15:40 Thurles

Saturday 21 December 2019

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Best Wishes For The Festive Season (Pro/Am) Flat Race

4YO to 7YO | 2m | Soft (Yielding in Places) | 14 Runners | Turf

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr G Connolly⁽⁷⁾| T: J Barcoe

Well held when never a factor in three career bumper starts so far. Recent form unlikely to be good enough in this contest.

Form: 0-86

Barrow Bounty³⁰¹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P T Foley⁽⁷⁾| T: T Foley

Gelding by Gold Well out of a Bigstone mare. No impression on debut in a Fairyhouse bumper when last seen in February. Unlikely to be making a significant impact in this contest.

Form: 6-

General Counsel²⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

Shantou gelding. Dam a decent 2m hurdle winner, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser Joe Cullen who stayed 2m4f. Encouraging debut finishing second of 18 beaten ½L behind Sneaky Getaway at Cork when last seen in April.

Form: 2-

Getabay⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott

Gelding by Getaway out of a Sadler's Wells mare. Cost €75,000 as a three-year-old. Pleasing debut to finish sixth of 16 beaten 16L behind Joshua Webb in a Navan 2m bumper last month. More to come.

Form: 6

Stowaway John

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J W O'Neill⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Neill

Stowaway gelding out of a Darshaan mare. Half-brother to four winners including Act Alone, a winner over hurdles racing up to 2m3f. Market likely to be the best guide on debut.

Form:

Tom Dillinger³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J M Burke⁽⁷⁾| T: J M Burke

Raintrap gelding. Dam unraced. Last of 11, tailed off and detached on debut over C&D last month. Likely to find it tough going here.

Form: 0

Ugo Du Misselot³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr H C Swan⁽⁷⁾| T: T E Hyde

Irish Wells gelding out of a Mansonnien mare. Fell on point-to-point debut before an innocuous bumper debut in May. Signs of promise on return to action finishing fourth of 11 over C&D last month but more needed in this company.

Form: F-04

Battle Of Actium³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: O R Brown⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien

Fame And Glory gelding. Not disgraced on debut finishing 9L adrift of Dewcup at Punchestown last month. Entitled to be in the firing line.

Form: 242-15

Blue Ribbon

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: E Doyle

Sayif gelding out of a Marju mare. Cost €6,000 as a three-year-old. Half-brother to The Blue Bomber, winner over hurdles at 2m. Likely to improve for this debut encounter.

Form:

Bulldoze²³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: H De Bromhead

€78,000 3-y-o half-brother to trainer's smart chaser Baily Cloud and bumper winner Capilla. Weakened over 3f on debut in a Punchestown bumper on yielding ground when last seen in April. Others look open to more improvement.

Form: 0

Endless Days⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr C J Byrne⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

Failed to make it to the track for the Godolphin organisation. Last of eight on bumper debut at Tramore before a 76L reversal at Wexford in October. Hard to make a case for

Form: 89

John Cannon

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr E Dwan⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Murphy

Gelding by High Chaparral out of a Inchinor mare. Cost €10,000 as a three-year-old. Half-brother to Chess Board, useful sort over hurdles. Market likely to reveal expectations on debut run.

Form:

Mr Lombardi^p1¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr M J Sweeney⁽⁷⁾| T: M F Morris

Nothing of note in a couple of dismal efforts over hurdles since last month. First time cheekpieces unlikely to bring about the required amount of improvement needed to play a role here.

Form: 0P

Drumbaragh^t²³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: N Carolan

Daughter of Dylan Thomas out of a Langfuhr mare. Mixed bag of efforts since January and her second at Tramore in April appears to be a one-off.

Form: 872-7

Forecasts

General Counsel (4/5), Battle Of Actium (2/1), Getabay (10/1), Blue Ribbon (14/1), Ugo Du Misselot (20/1), Bulldoze (25/1), John Cannon (33/1), Drumbaragh (33/1), Barrow Bounty (33/1), Stowaway John (50/1), Endless Days (50/1), Allez George (50/1), Tom Dillinger (100/1), Mr Lombardi (100/1)

Difficult to get away from the chances of GENERAL COUNSEL in the closing race of the day. The Shantou gelding shaped with promise behind Sneaky Getaway in a Cork bumper when last seen in April. His conqueror has since won a bumper at Limerick as well as landing a Flat maiden and handicap over similar trips. The Joseph O'Brien-trained Battle Of Actium in the colours of Gigginstown House Stud can emerge as the biggest danger. Getaboy for the trainer/jockey combination of Gordon Elliott and Jamie Codd looks capable of hitting the frame in this company.