17:25 Gowran Park

Saturday 9 March 2019

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Best Of Luck Ballyhale Shamrocks Point-To-Point Flat Race

Off time: 17:25 | Winning time: 4m 36.2s

Carrigmoorna Pine⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: R Tyner

6/1

Oscar gelding who won a Kilfeacle point-to-point in a slow time. May need more of a test than this but the jockey booking is a positive at least.

Form: 3-41

Full Time Score³⁸⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D Roche⁽³⁾| T: H De Bromhead

14/1

Made odds-on for sole point-to-point start when no match for the easy winner. In good hands but jockey bookings suggest Minella Melody is yard's main hope.

Form: 2-

Jack Hackett²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Ms L O'Neill| T: Mrs D A Love

12/1

Beat Hollow gelding with plenty of bumper winners in the pedigree. Second of four finishers on sole point-to-point start but still worth checking in the market.

Form: 2

Rewritetherules⁶²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr T Hamilton⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Hanlon

14/1

Held by Sole Cargo on point-to-point form and has shown little to date to suggest he will be a threat in this company.

Form: FP-5F4

Saint Benedict²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr T D Hyde⁽⁷⁾| T: E Bolger

8/1

Related to J'y Vole and five other winners. Impressive winner at Rathcannon before unseating on his only point-to-point start since. Has joined a top yard but one surprisingly lacking much of a recent record in bumpers.

Form: 1U

Solo Cargo⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J C Barry⁽⁵⁾| T: K Purcell

25/1

Won his last point-to-point but the form does not match that of others in this and he was tailed off in his previous bumper.

Form: 021

Getaway Totherock¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan

33/1

Winner of a mares maiden at Kildorrery last month but surprising if that effort was good enough to beat a few of these.

Form: PU21

Kalli's Quest⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr Darragh Allen⁽⁷⁾| T: T O'Brien

14/1

Half-sister to five winners including Mister Hyde, Glenquest, Realta Mo Chroi and Cool Quest. Stable have won two of the last three renewals with recent point-to-point winners so the omens are good for this impressive Dungarvan winner.

Form: 31

Minella Melody⁸³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: H De Bromhead

9/10

Flemensfirth mare with bumper winners throughout her pedigree. Romped home by 10L on sole point-to-point outing and the third, Elk Bridge, has won a Clonmel bumper since.

Form: 1

Miss Pernickety⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J J Codd| T: J P O'Brien

7/1

Just behind recent Clonmel bumper winner Elk Bridge at Boulta but a line through that rival gives her something to find with Minella Melody. Has since joined a top yard and the jockey booking signals intent.

Form: 3

Oscar Bonnie²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Miss L A Hourigan⁽⁵⁾| T: M Hourigan

40/1

Oscar half-sister to five-time winner The Mooch.Lacks the quality of point-to-point form of many of her rivals and yard have a modest 6% strike rate in bumpers since 2014.

Form: 24

Forecasts

Minella Melody (9/10), Carrigmoorna Pine (6/1), Miss Pernickety (7/1), Saint Benedict (8/1), Jack Hackett (12/1), Full Time Score (14/1), Kalli's Quest (14/1), Rewritetherules (14/1), Solo Cargo (25/1), Getaway Totherock (33/1), Oscar Bonnie (40/1)

Minella Melody was highly impressive when landing her point-to-point by 10L and she has since joined a top yard. She comes from a family of bumper winners and would be a worthy favourite.Saint Benedict was impressive at Rathcannon and Miss Pernickety represents a toptrainer/jockey combination. However, KALLI'S QUEST represents a yard who have successfully targetted this race in recent years and she has a lovely pedigree to match the quality of performance she produced to score at Dungarvan.