15:40 Cork

Sunday 20 October 2019

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Matchbook Betting Exchange Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:43 | Winning time: 4m 52.30s

Linger⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: O R Brown⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 120| BF

15/8

Very useful dual performer who won both on the Flat and over hurdles at this year's Galway Festival; this could be a tough ask off his current mark but is a horse to keep the right side of given his consistency and versatility.

Form: 8757-1F

Rocky's Silver¹⁸²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Phillip Enright| T: J Dullea| OR: 117| D

20/1

Limerick maiden hurdle winner (2m3f) last November and won two chases subsequently before taking a break after disappointing in final hurdles start in April; certainly has ability and interesting to note market support on reappearance.

Form: 511417-

Coral Blue^t¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: C Brassil⁽⁵⁾| T: S Fahey| OR: 114

20/1

Finished third over 2m1f in a handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (yielding) in August but has struggled on his last two starts and needs to bounce back to play a leading role here but has been eased in the weights.

Form: 25U306

Pairc Na Ngael¹⁸¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Mark Walsh| T: C Byrnes| OR: 108

14/1

Well held on all four starts between January and April; could well have improved for the break but difficult to assess his chances.

Form: 0680-

Port Rashid²⁰⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Paul Townend| T: T Townend| OR: 104

20/1

Fair hurdler/chaser; has some ability over hurdles though has just the one maiden hurdle to his name; edging down the handicap and much will depend on how fit he is after a seven month break.

Form: 92477P-

The Abbey⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 104

9/2

Let down by a few error in jumping last time out at Fairyhouse and best judged on his previous run at Navan when finishing 2nd on his handicap debut; if his jumping errors can be kept to the minimum, he rates a fair chance.

Form: 7-24327

Stephenstown¹⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: N P Madden| T: E Griffin| OR: 103

16/1

Showed precious little ability on four starts over hurdles including on latest run in May on his handicap debut; will have to have progressed leaps and bounds during recent break to be taken as a serious betting proposition here.

Form: 040-0

Automatic²²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: Darragh O'Keeffe⁽³⁾| T: W J Burke| OR: 102

7/1

Seems to be slowly getting the hang of things and has finished 5th on his last two starts; more improvement needed to get competitive on handicap debut but worth a check in the market.

Form: 6055-

Our Jerry^t¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: Miss E McCutcheon| OR: 100| C| D

4/1

Victorious by 11L in a handicap hurdle over an extended 2m2f at Stratford (good-to-soft) in June.; showed his well being when finished 2nd at Gowran Park earlier this month and if reproducing that effort he holds every chance.

Form: 173-192

Miss Echrad^t¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: C P McNamara⁽⁷⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 88

10/1

Long time maiden who has not shown the requisite ability over hurdles or fences to be considered as a serious contender running from out of the handicap.

Form: 2684-88

Non-Runners

Dunkereen¹²³

Weight: 10-1| Age: 6

T: M Kennedy J: P D Kennedy

Forecasts

Linger (15/8), Our Jerry (4/1), The Abbey (9/2), Automatic (7/1), Miss Echrad (10/1), Pairc Na Ngael (14/1), Stephenstown (16/1), Port Rashid (20/1), Coral Blue (20/1), Rocky's Silver (20/1), Dunkereen (25/1)

OUR JERRY bumped into a well handicapped rival last time out at Gowran Park and is taken to bounce back to winning ways. The gelding can race off a similar mark as when winning at Stratford in June and given a clear round the eight-year-old holds strong claims. Linger has plenty to do at the weights but given his reliability it would not be a surprise to see him giving the selection most to do. The Abbey would rate a good chance as long as he improves his jumping. If he can iron out those errors then he has plenty of ability and can make the frame.