Book Your Christmas Party At Cork Racecourse (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 17:05 | Winning time: 4m 35.2s

First Approach¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr M J O'Hare⁽³⁾| T: N Meade

11/8

Showed a good attitude when winning one of these last time. Has already produced better form figures in defeat, and has claims of a follow-up under his penalty.

Form: 1/239-1

James Eclipse⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr M J O'Connor| T: T Cummins

28/1

Won a 2m4f Listowel bumper last year (heavy). Badly out of sorts both in this sphere and over hurdles lately and looks best watched at present.

Form: 5214-50

Feelin' Groovy²¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr T D Hyde⁽⁷⁾| T: T E Hyde

6/1

Easy winner of a Limerick bumper when last seen in March. Yet to race on anything but testing ground, so has it to prove on this faster surface. Penalty to shoulder too, but no denying that he has claims.

Form: 3331-

Doctor Duffy¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr R W Barron⁽⁷⁾| T: C Byrnes

10/11

Placed in all three completed starts and beaten just ½L at Tipperary last time. Stays 2m4f. Bit more needed, but short-listed.

Form: 32S2

Wild Rumour¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: L Fowler

66/1

100-1 and well beaten on rules debut last time. Can only watch.

Form: P-0

Elaines Dirha⁷⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: K J Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: T P O'Connor

100/1

100-1 and never competitive on her rules debut last time. Impossible to fancy on that evidence.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

Scanimax¹³

Weight: 11-7| Age: 6

T: I Madden J: T N Brett

Kilbeg Bernie⁷⁶

Weight: 11-0| Age: 5

T: T Cummins J: Miss S Ahern

Forecasts

Doctor Duffy (10/11), First Approach (11/8), Feelin' Groovy (6/1), Kilbeg Bernie (20/1), James Eclipse (28/1), Scanimax (33/1), Wild Rumour (66/1), Elaines Dirha (100/1)

A moderate contest, where it could be worth siding with DOCTOR DUFFY to break his duck. He went close last time out in one of these at Tipperary and could take advantage of the 7lb he receives from the penalised previous winners First Approach and Feelin' Groovy.