20:55 Bellewstown

Friday 5 July 2019

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Anglo Printers Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 20:57 | Winning time: 4m 5.40s

Happy Lad^p,t²³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: D F O'Regan| T: H P Finegan| OR: 109| D

20/1

Winner of a Downpatrick bumper in September but has subsequently struggled in a number of maiden hurdle efforts since December. Not in the form required to play a part.

Form: 35150-0

Space Ship^t³⁸⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: A W Short⁽⁵⁾| T: R Hennessy| OR: 109

50/1

Distance winner of an Ayr handicap hurdle over 2m in October 2016. The lightly raced gelding has struggled to make it to the track in recent seasons and is easily passed over here.

Form: 4891PF/

Bluegrass Princess^p³⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: D J Mullins| T: E O'Connell| OR: 108

16/1

Won over hurdles at the eighth time of asking when landing a Ballinrobe maiden last August. Well held on seasonal debut at the same track when last seen in May and may need a couple to falter.

Form: UP5/14-3

Itsalonglongroad^h,t¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: J S McGarvey| T: J C McConnell| OR: 108

25/1

Won on his penultimate start over hurdles in April last year before embarking on an unsuccessful campaign on the Flat. Well held on handicap debut in May and others more appealing.

Form: 6F1/0

Thecraicisninety^p²³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: Darragh O'Keeffe⁽⁷⁾| T: P Roche| OR: 108| BF| D

11/8

One from six over hurdles with the Presenting gelding running well in defeat recently over the larger obstacles. Capable of a bold bid reverting back to timber.

Form: 8123-22

Commandant²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: H Morgan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 106

20/1

Winner of one of his nine starts over hurdle, more recently seen competing over fences. Not the most reliable of sorts and others hold stronger claims in this event.

Form: 0C1-6U5

Callthebarman^t²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 105

12/1

Winner of two of his 14 starts over hurdles but has posted a couple of disappointing efforts since May at Ballinrobe and last month at Clonmel when beaten 27L. Well below par form looks set to continue here.

Form: 061-309

Celebrity Status²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Ricky Doyle⁽⁵⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 105

6/1

Bounced right back to form over hurdles following a number of dismal efforts over the larger obstacles when getting off the mark at the eighth attempt for connections at Clonmel last month. Appears to have been given a reasonable chance.

Form: 85P4-P1

Play The Part^b¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: B J Cooper| T: W M Roper| OR: 105

25/1

One from 15 over hurdles with the Kutub gelding going on to hit the frame on a further five occasions. Form since returning to action in May has been disappointing and others look more convincing.

Form: 983F-60

Pass Hymn^h,t¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Slevin| T: G J Power| OR: 104

8/1

Has failed to hit the frame in 10 starts over hurdles. Produced a career best effort on latest start at Wexford last month going down by 1¾L when fourth of 14. Not the most reliable of sorts and others hold stronger claims.

Form: 78U8-84

Earl Of Bunnacurry²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: C D Timmons⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 102

16/1

Six-race maiden over hurdles with the Approve gelding two career wins coming on AW at Southwell and Wolverhampton in November. Yards runners going well at this meeting.

Form: 008067-

Persian Wind^p,t²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 101| D

14/1

Recently seen over the larger obstacles, the gelding had a progressive profile last summer producing a number of decent efforts including finishing second of 16 over C&D in this contest 12 months ago.

Form: 2264F-4

Muyam Spirit⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: A Ring| T: D Hogan| OR: 100

16/1

Muhaymin gelding got off the mark at the fifth attempt for connections when landing a Kilbeggan maiden when last seen in May. Capable of another bold bid if ready after a break.

Form: P/0700-1

Comehere Hi^b1²⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-1| J: C Brassil⁽⁵⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 98

33/1

Two from 20 over hurdles but last win came over three years ago. First time blinkers unlikely to bring about the required amount of improvement needed to play a role here.

Form: 456-63P

Oakmont^h,t³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: D E Browne⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 97

7/1

Earlier progression over hurdles has appeared to have leveled out since returning to action in May and others look to have stronger claims.

Form: 25386-0

Chaparral Dream²³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: Reserve 1| T: A McGuinness| OR: 93

16/1

First Reserve: Well held on all three starts over hurdles since April and unlikely to be getting involved if making the line-up.

Form: 9-80

Non-Runners

Shake The Bucket³⁶

Weight: 11-8| Age: 12

T: N Madden J: N P Madden

Getgo¹⁴

Weight: 10-8| Age: 5

T: K H Clarke J: Reserve 2

Pretty Little Liar²⁵

Weight: 10-8| Age: 6

T: D P Dunne J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Thecraicisninety (11/8), Celebrity Status (6/1), Oakmont (7/1), Shake The Bucket (7/1), Pass Hymn (8/1), Callthebarman (12/1), Pretty Little Liar (12/1), Persian Wind (14/1), Bluegrass Princess (16/1), Chaparral Dream (16/1), Earl Of Bunnacurry (16/1), Muyam Spirit (16/1), Happy Lad (20/1), Commandant (20/1), Itsalonglongroad (25/1), Play The Part (25/1), Comehere Hi (33/1), Space Ship (50/1), Getgo (50/1)

The 12-year-old veteran, Shake The Bucket was a recent winner over the larger obstacles in May and holds strong claims on return to hurdles. The Niall Madden-trained gelding may face stiff opposition from distance winner, MUYAM SPIRIT with trainer Denis Hogan boasting a 40% win and place strike rate from five handicap hurdle runners at this meeting in the last four years. The J P McManus-trained, Thecraicisninety, Celebrity Status, winner last time out at Clonmel and Persian Wind, runner up in this contest 12 months ago can all give a good account of themselves.