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Friday 30 November 2018

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Mr Binman Christmas Racing Festival 26th-29th December (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 14:32 | Winning time: 5m 19.5s

Danali¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 12-4| J: Mr A Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D A Love| OR: 109

25/1

Good efforts to place over fences the last twice including when third over an extended 2m7f at Fairyhouse (good) last time. Races off an 8lb higher mark on her return to hurdling.

Form: 6U5P23

An'ball^t¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 12-1| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: R Hackett| OR: 106

8/1

12 race maiden ran a decent race when fourth in a 2m6f maiden hurdle at Punchestown (good) last time out. Worth a check in the market back in handicaps.

Form: 3-22P74

Plan Of Attack^p1⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 105| BF

7/2

Point-to-point winner ran well to finish fourth over 3m at Clonmel (good) early last month. Held sixth over the same C&D subsequently however. Cheekpieces tried for the first time.

Form: 5-33346

Open To The World^b¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr J J Codd| T: P Roche| OR: 102

12/1

Good 7L second in a handicap chase over an extended 2m7f at Downpatrick (soft) last month. Early casualty back over hurdles at Thurles (good) last time out however.

Form: 6P-3U2U

Whatsinthecorner^t¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr M J O'Hare⁽³⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 100

9/4

Recorded a second chase victory when winning by 3L over 2m2f at Thurles (good) earlier this month. Also declared 15:05 Thurles Thursday.

Form: 402212

Ballymadun¹⁶¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Ms L O'Neill| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 99

16/1

Finished a decent fourth over 3m at Tipperary (good) in May. Absent since pulling up at Down Royal over 2m4f the following month however.

Form: 291P-4P

Officers Mess⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 99

10/1

Returning from a break when finishing mid-division at Punchestown (2m4f, good) last month. Likely to have improved for that outing.

Form: 65-1578

Napoleon Blue²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: A Murray| OR: 98

7/1

Improved on his return effort when finishing 11L eighth at Fairyhouse (2m4f, good) earlier this month. Open to further improvement in this contest.

Form: 000-408

Local Rogue¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr F Maguire⁽³⁾| T: Miss E Doyle| OR: 99

22/1

Placed in a heavy ground maiden hurdle over 2m here in April. Struggled in two starts since however but interesting for a shrewd yard upped in distance on handicap debut.

Form: 3-00

Galuppi⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Miss S Larkin⁽⁷⁾| T: J R Finn| OR: 94

33/1

Sole victory in 43 Rules starts came at Fakenham three years ago. Well beaten ninth on debut for this yard in a Dundalk AW claimer last time out and others make more appeal.

Form: 3610/35-

Rathnaleen Girl^h²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁷⁾| T: P Byrne| OR: 93

9/1

Running well in defeat in recent months including when runner-up over 2m at Fairyhouse (good) last time out. One to note stepping up in distance.

Form: 333432

Warrior Assassin^t⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr R O Harding⁽³⁾| T: P Byrne| OR: 93

33/1

beaten 18L when finishing runner-up in a 2m1f maiden hurdle at Ballinrobe (heavy) in May. Struggled on handicap debut in a first time tongue tie (retained) at Thurles (2m, good-to-firm) last week however.

Form: 07-20

Non-Runners

Askari¹

Weight: 11-3| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: K Brogan

Lambs Lane⁶³

Weight: 11-1| Age: 6

T: P J Rothwell J: Mr S Cavanagh

Banquet Hill⁵⁴⁵

Weight: 11-1| Age: 7

T: J P Ryan J: Reserve 1

The Horsechesnut³³⁴

Weight: 10-10| Age: 10

T: D M O'Brien J: Reserve 2

Allduckornodinner⁵²⁷

Weight: 10-4| Age: 8

T: G P Cromwell J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Whatsinthecorner (9/4), Plan Of Attack (7/2), Askari (9/2), Napoleon Blue (7/1), An'ball (8/1), Rathnaleen Girl (9/1), Officers Mess (10/1), Open To The World (12/1), The Horsechesnut (14/1), Banquet Hill (14/1), Ballymadun (16/1), Allduckornodinner (20/1), Local Rogue (22/1), Danali (25/1), Lambs Lane (25/1), Warrior Assassin (33/1), Galuppi (33/1)

RATHNALEEN GIRL has been running well in recent times and she can gain a deserved victory stepping up in distance in this handicap hurdle. The selection looks capable of getting the better of last time out winner Whatsinthecorner who has a useful amateur in the saddle while third place can go to Askari who represents a leading stable.