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Sunday 23 September 2018

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:35 | Winning time: 3m 47.5s

Kildorrery^h¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: M J Stenson⁽⁷⁾| T: T M Walsh| OR: 118| D

9/1

Got off the mark over hurdles at the third time of asking winning a Kilbeggan maiden over 2m3½f earlier this month. Possibilities of a struggle off this initial mark.

Form: B168-71

Baby Jake¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 117| D

16/1

Well held on return to action in a Sedgefield handicap hurdle over 2m1f earlier this month. Can go well on second start of season, possibly at a price.

Form: 34220-4

Linger³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Brian Hayes| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 113| D

25/1

Distance winner but races 12lb below last winning mark these days and its difficult to see any light at the end of the tunnel just yet.

Form: 20-PP55

Silver Star^t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 113| D

4/1

Running well and consistently since returning to action in four starts last month. Got a deserved win in a Kilbeggan maiden over this trip earlier this month on good ground. Given his form, this looks a handy mark.

Form: 24-6321

Abraham²⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: B J Geraghty| T: J R Barry| OR: 109| D

16/1

Distance winner of a Cork maiden hurdle over 12-months ago. Infrequent hurdler but boasts a notable jockey booking here.

Form: U17-

Ejayteekay¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Donagh Meyler| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 109| D

7/1

Won a Cork handicap hurdle over this trip on good to firm ground in July off a 11lb lower mark. Always likely to find one or two better handicapped sorts lurking while his is on current mark.

Form: 101273

Star Maker³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 111

12/1

Well beaten and down the field in three maiden hurdle starts to date and may continue to disappoint leading yard yet again.

Form: 43-6

Thinkitplanitdoit⁴⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-1| J: Darragh O'Keeffe⁽⁷⁾| T: J R Barry| OR: 107| D

16/1

Distance winner but had been off since October 2016 when in the care of Liz Doyle. May have needed comeback run at Cork last month.

Form: 13608/6

Bye Bye O Bye^t⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 10-13| J: A W Short⁽⁵⁾| T: Michael C Griffin| OR: 105

25/1

Strung together three good efforts over timber in the summer without getting his head in front but his most recent efforts have left a lot to be desired. Better days may be behind the veteran.

Form: 642350

Captain Morley³²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: N P Madden| T: N Madden| OR: 104| BF

16/1

Beaten favourite when last seen in October finishing last of nine with something clearly amiss at Leicester when with the David Simcock yard. Leading owner has shown plenty of patience with the Hernando gelding.

Form: 5/438-

Cappacon¹⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 10-11| J: B Browne⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 103

13/2

Comes here on a hat-trick of wins following success at Sligo and Wexford recently. Big ask in this company off his new mark but the Prince Arch gelding is in good spirits right now.

Form: 0/883-11

Trump Sixteen^p1,t¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: S J Mahon| OR: 103| D

14/1

Nothing of note in a number of drab efforts over hurdles since April. First time cheekpieces inconceivable to produce the required amount of development needed to play a role here.

Form: 1-708B8

Try Again⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: R M Power| T: P W Flynn| OR: 103

9/2

Recently seen on the Flat as a 73-rated handicapper. Winner of two of his 24 hurdle starts but now races off a 33lb lower mark than his last win over two years ago. Likely to struggle here.

Form: 000-32

Creeping Ivy^t¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: A E Lynch| T: A J Martin| OR: 98

12/1

Beaten on the Flat in three starts in the Spring before being returned to hurdling when well held in a Sligo 2m4f handicap hurdle last month. More needed here.

Form: 6395-48

Dunloe Lady³³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: R Loughran| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 97

25/1

Best effort from four starts over timber when 11½L third of 24 in maiden at Cork over this trip before a 25L defeat at Sligo last month. Hard to place any faith in.

Form: 0-08930

Flowery^t1¹⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: C A Landers⁽⁵⁾| T: G Webb| OR: 88

28/1

Well beaten and no impression in four maiden hurdles in the spring and first-time tongue tie unlikely to bring about the required amount of improvement needed to play a role here.

Form: 5U670-0

Non-Runners

Hearts Are Trumps²⁶

Weight: 11-8| Age: 5

T: D McDonogh J: Mark Walsh

Misty Millie¹²

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: G Donnelly J: Paul Townend

Wade Harper¹⁶

Weight: 10-7| Age: 8

T: P J Rothwell J: J P O'Sullivan

Reine Fee¹¹⁴

Weight: 10-5| Age: 5

T: S Crawley J: Phillip Enright

Grand Canyon²

Weight: 10-6| Age: 6

T: Miss A Mooney J: Danny Mullins

Forecasts

Silver Star (4/1), Try Again (9/2), Cappacon (13/2), Ejayteekay (7/1), Grand Canyon (8/1), Hearts Are Trumps (8/1), Kildorrery (9/1), Misty Millie (10/1), Star Maker (12/1), Creeping Ivy (12/1), Trump Sixteen (14/1), Thinkitplanitdoit (16/1), Captain Morley (16/1), Baby Jake (16/1), Abraham (16/1), Linger (25/1), Dunloe Lady (25/1), Bye Bye O Bye (25/1), Flowery (28/1), Reine Fee (33/1), Wade Harper (50/1)

The solid and consistent SILVER STAR got a deserved win in a Kilbeggan maiden over this trip earlier this month on good ground and looks on an initial handy mark here and could be potentially well handicap here. Hearts Are Trumps has been in consistent form in three starts since May and Misty Millie, second of 14 beaten a little over 2L in a competitive handicap hurdle at the Listowel festival recently can prove to be the biggest dangers while Baby Jake could out-run his price.