20:20 Limerick

Thursday 25 July 2019

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Limerick's Live 95FM Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 20:20 | Winning time: 3m 51.70s

I'm Serious¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: D G Hogan| T: D Hogan| OR: 94

12/1

0-20 over timber but not without some promising efforts. Can get in the mix if on a good day, though clearly remains vulnerable for win purposes.

Form: 50-2700

Tagg's Island²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: H Morgan⁽⁷⁾| T: M McCullagh| OR: 93| D

14/1

Good third at Downpatrick on penultimate start, didn't exactly build on that at Wexford since but running well enough to have designs on a place.

Form: P70/935

Still Alive¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Darragh O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: A J McNamara| OR: 91| BF| CD

8/1

Finished sixth of 14 over 2m2f here earlier in the month. Has won over C&D previously and starting to fall towards a workable mark. Worth a look.

Form: 8156-36

Creasted Court^p³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Brian Hayes| T: M Winters| OR: 90

16/1

Appeared to be going in the right direction with Wexford and Tramore runs but tame effort at Downpatrick (2m1½f, yielding) was a letdown having been backed. Something to prove.

Form: 7803-60

Doyen Bay^p,t⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: E O'Grady| OR: 87| D

6/1

Finished third in 2m1f good ground Killarney race won by All The Angels last time, essentially backing up breakthrough hurdles success at Tramore. Much better off with re-opposing rival and considered.

Form: 41-5F13

Our Roxane¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Flanagan| T: T O'Brien| OR: 87

11/1

Maiden over timber after 10 starts, though has shaped with some degree of promise on couple of runs for this stable. More demanded.

Form: 3570-98

Bective Cave^t¹⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 11-3| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: M J Smith| OR: 86| D

6/1

Showed good attitude to win at Roscommon this month over similar trip, just prevailing late on. More demanded having been raised 5lb for that score.

Form: 7460-71

Blackyellowred^p,t²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: C J Orr⁽⁵⁾| T: D J Barry| OR: 86

12/1

Promising start in handicaps when fourth at Wexford recently over similar trip. Finished well down on the winner but offered something to work with an improvement possible.

Form: 70800-4

Love The Well^b²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: M Hamill⁽³⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 84

33/1

Unconvincing over hurdles and 0-9 now. Did show a bit more in first-time blinkers at Wexford over this trip recently, but still has plenty to find.

Form: 08PP-P8

Gameasapebble¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: C P McNamara⁽⁷⁾| T: F Costello| OR: 83

16/1

Outran odds of 100-1 when fifth in a C&D maiden hurdle earlier in the month. Unlikely to start at such a fancy price now back handicapping.

Form: 070-805

All The Angels^p⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: K J Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 88

3/1

Improving hurdler, scored at Killarney over 2m1f recently in manner of a one still progressing (had Doyen Bay back in third). Will need to keep building having gone up 6lb.

Form: 00-7061

Deauville Society^t1⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: D F O'Regan| T: T G McCourt| OR: 88

20/1

Nothing to shout about in three qualifying runs. Sports a first-time tongue-tie on this handicap bow, with market likely to reveal plenty.

Form: 08-0

Mosstown Miller⁸⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: J J Slevin| T: P J F Hassett| OR: 82

25/1

Was reappearing after the thick end of two years off when well held 20-1 chance at Sligo in the spring. Given another break since, hard to be confident in this maiden.

Form: 30589/0

Liclash^b¹²

Age: 10| Weight: 10-12| J: S A Shortall| T: S Ryan| OR: 81| CD

10/1

More than three years since his second win over timber (2-21 now), though didn't run badly when finishing fifth of 14 at this track recently. Interesting if that effort can be built on now.

Form: 6508-55

Dolly Rose^p²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: P Downey| OR: 80

50/1

Long-standing maiden now, with little in formbook to merit a strong mention. Never a threat on seasonal bow at Wexford (2m½f, good) this month and all to prove on formbook.

Form: 6700/9-0

Her Approval²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: R P Treacy⁽⁵⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 85

25/1

Behind a couple of these rivals at Wexford earlier in the month over similar trip when finishing sixth of 14. Not an obvious improver but that represented a decent effort.

Form: 00000-6

Mooborak^b1⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: M A Enright| T: P J Flynn| OR: 81

33/1

0-6 over hurdles now and not beating many rivals home recently. Really needs the applications of first-time blinkers to spark a chance in fortune.

Form: 97070-0

Non-Runners

Zayriyan²

Weight: 11-3| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: P J Cawley

Career Guide¹²

Weight: 11-1| Age: 6

T: J M Burke J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

All The Angels (3/1), Bective Cave (6/1), Doyen Bay (6/1), Still Alive (8/1), Liclash (10/1), Zayriyan (10/1), Our Roxane (11/1), Blackyellowred (12/1), I'm Serious (12/1), Tagg's Island (14/1), Creasted Court (16/1), Gameasapebble (16/1), Deauville Society (20/1), Mosstown Miller (25/1), Career Guide (25/1), Her Approval (25/1), Love The Well (33/1), Mooborak (33/1), Dolly Rose (50/1)

All The Angels is improving and comes here off the back of a Killarney win where he had DOYEN BAY back in third spot. On the revised terms it might be worth siding with Eddie O'Grady's charge to turn things around. He had scored at Tramore the previous start and could still have more to offer in this sphere. I'm Serious and Still Alive can threaten the places while Roscommon winner Bective Cave is also on the shortlist in a very open affair.