14:35 Clonmel

Thursday 10 January 2019

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Tipperary Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 14:35 | Winning time: 5m 7.9s

Do No Complain¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: Ian O'Connor| OR: 102

50/1

Poor form for trainers, Tom Cooper and Michael Winters of late and found nothing on debut for new connections when pulled up in a Limerick handicap hurdle over 3m over Christmas. Drop in trip unlikely to trigger any improvement.

Form: 210P/7P

Danse Away^p⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: D E Mullins| T: T J Nagle-Jr| OR: 101| C| D

6/4

Improving chaser of late winning a Navan handicap last month. Winner over C&D in March on heavy ground off a 13lb lower mark. Strong claims here.

Form: 1-44012

Carrigready¹³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr J C Barry⁽⁵⁾| T: V Halley| OR: 100

10/1

Best of efforts came at Limerick over 3m on good ground in July, so capable of having a say but has a couple of below par runs to shake off.

Form: 374809

Seskin Flyer^h¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽⁷⁾| T: P Carey| OR: 99| D

9/2

Solid and consistent over the larger obstacles of late winning two in a row last month. Sole win over hurdles came over 12-months ago at Tramore off a 4lb lower mark. Leading player.

Form: P23311

British Art^h⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: A Ring| T: R K Watson| OR: 98

10/1

Returned from a long break with a solid effort at Tramore earlier December before a ¾L win in a 17-runner handicap hurdle at Down Royal on St Stephens Day. Well held at the weekend and may have reached his peak.

Form: 48/0318

Kilbarry Calling²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Slevin| T: C O'Keeffe| OR: 97

6/1

Respectable fourth of 14 beaten over 5L behind Stucker Hill in a Tramore handicap hurdle last month off a similar mark. Improvement looks to be on the cards.

Form: 77P224

Shantou Sisu¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: R Loughran| T: W J Lanigan| OR: 85

9/2

Ran well when making his handicap debut in May, but failed to build on that effort at Downpatrick and more recently at Clonmel. Improved performance at Limerick over Christmas puts the Shantou gelding in the mix here.

Form: 08-5754

Georgia Grace^b1¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-4| J: A E Lynch| T: Miss H McLoughlin| OR: 80

40/1

Six-race maiden hurdler and first time blinkers unlikely to bring about the required amount of improvement needed to play a role here.

Form: 0904-08

Forecasts

Danse Away (6/4), Shantou Sisu (9/2), Seskin Flyer (9/2), Kilbarry Calling (6/1), British Art (10/1), Carrigready (10/1), Georgia Grace (40/1), Do No Complain (50/1)

The form of SESKIN FLYER over the larger obstacles cannot be overlooked as the improving eight-year-old looks to add to his sole win over hurdles 12-months ago. Appears on a handy hurdles mark and can see off the challenge of C&D winner, Danse Away and potential improver, Shantou Sisu.