16:20 Thurles

Sunday 19 January 2020

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Thurles (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 4m 55.5s

California Holiday²²

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

20/1

A Stowaway gelding who cost €24,000 as a foal. Half-brother to a bumper winner and Beneath The Radar. Fifth of 10 beaten 49L on debut at Leopardstown over Christmas and possibly best watched here unless market vibes suggest otherwise.

Form: 5

Glorify⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: N T Prendergast⁽⁷⁾| T: P Hennessy

16/1

Gelding by Fame And Glory out of a French bred mare. Cost €42,000 as a three-year-old. Best watched on debut representing yard not renowned for bumper winners.

Form: D3

Mr Lingo^t1²³

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Ms L O'Neill| T: G Elliott

4/1

Winner of a 12 runner point-to-point when last seen in April 2017 before being purchased by leading owners. Pleasing effort to finish third of nine on debut at Limerick over Christmas and improvement likely to be on the cards.

Form: 1/3

Coolbane Boy²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr T Feeney⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Burke

7/1

Mountain High gelding out of a Grand Plaisir mare. Pleasing third of 14 beaten 6½L ion a Wexford maiden hurdle before keeping on well when falling two out at Limerick over Christmas. Interesting now switched to bumpers.

Form: 3F

Power Of Pause³³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

3/10

Doyen gelding out of a Great Palm mare. Bought for £180,000 following a facile victory in a February point-to-point. Likely to be a warm order.

Form: 1-

Sputnik²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr J Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

20/1

Gelding by Recital out of a Lil's Boy mare. Half-brother to useful hurdler Boruma. Pulled up on most recent point-to-point start last month. Appears to have a mountain to climb.

Form: 6P

Don't Tell Jacqui¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr E Mahon⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy

66/1

Kalanisi mare who is a half-sister to Little Chip who was useful but temperamental as a chaser. Beaten 51L on debut at Punchestown last month.

Form: 0

Trixie Mc⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J W Reilly⁽⁷⁾| T: G Hussey

100/1

Yeats mare is a half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser Aqua Dude. Has failed to build on a couple of promising starts in 2018. Infrequent visits to the track will not be helping the mare to progress in the game.

Form: 437-0F

Twilight Girl²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr S Perry⁽⁷⁾| T: Peter Fahey

20/1

Craigsteel mare. Cost £12,000 following a May point-to-point win. Nothing of note in a couple of career maiden hurdle starts so far and likely to struggle in this company.

Form: F-180

Wilder Mind^p1⁷¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: Charlie Keegan

100/1

Beat Hollow mare. Finished down the field on debut at Naas in November. First time cheekpieces unlikely to bring about the required amount of improvement needed to play a role here.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

Elusive Star⁷

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: M Hourigan J: T Ryan

Rent Day Blues

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: S Byrne J: Mr N J Redmond

Western Run⁴⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: G P Cromwell J: Mr J Dunne

Forecasts

Power Of Pause (3/10), Mr Lingo (4/1), Western Run (4/1), Coolbane Boy (7/1), Elusive Star (14/1), Glorify (16/1), Rent Day Blues (16/1), Twilight Girl (20/1), California Holiday (20/1), Sputnik (20/1), Don't Tell Jacqui (66/1), Trixie Mc (100/1), Wilder Mind (100/1)

The Willie Mullins-trained POWER OF PAUSE can land the closing race of the day. The five-year-old was purchased for £180,000 following a facile victory in a February point-to-point and can get off the mark on rules debut in the colours of recent Grade 3 winner Carefully Selected. Mr Lingo for owners Gigginstown House Stud, the Gavin Cromwell-trained Western Run and promising hurdler Coolbane Boy can compete for remaining prize money.