14:05 Clonmel

Thursday 31 October 2019

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Colm Hanly Mitsubishi Motors Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 4m 19.7s

Vic's Little Miss^t¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: L P Dempsey| T: P W Flynn| OR: 94

25/1

A couple of runs in July would put her in the mix but they were on Good ground and that seems to bring out the best in her so conditions today may not be ideal.

Form: 403406

Arch Melody⁵⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽⁷⁾| T: J Morrison| OR: 93

6/1

Much improved over fences of late and went close to completing a hat-trick when last seen in September. Little form over hurdles but now reverts to smaller obstacles off a lower mark so not dismissed though improved form has been on a sound surface.

Form: F9-9112

Billy's Angel^h⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: A Murray| OR: 93| D

8/1

Sometimes a front runner but still a maiden over hurdles after 16 runs and not the easiest to predict so others preferred.

Form: 7-67775

Icostnothing^h⁸⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: M Hamill⁽³⁾| T: P Corkery| OR: 91

25/1

Was making small steps on good ground but well below for when last seen on soft and possible she needs a sound surface to bring out the best in her.

Form: 86-0530

Turpin Tale^h1⁴⁰⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J C Canavan⁽⁷⁾| T: R Tyner| OR: 90

28/1

Small improvement in Ballinrobe handicap last time but even that wouldn't be good enough and needs another step forward to be of interest.

Form: 470/997-

Papal Present^h1²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Brian Hayes| T: M Winters| OR: 88

33/1

Poor form at huge prices in five maiden races and now hooded for switch to handicaps but only of interest if market speaks in his favour.

Form: 2F0-098

Jiving Jerry²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: J S McGarvey| T: D A Kiely| OR: 90

13/2

Ran well for a long way but ultimately seemed to find 2m4f stretching his stamina here last month. Drop back to 2m in his favour and looks one of the more interesting contenders.

Form: 55998

Deauville Society¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Darragh O'Keeffe⁽³⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 89| C

6/1

In good heart of late and probably ran her best race over hurdles when second on heavy ground at Tramore last time. That proved her effectiveness on a slow surface and a repeat of that would see her go well.

Form: 0P53U2

Dressednblack¹⁸⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: M P Burke⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 84

14/1

Long standing maiden under both codes though showed a touch more when last seen in April but does now have a bit of an absence to overcome.

Form: 00P056-

Shantou Sisu²⁶⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Danny Mullins| T: W J Lanigan| OR: 84

4/1

Best effort was when third at Limerick at Christmas but not seen since February. Often well found in the market and interesting to see if the market speaks in his favour here.

Form: 575430-

The Mcgregornator^p¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Ricky Doyle⁽³⁾| T: A Keatley| OR: 84

50/1

Poor form all runs over hurdles where stamina seems a bit of an issue. Fit from the Flat but makes little appeal.

Form: 0U0000-

Knockanora Lady¹⁸⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Curling| OR: 82

20/1

Tailed off all runs over various trips at big prices and makes no appeal on evidence to date on this comeback run.

Form: 96U900-

Clouncerna^b¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: J R Barry| OR: 81

20/1

The subject of a bit of a gamble at Tramore last time and showed mild improvement. More needed but at least that was a step in the right direction.

Form: 678005

Santa Anna^h²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: A W Short⁽³⁾| T: Caroline Mccaldin| OR: 85

20/1

Bit disappointing last time after a string of creditable efforts and a chance that the softer ground that day played a part so soft ground here could be a problem.

Form: 243926

Fly Round The Bend^t⁸⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 80

12/1

Yet to score in 24 tries over hurdles but last two runs in big fields over further have been creditable and although she is well exposed, a repeat could give her claims in a weak race.

Form: 50U-855

Gameasapebble²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: J J Slevin| T: F Costello| OR: 80

50/1

Poor form including when tried over 3m and hard to make a positive case for so easy to oppose.

Form: 805PP0

Steelyeyed^p,t²²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: J B Kane⁽⁵⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 80

25/1

First run over hurdles since August last year but fit from the Flat where he has showed a bit of ability so just conceivable she could do a bit better here.

Form: 697080-

Alice Johnston^p⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Reserve 2| T: P Roche| OR: 92

7/1

Showed her best form to date when runner up here and at Gowran but below that level at Thurles last week and needs to bounce back.

Form: 79P229

Non-Runners

Southerner⁵⁷⁷

Weight: 11-12| Age: 9

T: William Cronin J: Mr W T Cronin

Sharg⁷

Weight: 11-5| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Shantou Sisu (4/1), Deauville Society (6/1), Arch Melody (6/1), Jiving Jerry (13/2), Alice Johnston (7/1), Billy's Angel (8/1), Fly Round The Bend (12/1), Dressednblack (14/1), Southerner (16/1), Clouncerna (20/1), Santa Anna (20/1), Knockanora Lady (20/1), Sharg (20/1), Steelyeyed (25/1), Vic's Little Miss (25/1), Icostnothing (25/1), Turpin Tale (28/1), Papal Present (33/1), The Mcgregornator (50/1), Gameasapebble (50/1)

High on numbers but low on quality and at a big price it may be worth taking a chance on JIVING JERRY who gave the impression last time that this drop in trip could bring about further improvement. Deauville Society and Steelyeyed have shown enough to suggest they could play a part though this will take little winning.