13:40 Limerick

Sunday 15 March 2020

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Off time: 13:42 | Winning time: 5m 0.40s

Cafe Con Leche¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: D G Hogan| T: D Hogan| OR: 113| D

7/2

Finally got his act together over hurdles last time out at Clonmel though that race was pretty weak; more on his plate with penalty.

Form: 63341

Blackjack Boy

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: R P Treacy⁽³⁾| T: E McNamara

33/1

Cost 30,000 euros as a yearling; related to multiple National Hunt winners and it will be interesting to see the level of support on debut.

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Carmels Gift

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Walsh

40/1

Remained unsold as a foal; comes of a fair National Hunt family but appears the type on breeding to do better in time; strong market support would be interesting but not expected.

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Great Bear²²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney

4/11

81-rated Flat performer who won twice for Roger Charlton; unfancied on hurdles debut at Fairyhouse last month but ran above expectations in Grade 3 contest; should be able to win this easily if mirroring that form.

Form: 2

Myles Milan

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

25/1

Milan gelding out of a Presenting mare; cost 19,000 euros as a foal; comes from good National Hunt stock and related to plenty of winners; interesting runner on debut.

Form:

Wildewood^p1,t²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: I J Power| T: P Breen

125/1

Below-par 69-rated Flat handicapper for trainer Johnny Murtagh; never a factor on all hurdles starts to date and hard to see where any improvement will come from; cheekpieces applied for the first time.

Form: 00

Its All Grace

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Walsh

50/1

Cheaply bought as a three.year-old; related to some winners but mainly more staying types and thing might happen too quickly for her here.

Form:

Marvel Fan⁶⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Phillip Enright| T: A J Martin

5/1

Very experienced filly for her age having raced nine times already; won on latest chase appearance in France in January; very interesting contender and market may reveal any superhero potential.

Form: 36-5P41

Pour Sioux¹⁷⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: M A Enright| T: Miss H McLoughlin

80/1

Rated 62 at best on the Flat being unplaced in five outings; may take well to hurdling but best watched on debut.

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Non-Runners

Georgette Fun²²

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: Mrs J Harrington J: R M Power

Forecasts

Great Bear (4/11), Cafe Con Leche (7/2), Marvel Fan (5/1), Georgette Fun (6/1), Myles Milan (25/1), Blackjack Boy (33/1), Carmels Gift (40/1), Its All Grace (50/1), Pour Sioux (80/1), Wildewood (125/1)

MARVEL FAN brings plenty of experience to the table having raced on numerous occasions in France. She was a winner of a chase in that country last time out and if continuing in the same vein then she may prove hard to beat getting plenty of weight from most of her rivals. Great Bear ran much better than expected in a Grade 3 contest at Fairyhouse and if reproducing that form he should go close. Georgette Fun is another who has won in France and while her Irish debut was underwhelming, she may be worth another chance.