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Friday 6 September 2019

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Devitts And Doheny & Nesbitt Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 17:50 | Winning time: 6m 14.40s

Motcomb Street¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Richard Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 101

25/1

Pulled up last time out on a GB foray running without headgear and shaping as if amiss. Now significantly up in trip to 3m, not certain to be suited by it (never tried over this far before); best watched unless marker speaks for him.

Form: 3-3390P

Ocean Glandore^p¹³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-10| J: P J Cawley⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 100| CD

7/1

C&D winner, one of three wins since joining this yard off a long break under Rules (had been running in point-to-points). Last two efforts over fences have been below-par so needs to improve; 5lb above his last winning hurdles mark.

Form: 191109

Cappuccino Man^t¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: P D Kennedy| T: O McKiernan| OR: 99

8/1

Finally got a one into his form figures some three plus years after his debut when taking a Downpatrick novice last time, all out to hold on having been clear at one point. Beaten off similar handicap marks before, may not be able to follow up.

Form: 5U6-801

Helly Hansum¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: T Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 98

12/1

Improved in form terms to get off the mark at Tipperary in June over 3m off a 4lb lower mark. Not quite hit those heights since and ran well below-par last time (first-time cheekpieces), always behind over 3m at Sligo.

Form: 291678

Rock On Bennie^h⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Katie O'Farrell⁽⁵⁾| T: R Hackett| OR: 95

6/1

Not exposed and used that to her advantage when taking a Cork handicap hurdle on her first try in that sphere over 2m4f springing a 50-1 surprise. Handicapper took his revenge by raising her to her current mark; found it tough of late.

Form: 00-0104

Eimear^p⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁷⁾| T: W Ross| OR: 94

4/1

Maiden handicap hurdler who has run creditably of late but the handicapper looks in control at the moment off marks in the mid 90's. Looked hard work last time despite staying on well in the closing stages, vulnerable in this company.

Form: 822426

Monsieur Bagot^t¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: J B Kane⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 87

9/1

Maintained a maiden status over hurdles with his overall record looking very patchy. Showed little (went with no enthusiasm) on his first run for this yard last time, never got close to landing a blow; prospects look limited.

Form: 62P-398

See Double You³¹

Age: 16| Weight: 10-11| J: S A Shortall| T: R McNally| OR: 87| BF| D

16/1

Veteran who has won as a 16yo belying his age to land a hurdle at Roscommon taking advantage of a much reduced mark. Put back over fences for his last two starts (respectably runs both times); not ruled out despite his advancing years.

Form: 58-3125

Geoffrey's Girl^t¹⁰²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: C D Timmons⁽⁵⁾| T: S J Mahon| OR: 85

50/1

Has little form in this sphere and what there is could only be described as poor. Did too much too soon on her handicap debut and was never involved last time; hard to see her making much impact.

Form: 0000-07

Ellipsism^p1,t⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: H Morgan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 90

8/1

First-time cheekpieces now join a tongue-tie for his handicap debut which could well spark some progress. His hurdling form so far looks rather modest (laboured effort last time); from a good yard and any market positivity should be noted.

Form: 0094

Humps And Bumps^t1¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: Mr C Cullinan⁽⁷⁾| T: P Croke| OR: 84

13/2

0-17 over jumps with her form a rather mixed bag over timber the fair runs interspersed with some moderate efforts. We got the latter when she was last seen; tongue-tie now employed to see if that induces any progress.

Form: 2-63435

Louie The Second^p³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: M J Bolger| T: P Cluskey| OR: 82

25/1

Shaped as if retaining some ability when making his stable debut back from two years off at Ballinrobe in July. Failed to show anything better at Roscommon when last seen though (pulled up); questions to answer now.

Form: 850P/0P

Aces And Kings¹³³

Age: 15| Weight: 10-4| J: E Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: W Newman| OR: 80| CD

25/1

Showed very little when last seen out over fences a year on from his last point-to-point start around here in April. Now back over hurdles and up in trip, hard to think that he will feature.

Form: 2073/2P-

Charlotte Wells¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: A Ring| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 80

33/1

Last seen out over 2m3f at Downpatrick when failing to repeat a previous effort at the same track over slightly further which signified that she still had some ability. Should be suited by this trip but not hard to put question marks against her.

Form: 7P/P-P46

Randall's Aoibhinn^b,t⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: R P Treacy⁽⁵⁾| T: S Fahey| OR: 80

16/1

Maiden over jumps (0-18) who looks well below form this year (didn't take to chasing). Stays this trip but would need other to falter for her to break her maiden at long last.

Form: 6P-R799

Non-Runners

Classic Concorde¹⁷

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: A McNamara J: Dillon Maxwell

Forecasts

Eimear (4/1), Rock On Bennie (6/1), Humps And Bumps (13/2), Ocean Glandore (7/1), Ellipsism (8/1), Cappuccino Man (8/1), Monsieur Bagot (9/1), Classic Concorde (10/1), Helly Hansum (12/1), Randall's Aoibhinn (16/1), See Double You (16/1), Motcomb Street (25/1), Louie The Second (25/1), Aces And Kings (25/1), Charlotte Wells (33/1), Geoffrey's Girl (50/1)

This looks the most complex puzzle on the card for backers to solve with plenty of the field in contention but none with a clear cut chance. Classic Concorde is a C&D winner which entitles him to respect although he’s not run that well since in both starts. Cappuccino Man was winning for the first time when scoring last time out but he can hardly be relied on to follow up with Rock On Bennie and Eimear looking vulnerable off their current marks. Ellipsism has to be of interest on his handicap debut with a new headgear combination being tried out. OCEAN GLANDORE has two poor efforts to overcome but his midsummer form entitles him to be given a chance to bounce back.