13:50 Tramore

Tuesday 10 December 2019

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New Year's Day Early Bird Tickets At tramoreraces.ie Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 13:51 | Winning time: 5m 46.8s

Ask Heather¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: D Queally| OR: 109| C

5/1

Off the mark for connections at the second attempt over the larger obstacles in October. Beaten since and reverts to hurdles here where the daughter of Ask is racing 15lb higher than her last win at Clonmel in February.

Form: 12-313F

Stucker Hill¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Mullins| T: W J Lanigan| OR: 109| CD

11/2

Winner of two of her 10 starts over timber including a win over C&D in this contest 12 months ago off a 6lb lower mark. Not disgraced in a couple of spins at Thurles and Navan last month that could have her spot on for this.

Form: 1F4P-95

Dragon Houdini^p1,t⁵⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Donagh Meyler| T: S Crawley| OR: 106

14/1

Got off the mark for connections at the fifth time of asking over hurdles landing a 2m4f handicap at Navan in February off a 12lb lower mark. Beaten since but worthy of consideration in first time cheekpieces.

Form: 4014-30

Liffeydale Dreamer^t¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Jack Kennedy| T: Madeleine Tylicki| OR: 109

20/1

Modest 57-rated handicapper on the Flat for trainer Adrian Keatley, best hurdles effort came at Navan in February over a similar trip. Down the field on return to action at Thurles last month and others worthy of more consideration.

Form: 25524-9

Rebel Early¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: M Hamill⁽³⁾| T: W J Burke| OR: 104

8/1

Bounced back to form at Gowran Park last month staying on strongly on the run-in to finish 2½L adrift of Iknowwhereiamnow over 2m on heavy ground. Capable of a big run if in the mood.

Form: 00F1-42

Une Lavandiere²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 103

14/1

Poor form when in the care of trainer Noel Mead the daughter of Laveron will have to step it up a little from her disappointing stable debut effort at Clonmel over 2m3½f last month on first start for 11 months.

Form: 4F/58P-0

Isabel's Gold¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Brian Hayes| T: J Queally| OR: 100| BF| CD

10/1

Sole win was in 2017 over C&D but below best this year in a couple of starts since returning to action in October. Handicapper needs to relent a little.

Form: 07-5050

Le Hachette¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 97

14/1

Miserly return of just the one success from 20 starts over hurdles. Well held when never a factor in a couple of starts last month and needs to show more sparkle before any faith is placed in her.

Form: 262857

Romella^t³³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: Phillip Enright| T: J J Walsh| OR: 91

7/1

Five-race maiden posted a career best effort on return to action last month in a Thurles 2m handicap hurdle to finishing second of 16 beaten ½L behind Theatre Run. Holds leading claims stepping up in trip.

Form: 0060-2

Shantelle¹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 10-8| J: A W Short⁽³⁾| T: R Donohoe| OR: 91| D

25/1

Popular veteran. Winner of two of her 34 starts over hurdles. Still running well in a number of starts over the summer before being well held in a couple of starts last month. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 310250

Moyode Lady¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 90

4/1

Steadily improving for the step up in trip at Newcastle before getting off the mark for connections at the eighth time of asking when landing a Limerick 3m contest last month off a 7lb lower mark. Another bold show likely.

Form: 856721

Goulane Jessie³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-1| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁷⁾| T: S Spillane| OR: 84

11/1

Winner of a point-to-point on her latest start last month but overall hurdling form leaves little to be desired, without a win in eight starts. Not to be taken lightly dropping to this trip.

Form: 0236-71

Non-Runners

Minx Tiara³³

Weight: 11-6| Age: 4

T: D M O'Brien J: Sean Flanagan

Empors Sword⁴⁹¹

Weight: 10-9| Age: 7

T: D Kenneally J: E Walsh

Forecasts

Moyode Lady (4/1), Ask Heather (5/1), Stucker Hill (11/2), Romella (7/1), Minx Tiara (7/1), Rebel Early (8/1), Isabel's Gold (10/1), Goulane Jessie (11/1), Une Lavandiere (14/1), Dragon Houdini (14/1), Le Hachette (14/1), Liffeydale Dreamer (20/1), Empors Sword (20/1), Shantelle (25/1)

Distance winner, MINX TIARA can improve on her second of 11 beaten 1L at this venue over a similar trip in October. The four-year-old is holding her form well of late and can land the spoils ahead of Romella, second of 16 at Thurles over 2m last month and the progressive, Moyode Lady. Rebel Early should not be discounted, while the winner of this contest 12 months ago, Stucker Hill can run well at a price. Ask Heather can go well here but it must be noted the seven-year-old is racing a full 15lb higher than her last win over hurdles at Clonmel in February and may find a couple of better handicapped sorts lurking on this card.