19:40 Tramore

Saturday 17 August 2019

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Hibernian Hotel Tramore Handicap

Off time: 19:40 | Winning time: 2m 48.40s

Edification¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Fahey| OR: 79

3/1

Landed the second turf win of his career when winning at Naas over 1m2f in June off a 12lb lower mark. Recent efforts suggest plenty of improvement and commands a great deal of respect here.

Form: 531333

Rips Dream¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: C P Hoban| T: P J Flynn| OR: 74| D

5/1

Better suited to an AW surface the gelding is without a win in 11 starts on turf. Not disgraced on a number of efforts recently but plenty more needed in this group.

Form: 529344

Oakmont^t¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: C D Maxwell⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 72

33/1

Useful hurdler, winner on the Flat in the French provinces but was outpaced over 3f out in a Sligo 1m2f claimer earlier this month. Improvement needed.

Form: 34170/8

Cj Cregg^h,t¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Ross Coakley| T: J C McConnell| OR: 71| D

7/2

Solid type, off the mark at just the second attempt on turf when winning at Roscommon before completing a double at Limerick in June off a 2lb lower mark, both over a similar trip. Beaten since but still on a handy mark.

Form: 361174

Here For The Craic¹²

Age: 12| Weight: 9-4| J: Robbie Colgan| T: D Budds| OR: 67| D

7/1

Veteran who has his own ideas about the game right now. The gelding has refused to race on each of his last three Flat starts. Caution advised.

Form: 154RR-R

Greenpanda^v²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Gary Carroll| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 64| BF| D

7/4

Solid and consistent sort running well in defeat in a number of starts since returning to action in June. No surprise to see a big effort.

Form: 00-4522

Byron Beauty³³³

Age: 11| Weight: 8-9| J: Killian Leonard| T: H Rogers| OR: 57

25/1

Veteran, winner of three of her 43 Flat starts on turf. Not seen since finishing fifth of 18 at the Galway festival over 12 months ago. Fitness can be only taken on trust.

Form: 907805-

Non-Runners

Contrapposto³

Weight: 10-4| Age: 5

T: Mrs A M O'Shea J: Adrian O'Shea

Olympic Honour⁵¹

Weight: 8-10| Age: 3

T: J W Nicholson J: Andrew Slattery

Forecasts

Greenpanda (7/4), Edification (3/1), Cj Cregg (7/2), Rips Dream (5/1), Olympic Honour (5/1), Contrapposto (6/1), Here For The Craic (7/1), Byron Beauty (25/1), Oakmont (33/1)

The John McConnell-trained, CJ CREGG appears to be still well treated following a June double at Roscommon and Limerick over a similar trip. The daughter of Arcano can get her head in front once again at the expense of the luckless, Greenpanda for the Gavin Cromwell yard. The solid and consistent, Contrapposto, John Nicholson's, Olympic Honour and distance winner Rips Dream all deserve consideration while any market move for Byron Beauty should be monitored.