14:00 Wexford

Wednesday 5 August 2020

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Bann Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1)

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 6m 21.10s

Walk Me Home^p1¹⁶⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: J S McGarvey| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 91

11/1

Second handicap start for a well-bred mare from a top yard but her four races so far have not shown enough evidence to be able to suggest investment though first-time cheekpieces may help.

Form: 0000-

Spanish Leather^t¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: B Jordan| OR: 90| D

15/2

Well regarded and after a sticky start over hurdles produced his best effort to date on handicap debut last time at Limerick; strong market support would suggests connections believe he is ready for his first win.

Form: PF/96-83

Cousin Pascal¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr J G Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: D G Murphy| OR: 89| D

5/1

Decent effort last time at Limerick on the back of a 124 day absence; would not need to improve too much to have a leading chance of gaining his first success over hurdles.

Form: 57944-4

Lady Of The Sea²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: C D Maxwell| T: S Millar| OR: 87| BF| CD

14/1

Stingy return of one win from 28 starts over hurdles; nothing in her recent efforts suggest she is ready to get back to winning ways though is close to last winning mark.

Form: P8P0-47

Winter Belle^t¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: R P Treacy⁽³⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 87

125/1

Very little to be positive about following a couple of dismal efforts at Listowel and Roscommon in September last year and one two weak efforts this summer.

Form: 00-80

Whitango²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 86

7/2

Turned in useful effort after a long time off the track to run the winner to 3¼L in a Tipperary 2m4f handicap hurdle in June; struggled a bit last time at Downpatrick but fair chance nevertheless.

Form: 096F/26

Haondotri^b1,t¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: O R Brown⁽⁷⁾| T: Michael C Griffin| OR: 81

33/1

The mare has been chasing, pointing and maiden hurdling and shown only rare glimpses of ability; hard to recommend on racecourse evidence in first-time blinkers.

Form: 8U2-098

Fish A Wish¹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: C J Orr⁽⁵⁾| T: P Meany| OR: 80

8/1

Maiden on the Flat and hasn't been pulling up any trees in five spins over flights thus far including in two recent handicaps; hard to see him getting competitive.

Form: 40000/6

Rudy Catrail²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: Mr S Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: E Sheehy| OR: 80| C| D

2/1

Not disgraced on seasonal debut over hurdles at Tipperary before a decent effort over the larger obstacles at Kilbeggan last month. One for the shortlist.

Form: 61F-432

Non-Runners

In Your Shadow¹⁷

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: N Meade J: E Walsh

Oliver Hardy¹⁴

Weight: 11-6| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: S A Mulcahy

Lighthouse Rose²¹

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: M M McNiff J: Phillip Enright

Forever Smiling³⁰⁷

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: E Cawley J: Reserve 1

My Peggy¹⁸

Weight: 11-8| Age: 8

T: N C Kelly J: Reserve 2

As The Crow Flies⁴⁸⁶

Weight: 11-10| Age: 9

T: S McParlan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Rudy Catrail (2/1), Whitango (7/2), Lighthouse Rose (4/1), In Your Shadow (9/2), Cousin Pascal (5/1), Oliver Hardy (6/1), Spanish Leather (15/2), Fish A Wish (8/1), Walk Me Home (11/1), Lady Of The Sea (14/1), My Peggy (16/1), As The Crow Flies (25/1), Haondotri (33/1), Forever Smiling (33/1), Winter Belle (125/1)

IN YOUR SHADOW has been running well over fences including winning well last time out at Tipperary. The six-year-old can race off a much lower handicap mark over hurdles and given the lack of talent in the opposition he could be capable of landing this despite his hurdles form not being too good. Whitango perhaps suffered from the bounce effect after not running as well last time as he had done on his first run for year years at Tipperary in June. If competing as well as his reappearance run then he holds every chance. If Lighthouse Rose can improve her jumping then she has the talent to land this contest off her current mark.