12:35 Tramore

Wednesday 1 January 2020

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Go Power Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 12:35 | Winning time: 4m 13.10s

Sicario Jack¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: D P Holden⁽⁷⁾| T: M A Cahill| OR: 102

20/1

Not disgraced in a couple of recent starts at Thurles and Naas last month but needs to step it up a bit to pay a part on handicap debut.

Form: 8-040

Aunty Audrey^h⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr D Kiely⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Flynn| OR: 100| BF| D

16/1

One from 10 starts over hurdles the daughter of Zoffany finished fifth of eight when a disappointing beaten favourite when last seen over hurdles in October. May find this tough with the handicapper still in control.

Form: 351F35

Rossderrin^p1¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: S A Shortall| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 98

25/1

Four-race maiden hurdler makes his handicap debut here. First time cheekpieces unlikely to bring about the required amount of improvement needed to play a role here.

Form: P-07609

Aoibhe's Beau^t³⁶⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: T O'Brien| OR: 94| CD

11/1

Lightly raced. Sole win in five starts over hurdles came over C&D in October 2018. Ran well on handicap debut at Galway over 12 months ago but has a dismal effort at Naas over a similar trip to overcome when last seen this time last year.

Form: P84120-

Capture The Action^b¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: O R Brown⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Mangan| OR: 94

5/1

Nine-race maiden over hurdles but the daughter of Gold Well has been running with plenty of promise in a couple of recent spins at Clonmel and Naas last month. Deserves a change in fortune.

Form: 549544

Vitudurum²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Jack Kennedy| T: J G Murphy| OR: 93

7/1

By Choisir. Has plenty to prove based on a couple of wretched efforts over hurdles at Cork and more recently Clonmel last month. Others make more appeal.

Form: 0-08

Knockraha Boss⁵

Age: 11| Weight: 11-0| J: K J Brouder⁽³⁾| T: R A Foley| OR: 90

4/1

Quickly turned out again following a disappointing effort at the Limerick Christmas festival on Friday. 20-race maiden over hurdles needs to improve significantly in this company.

Form: 86-6334

Western Rambler²²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Donagh Meyler| T: E Doyle| OR: 91

8/1

Seven-race maiden over hurdles posted a career best effort when finishing fourth of 10 beaten 3¾L over C&D last month. Capable of a big run if holding his form in this contest.

Form: 007984

Amber Run^t³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 87

33/1

Nothing of note in four starts over timber when sent off at big prices before running accordingly on each occasion. Will need to improve to figure.

Form: 00600

Musical Ava²²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: M P Burke⁽⁷⁾| T: J M Burke| OR: 83

8/1

25-race maiden over timber the daughter of Court Cave has proceeded to hit the frame on no less than seven occasions. Running well in defeat in a number of starts since October and one for any shortlist here.

Form: 525362

Zinat⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: R J McGrath| OR: 81

12/1

Without a success over hurdles in 11 starts. Well held in a couple of spins at Thurles in November following a 12 month absence and still looks no nearer to breakthrough success.

Form: 0760-40

Clouncerna^b²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: D F O'Regan| T: J R Barry| OR: 80

10/1

12-race maiden but improving of late in a couple of starts since November at Thurles and more recently at Clonmel last month. Still plenty to find in this company.

Form: 005837

Doyouthinkso¹²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: P T Flavin| OR: 91

13/2

Generally well held in three starts over hurdles with all runs taking place when last seen in August. Could be worth a check in the market on stable and handicap debut.

Form: 847

Forecasts

Knockraha Boss (4/1), Capture The Action (5/1), Doyouthinkso (13/2), Vitudurum (7/1), Western Rambler (8/1), Musical Ava (8/1), Clouncerna (10/1), Aoibhe's Beau (11/1), Zinat (12/1), Aunty Audrey (16/1), Sicario Jack (20/1), Rossderrin (25/1), Amber Run (33/1)

Beaten a head over C&D last month and running off just a 2lb higher mark, MUSICAL AVA can finally get off the mark at the 27 time of asking for connections. The eight-year-old has been running well in defeat in a number of starts over hurdles since August and can score ahead of the Joseph Mangan-trained Capture The Action who has been running with credit in a couple of spins last month. Western Rambler, fourth over C&D last month looks capable of hitting the frame along with Knockraha Boss and Western Rambler who are both worthy of further consideration.