16:45 Thurles

Thursday 8 October 2020

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www.thurlesraces.ie Handicap (50-70)

Off time: 16:46 | Winning time: 3m 51.20s

Rock Breaker⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: S M Crosse| T: L Comer| OR: 70

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. Last of 12 in handicap at Dundalk (12f, 150/1) 6 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 00/3-60

Trump Card^t³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽¹⁰⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 67

66/1

Last of 12 in handicap at Galway (12.2f, heavy, 80/1) 30 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Others preferred.

Form: 95-0400

Sbraase⁸⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-12| J: O J Orr| T: N C Kelly| OR: 66

80/1

Eleventh of 14 in handicap at Leopardstown (12f, good, 80/1) 89 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Might strip fitter for the run, so not dismissed.

Form: 23080-0

Del Campo²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Ben Kennedy⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J F O'Shea| OR: 65

25/1

Eighth of 12 in handicap hurdle (20/1) at Tramore (21f, good) 21 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Significantly up in trip. Hard to know how good he is on the Flat these days.

Form: 1/40068-

Falak^t⁸⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: Rory Cleary| T: J C McConnell| OR: 65| D

20/1

33/1, eleventh of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (12f, good) 89 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Chance on old form but needs a break to have freshened him up.

Form: 478-000

Midnight Wilde^v1¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: M A Enright| T: M Kelly| OR: 65

125/1

66/1, first run since leaving Gavin Patrick Cromwell when thirteenth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (12f) 13 days ago, slowly away. Significantly back up in trip. Visored for 1st time.

Form: 8007-00

Commentariolus¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 63| D

7/1

Fairly useful jumps winner. Probably needed run when eleventh of 18 in handicap (25/1) at the Curragh (12f, soft) on IRE flat debut 12 days ago. Entitled to build on that up in trip.

Form: 6647/0

Flindt⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Colin Keane| T: Mrs D A Love| OR: 62| D

11/8

Eleven runs since last win in 2018. Creditable third of 14 in handicap (10/1) at Fairyhouse (13.5f, soft) 7 days ago. Considered.

Form: 4/0-8433

Jaime Sommers²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: M J Bowe| OR: 62| D

9/1

28/1, ninth of 14 in handicap at Limerick (17f, heavy) 27 days ago. Others more appealing.

Form: 755689

Evening Primrose^p³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 66

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, tenth of 13 in maiden (50/1) at Galway (12.2f, heavy) 30 days ago. Capable of better now handicapping.

Form: 8-9000

High Lake¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 62

17/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 80/1, eighth of 15 in maiden at the Curragh (8f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Significantly up in trip for handicap debut, and bred to be better than a mark of 62.

Form: 958

Cool Colonnade²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Shane Foley| T: W P Mullins| OR: 58| D

16/5

Tenth of 14 in handicap (6/1) at Limerick (17f, heavy) 27 days ago. Likely to bounce back. REERVE.

Form: 0/43270

Non-Runners

Marmolata¹⁷

Weight: 9-10| Age: 4

T: E Mullins J: Shane Foley

Happy Company¹⁷

Weight: 9-8| Age: 6

T: P J F Hassett J: D E Sheehy

First To Boogie²⁷⁰

Weight: 9-7| Age: 12

T: A Kinirons J: Reserve 1

Swelltime¹⁷

Weight: 9-6| Age: 4

T: J G Murphy J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Flindt (11/8), Cool Colonnade (16/5), Marmolata (10/3), Swelltime (11/2), Commentariolus (7/1), Happy Company (8/1), High Lake (17/2), Jaime Sommers (9/1), Evening Primrose (11/1), Falak (20/1), Del Campo (25/1), Rock Breaker (40/1), First To Boogie (50/1), Trump Card (66/1), Sbraase (80/1), Midnight Wilde (125/1)

MARMOLATA hasn't quite come up to scratch over hurdles but was shaping up encouragingly when last seen on the Flat, so she gets the narrow vote in this tricky contest. Evening Primrose is bred to be much better than a mark of 66, so improvement from her would come as no surprise, while Commentariolus isn't one to be writing off just yet.