14:40 Thurles

Thursday 22 November 2018

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Hill Fabrication Handicap Hurdle (80-116)

Off time: 14:41 | Winning time: 4m 53.8s

Cold Shoulder⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 114| D

6/4

Comes here on a hat-trick following British raids on Bangor-On-Dee and Ayr. Racing 12lb higher than first win last month but is a leading player with top jockey in the plate.

Form: 44-6811

Naturally Blond^t⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: P A Gallagher⁽⁵⁾| T: Patrick Cronin| OR: 102

8/1

Quickly turned out following a desolate effort when appearing to be beaten four out in a Cork handicap hurdle on Sunday. Vast improvement needed to figure.

Form: 863U30

Trump Sixteen^t⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S J Mahon| OR: 100

25/1

16-race maiden without a win in 14 career hurdle starts. Plenty to find on recent offerings.

Form: 08B880

Coolmill²⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 10-13| J: C D Maxwell| T: D O'Shea| OR: 99| D

12/1

A 130 rated hurdler on his best form and losing run dates back to August 2015. Clearly regressing in the veteran stages of his career and others preferred.

Form: 570820

Fleurys Fort^h⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: L Young| OR: 99| C| D

16/1

Course winner that has also won over this trip. Successful in a Sligo maiden in July over this distance off a similar mark and more than capable of grabbing a place in this heat.

Form: P47836

Hey Groovy¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: M P Burke⁽⁵⁾| T: J M Burke| OR: 99| D

10/1

Winner of a Tipperary maiden hurdle over this trip last month. Not one to totally leave out of calculations but has a below-par effort at Cork earlier this month to shrug off.

Form: 6F051P

Moonball⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: A E Lynch| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 99

5/1

Has fallen on her two most recent chase starts following a win at Downpatrick in October. Switches back to hurdles for what clearly looks like a confidence booster and is worth a market check.

Form: 4621FF

Authorative^p,t⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: A McCann| OR: 93| D

6/1

Rise to current mark, 9lb higher than her win in a Downpatrick handicap hurdle appears to have brought a halt to her progression. Likely to find a couple of better handicapped types on the card.

Form: 464136

Charle Brune^h³⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-4| J: N T Prendergast⁽⁷⁾| T: T Shanahan| OR: 90

20/1

10-race maiden hurdler and well held on most recent appearance when beaten 48L in a Tramore handicap in December. Unlikely to be getting off the mark on seasonal debut.

Form: R9P009-

Glamorous Nellie^b¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: A W Short⁽³⁾| T: Miss E Doyle| OR: 86| D

25/1

The handicap hurdle win at Clonmel over this trip in September is looking a little of a 'one-off' following a number of shuddering defeats since. Drops in trip but is still hard to fancy looking at recent form.

Form: 8716P0

Forecasts

Cold Shoulder (6/4), Moonball (5/1), Authorative (6/1), Naturally Blond (8/1), Hey Groovy (10/1), Coolmill (12/1), Fleurys Fort (16/1), Charle Brune (20/1), Glamorous Nellie (25/1), Trump Sixteen (25/1)

Another contest that shouldn't take a great deal of winning see's the Gordon Elliott-trained COLD SHOULDER attempt to land a hat-trick of wins. The improving four-year-old can improve even further on home soil at the expense of the Gavin Cromwell-trained Moonball, distance winner Authorative and Naturally Blonde who can battle for the minor honours.