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Saturday 1 August 2020

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Mullingar Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 3m 52.70s

Gondor⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: M P Fogarty| T: Colm Murphy| OR: 95

14/1

Has generally struggled on all his racecourse appearance to date; did manage a third-place finish at Limerick in a maiden hurdle recently but that was a poor contest; needs to improve on handicap debut.

Form: 4/20-083

Walkers Point^t¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr N McParlan⁽⁵⁾| T: S McParlan| OR: 95| D

8/1

Put his vast experience in handicap hurdles to score at Downpatrick last time out at odds of 50/1 in a maiden hurdle; given his overall profile he is difficult to recommend being able to follow up unless confidence has been seriously boosted.

Form: 0P54P-1

Caridadi¹⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: J Morrison| OR: 90

5/1

Returned from long absence to run one of his better efforts of his 22 race maiden career last time at Ballinrobe; fair chance if able to repeat that effort but not the most consistent.

Form: 36700/2

Ashton Court¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 87| BF

10/3

Had been well supported in four hurdles starts for this trainer since August last year and running well without winning before unseating his rider at the first flight last time at Ballinrobe; probably worth another chance given level of opposition.

Form: 0234-4U

Acrux Cass^t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: C A Landers⁽⁵⁾| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 86

33/1

Yet to hit the frame in five starts over hurdles; last seen struggling at this track last month and difficult to make a strong case for based on that evidence.

Form: 0P/00-6

Headline Joe^b³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: B Browne⁽⁵⁾| T: P G Fahey| OR: 85

25/1

Slight improvement last time out in a Roscommon maiden hurdle but he was still beaten over 40 lengths; likely to improve but unlikely to be good enough to win a race just yet.

Form: 0P0-7

Marino Marvel¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 85

15/2

0-16 over hurdles but has a generally consistent profile; returned from long break to run a fair effort recently at Ballinrobe and if stepping up on that should go well.

Form: 09224/3

Yeat's Encore^t¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Keith Donoghue| T: Mrs Y Dunleavy| OR: 84

10/1

Improved for step into handicaps last time at Ballinrobe and while she has been edged up a few pounds for that efforts looks to have a fair chance if reproducing that effort.

Form: 000-82

Just Call Me^b¹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-1| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: A J McNamara| OR: 82| D

11/1

Now into the veteran stages of his career and 15lb lower than last winning mark; ran well for a long way last time out Tramore last month and could go well if jumping holds up.

Form: P89P-46

Zinat¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: R J McGrath| OR: 81| BF

9/2

Has put in three consistent performances since the turn of the year over hurdles including last time out at Ballinrobe; possibly needs to drop a few pounds to get ultra-competitive.

Form: 0/403-34

American Image²⁴⁴

Age: 12| Weight: 10-13| J: Mr N Gault⁽⁷⁾| T: S Millar| OR: 80

50/1

12-years-old and a maiden after 12 starts over timber, yet to reach the frame. doesn't appear a likely winner at this stage especially on the back of a long break.

Form: 0764PP-

Coherent^h¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Ricky Doyle⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 80

20/1

Not beaten too far on reappearance after two years off from hurdling; still a maiden however and while he may go well it is difficult to make a coherent case for.

Form: 03000/6

Focus Well^p,t¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: A M King⁽⁷⁾| T: S J Mahon| OR: 80

80/1

0-7 over hurdles with previous trainer and showed little on stable debut at Ballinrobe recently to suggest she will be winning any time soon.

Form: 89/P80-9

Sir Pimpernel¹⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: A W Short⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 80

40/1

Can put in the odd error; has shown ability but pulled up on three of his last four starts and optimistic to suggest he will run well here.

Form: 07/PPP0-

Non-Runners

Last Return²¹⁸

Weight: 11-1| Age: 6

T: J P Fahey J: Reserve 1

Influential Lady¹⁴

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: J P Dempsey J: Reserve 2

Doonbeg Glory¹⁰

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: P W Flynn J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Ashton Court (10/3), Zinat (9/2), Caridadi (5/1), Marino Marvel (15/2), Walkers Point (8/1), Yeat's Encore (10/1), Just Call Me (11/1), Gondor (14/1), Coherent (20/1), Headline Joe (25/1), Acrux Cass (33/1), Influential Lady (33/1), Sir Pimpernel (40/1), American Image (50/1), Last Return (50/1), Doonbeg Glory (50/1), Focus Well (80/1)

MARINO MARVEL is the tentative suggestion in this weak contest where many of the contestants have little chance of success. The gelding returned from a long absence to run well at Ballinrobe recently and if able to improve then he may take all the beating. Walkers Point was a shock winner last time out having struggled in many of his appearances over hurdles. If that win has boosted his confidence then he may run well but could also simply revert to type. Zinat is very consistent and while he could do with some help from the handicapper, certainly deserves to win a handicap.