloe¹⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Ricky Doyle⁽⁵⁾| T: Eric Larkin

125/1

Detached and tailed off when spooking on debut in a Thurles bumper back in March. Up in trip and market likely to reveal expectations.

Form: U-

Premier D'troice¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: J M Moore| T: S Doyle

20/1

Poor in three point-to-point starts before being well held on maiden hurdle debut in a 2m5f Roscommon contest earlier this month. Well below-par form looks set to continue.

Form: 5

Day Day⁸⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Mr J P Berry⁽⁷⁾| T: J A Berry| OR: 91

25/1

Possibly needed the run on return to the track in a 2m4f Wexford handicap hurdle when last seen in May. Clearly has her training issues and best watched here.

Form: 8064P-7

Graig Na Manach^p1³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: A E Lynch| T: R Sweeney

100/1

Has disappointed connections in a series of gloomy performances in the point-to-point field and over hurdles. First time cheekpieces inconceivable to produce the required amount of development needed to play a role here.

Form: U-36300

Make Me Merry^t1⁷⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Phillip Enright| T: S M O'Donoghue

66/1

Well held in a number of point-to-point starts, three since March. First-time tongue-tie unlikely to inspire any great improvement.

Form: P/PR-64

Mrs Pops

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Danny Mullins| T: P T Flavin

50/1

Arctic Cosmos filly out of a Grand Lodge mare. St Leger winning sire has his first four-year-olds this term and market likely to be best guide to chances on hurdling debut.

Form:

Tsarina Sophia^h¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Jack Kennedy| T: Diarmuid P Ryan| OR: 85

100/1

First Reserve: Has finished tailed off and well down the field in four career starts starts including in a number of below-par maiden hurdle performances. Very little to be positive about.

Form: 00-00

Non-Runners

Novano⁴²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: S Neville J: C A Landers

Niamh's Oscar¹⁰

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: J A Kinsella J: J S McGarvey

The Shunter¹⁵⁵

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: J O Clifford J: Sean O'Keeffe

Forecasts

Getareason (1/5), Zaofu (4/1), Novano (8/1), The Shunter (12/1), Triangle Rock (16/1), Premier D'troice (20/1), Day Day (25/1), Niamh's Oscar (33/1), Cusp Of Carabelli (40/1), Mrs Pops (50/1), Where Now (66/1), Make Me Merry (66/1), Tsarina Sophia (100/1), Graig Na Manach (100/1), Don Elias (100/1), Carrigaloe (125/1)

ZAOFU has been beaten a head, ½L and a short-head on his last three starts and deserves a change of luck here for a yard that has a 17% win strike rate at this meeting in the last four years. The six-year-old is taken over likely warm order Getareason from the Willie Mullins yard who will look to build on his promising two starts since June. The Seamus Neville-trained Novano could fill third place ahead of a pretty ordinary bunch.