16:20 Gowran Park

Friday 2 October 2020

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Off time: 16:21 | Winning time: 4m 59.40s

Hannon³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: T Gibney| OR: 130

16/1

Fourth of 9 in maiden at Bellewstown (11.8f, heavy, 11/2) 36 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Up in trip. First run for yard after leaving John McConnell. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 1206/4-0

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Bentham²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 121

11/1

12/1, bit below form tenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20.3f, soft) 24 days ago. Didn't seem to get home over this trip last time, but sharper track could help.

Form: 7-21770

Humm Baby²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: M Hourigan| OR: 121| D

6/1

Creditable fifth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20.3f, soft, 12/1) 24 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 671F-35

Nero Rock²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: D J McInerney| T: M F Morris| OR: 121| D

9/1

9/4, career best when winning 6-runner novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.4f, good) 29 days ago, always holding on. Back up in trip. Handicapper has taken no chances, but he's open to further improvement.

Form: 304-511

Bold Enough⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 120| D

9/2

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Fifth of 8 in novice hurdle (15/2) at Kilbeggan (18.2f, soft) 42 days ago, folding. Others more persuasive.

Form: P24-145

Bread And Butter^t²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: C P McNamara⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 120| D

9/2

2 wins from 4 runs this season. Tongue strap on for 1st time, good second of 18 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Punchestown (20.3f, soft) 24 days ago, just failing. Can make presence felt.

Form: 25-11P2

Mandarin Monarch^p¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: R M Power| T: A McNamara| OR: 119| C

7/1

6/1, good second of 12 in handicap hurdle at Navan (16f, good) 13 days ago. Up in trip. Thriving at present and should be thereabouts once more.

Form: 0/710-22

Heatstroke^p,t¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: H P Cleary⁽⁷⁾| T: Michael G Cleary| OR: 118

200/1

33/1, last of 12 in handicap at Dundalk (12f) 14 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Up in trip. Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code. Poor on last hurdle outing.

Form: 1420/75-

Leahman¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: T O'Brien| OR: 120| C

18/1

Course winner. 11/4, respectable fifth of 13 in handicap at Cork (12f, good) 16 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Bit to prove in this sphere.

Form: 48164-0

Barnaviddaun¹⁹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: D J Mullins| T: T Mullins| OR: 114

10/1

Didn't need to be at best when winning 15-runner novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good to soft, 9/2), driven out. Off 6 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Not taken lightly.

Form: 474221-

Sunday At Julia's²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: B J Cooper| T: P Nolan| OR: 113| BF

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice hurdle (15/8) at Kilbeggan (19.5f, good to soft) 28 days ago, pulled up before next. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 8082-P

Master Artist¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-4| J: Ian Power| T: J E Kiely| OR: 110| BF

15/2

11/8, respectable third of 13 in novice hurdle at Tramore (16f, good) 15 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Must improve.

Form: 09-2223

Harvest Bow^b²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade| OR: 114| C

16/1

Fairly useful winner at 7f on flat. Blinkered for 1st time, ninth of 11 in handicap at Down Royal (17.8f, soft, 20/1) 28 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 22153-

Non-Runners

Fiveaftermidnight²¹⁸

Weight: 10-2| Age: 7

T: P J Rothwell J: A W Short

Sullane Hill⁴³

Weight: 10-1| Age: 8

T: P C O'Connor J: Reserve 1

Seeyouinvinnys³⁵⁵

Weight: 10-1| Age: 6

T: N Meade J: Reserve 2

Rebel Waltz¹⁵

Weight: 10-0| Age: 6

T: T J Nagle-Jr J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Bread And Butter (9/2), Bold Enough (9/2), Humm Baby (6/1), Mandarin Monarch (7/1), Master Artist (15/2), Nero Rock (9/1), Barnaviddaun (10/1), Bentham (11/1), Rebel Waltz (12/1), Hannon (16/1), Harvest Bow (16/1), Sullane Hill (16/1), Seeyouinvinnys (16/1), Leahman (18/1), Fiveaftermidnight (25/1), Sunday At Julia's (28/1), Heatstroke (200/1)

BREAD AND BUTTER would have won but for a late blunder at Punchestown last time and this progressive 5yo is fancied to make amends despite a 4-lb rise. Nero Rock looks a danger in his bid for the hat-trick and Barnaviddaun's opening mark is potentially lenient if he's tuned up back from 6 months off.