14:00 Ballinrobe

Monday 24 August 2020

All13:0013:3014:0014:3015:0015:3016:00

John Rochford Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 4m 22.30s

Dave And Bernie¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: Michael Barry| OR: 101

8/1

14/1, creditable second of 12 in novice hurdle at Tramore (16f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Leading claims.

Form: P-00522

Love The Melody^h,t²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: D F O'Regan| T: N Lee| OR: 97

25/1

Fair winner at 16f in bumpers. 50/1, last of 4 in novice hurdle at Galway (20.7f, good to soft) 25 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 717-84

Oskar High²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: J M Moore| T: N Lee| OR: 97| C

11/1

12/1, unseated rider in handicap chase at Roscommon (24.8f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Good third over hurdles over C&D the time before. One to consider.

Form: 00-073U

Westernerona^t²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁷⁾| T: G J Power| OR: 96

8/1

16/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, creditable fifth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Cork (19.6f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 056-605

Fassbender^t¹⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Phillip Enright| T: M M McNiff| OR: 100

5/1

Tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good to soft, 14/1) 155 days ago. Stable having good spell.

Form: 630380-

Resurrected Duke³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: J J Slevin| T: T J Taaffe| OR: 95

8/1

Maiden. Eleventh of 14 in handicap hurdle at this course (17.7f, soft, 9/1) 33 days ago. Hard to fancy at present.

Form: 806U7-0

Knockraha Boss⁸

Age: 11| Weight: 11-6| J: K J Brouder| T: R A Foley| OR: 93

20/1

One win from 39 NH runs. Off 5 months, 16/1, eleventh of 13 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16f, good) 8 days ago.

Form: 10230-0

Moghram^b²²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott| OR: 98

14/1

28/1, bit below form ninth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Cork (19.6f, good to soft) 22 days ago, unable to sustain effort.

Form: 47076-9

Romella¹⁷²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 92

11/2

Maiden. Creditable third of 18 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16f, heavy, 7/1) 172 days ago. Clearly has a race in her judged on a couple of her runs last season.

Form: 060/273-

Castlehume^b,t⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: P J Carberry| T: S J Mahon| OR: 90| D

33/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2018. 11/1, sixth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (20.8f, good) 5 days ago.

Form: 80-F706

Lightsider^p1⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: J S McGarvey| T: P Roche| OR: 93

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 25/1, twelfth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16f, good) 8 days ago, going in snatches. Yard in good form. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 000-0

Getaway Pippa³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: I J McCarthy| T: E Sheehy| OR: 87

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 150/1, tenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, good) 35 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: U-000

Badness Backfires¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 86

4/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Excellent fourth of 13 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at this course (16.3f, good) 14 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: P/09-94

Lucia's Bob⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: C A Landers⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 85

18/1

Twelfth of 13 in handicap at Killarney (11.2f, good, 50/1) 40 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Below form on last hurdle outing.

Form: 796838-

Non-Runners

Royal Alto¹⁹

Weight: 10-10| Age: 6

T: V T O'Brien J: Reserve 1

Fair Minded¹⁴

Weight: 10-9| Age: 6

T: D McDonogh J: Reserve 2

Focus Well²³

Weight: 10-7| Age: 6

T: S J Mahon J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Badness Backfires (4/1), Fair Minded (4/1), Fassbender (5/1), Romella (11/2), Dave And Bernie (8/1), Resurrected Duke (8/1), Westernerona (8/1), Oskar High (11/1), Moghram (14/1), Lucia's Bob (18/1), Knockraha Boss (20/1), Love The Melody (25/1), Lightsider (25/1), Castlehume (33/1), Getaway Pippa (40/1), Royal Alto (66/1), Focus Well (66/1)

DAVE AND BERNIE has made a positive start over hurdles, filling second spot in maidens the last twice, and he makes plenty of appeal now going handicapping. Oskar High, Romella and Badness Backfires are other likely sorts.