15:25 Gowran Park

Saturday 7 March 2020

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Xenon Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 5m 33.0s

Deal With It⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: H Morgan⁽⁷⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 108

4/1

Has raced just the twice since producing a career best effort to finish second of 21 at Fairyhouse in January 2019; both runs were underwhelming and while not without a chance, better recent form would have been more interesting.

Form: 44/42-67

Drifting Back^t⁷⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: R P Treacy⁽³⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 105

7/1

Kilbeggan bumper winner last June; has not real flourished over hurdles but has shown a few glimpses of ability; suspicion is he needs to drop a dew pounds in the handicap to get competitive.

Form: 7-88635

Ballymadun^p,t1¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-3| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 99| CD

14/1

Won a third hurdle win of his career when landing a Down Royal 2m3½f handicap off a 5lb lower mark on soft ground in March 2019; recent form does not suggest he is a likely winner.

Form: 1-676P0

Hell On Earth¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: L P Dempsey| T: G Elliott| OR: 99

7/1

Took plenty of time to get the hang of things over hurdles but put in his best performance last time out at Fairyhouse when finishing runner-up only headed close home; up in the weights but recent progress may continue.

Form: 567502

First Revolution^h⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: B Browne⁽⁵⁾| T: S Doyle| OR: 97

25/1

Three-race maiden over timber last seen struggling at Clonmel on his first appearance for new connections; needs to improve plenty to get involved on handicap debut.

Form: P-29F90

Rebel Waltz⁵⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: E Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: T J Nagle-Jr| OR: 96| BF

5/1

Showed little on first four outings but getting his act together of late with best effort coming at Thurles in January over just short of three miles; still looks on a reasonable mark and one to consider.

Form: 8-08533

Bread And Butter¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 93

7/1

Five-race maiden; usually finishes well beaten but did put in one of his better efforts last time out at Punchestown; looks to be in here on a handy mark and difficult to discount.

Form: 00006

Lady Mccabe¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: M P Fitzgerald| OR: 92

7/2

Has proved herself to be a reliable sort in bumpers, maiden hurdles and latterly in a handicap; might need further in time but the expected testing conditions may suit.

Form: 36-P443

Running Skeard²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: D P Holden⁽⁷⁾| T: S G Walsh| OR: 90

33/1

Sent off a some big prices in a number of hurdle starts so far including on both handicap starts to date; eight-race maiden still looking no nearer to breakthrough success.

Form: P/870-00

Robbies Magic³³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-6| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: R Hackett| OR: 88

25/1

Prone to mistakes over hurdles, and not achieved much in that sphere or in a couple of spins over fences; hard to see that changing soon.

Form: 080008-

Galaxy Girl⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-4| J: J B Kane⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 87

33/1

Very little in four career starts over hurdles since her debut over 12 months ago to suggests she may be troubling the judge anytime soon.

Form: 0000

Ricky Langford¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: A W Short⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 80

10/1

11-race maiden who has never made the frame and whose overall form would not put him on anybody's shortlist..

Form: 050056

Forecasts

Lady Mccabe (7/2), Deal With It (4/1), Rebel Waltz (5/1), Bread And Butter (7/1), Hell On Earth (7/1), Drifting Back (7/1), Ricky Langford (10/1), Ballymadun (14/1), Robbies Magic (25/1), First Revolution (25/1), Running Skeard (33/1), Galaxy Girl (33/1)

HELL ON EARTH is not one of the leading lights from his stable but his trainer has shown patience with the gelding and was rewarded with his best effort to date last time out at Fairyhouse. A repeat of that performance should see him going close and there may be more to come from this six-year-old. Rebel Waltz is another who has been slow to come to hand but has shown in his latest few outings, he may be a winner in waiting. This drop back in trip is not ideal but he may still be good enough to play a leading role. Lady Mccabe has shown a deal of consistency and produced one of her best efforts last time out on her handicap debut. If progressing again, she could go well.