15:52 Cork

Sunday 18 October 2020

All13:3514:0714:4215:1715:5216:2717:0017:30

Fermoy Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 15:52 | Winning time: 4m 37.00s

Coosan Clover^p²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: B J Cooper| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 95

10/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, respectable ninth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (20f, good, 9/1) 28 days ago, not seeing race out. Yard having good spell.

Form: 5-63R49

Storm Flight^t⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: C J Orr⁽⁵⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 94

13/2

7/1, good third of 16 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (18.2f, soft) 8 days ago. Stable in good form. Can give a good account,

Form: 00-7253

Punters Poet^t¹¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Keith Donoghue| T: M J Smith| OR: 91

11/2

Tenth of 13 in handicap (50/1) at Limerick (12f, good to soft), merely passing beaten rivals. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 5968/08-

Fintown Boy^h⁶³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-9| J: Phillip Enright| T: Miss J M Lee| OR: 90

40/1

Last of 13 in handicap hurdle (28/1) at Tramore (16f, good) 63 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Michael Winters.

Form: 4/P685-0

Natch^b,t⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 89

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 11/1 and blinkered for 1st time, ninth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (22.5f, good to soft) 9 days ago. Booking of Torrens a plus. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 6769

Shedding³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr J C Canavan⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Burke| OR: 87| BF

11/2

One win from 22 NH runs. Thirteen runs since last win in 2019. Good third of 12 in handicap hurdle (4/1) at Tramore (16f, good to soft) 3 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: FP-83C3

Bartleys Boy¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: R P Treacy⁽³⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 86

66/1

Ninth of 13 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Clonmel (16.5f, good) 17 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Uphill task.

Form: 7080-09

Lightsider^b¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Mark Walsh| T: P Roche| OR: 89| BF

3/1

2/1 and blinkered for 1st time, very good fourth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.7f, good) 17 days ago. Booking of Walsh a plus. One to bear in mind.

Form: 00-0774

Stadius^p¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: T N Brett⁽⁷⁾| T: S M Duffy| OR: 84

25/1

Ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (17f, good, 10/1) 13 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0-635P9

I'm On Snap²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: C A Landers⁽⁵⁾| T: N McCluskey| OR: 83

22/1

25/1, fifth of 8 in novice chase at Roscommon (21.4f, good) on debut over fences 20 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 364655

Otzi¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: B Browne⁽³⁾| T: A J McNamara| OR: 83

80/1

Eleventh of 14 in handicap hurdle (50/1) at Tipperary (24f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Down in trip. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 9/000-00

Natural Breeze²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: A W Short| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 82

22/1

Sixth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (24f, soft, 50/1) 23 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 6700-76

The Diary Keeper^t⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: S Aherne| OR: 81

8/1

16/1, respectable fourth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (18.2f, soft) 8 days ago. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 6/570-P4

Railway Muice^b,t¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Eoin G Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 80

10/1

Remains a maiden after 29 NH runs. 9/2, seventh of 11 in handicap chase at Killarney (20f, good) 13 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Blinkers back on.

Form: U23227

Old Town Road^h⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Miss S J Harty| OR: 90

50/1

Fifteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16f, soft, 28/1) 4 days ago. Merits consideration. RESERVE.

Form: 5-04650

Non-Runners

Coole Arcade⁸

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: J O Clifford J: Brian Hayes

Stormy Master²³

Weight: 11-5| Age: 6

T: R Hackett J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Daring Decree³

Weight: 10-13| Age: 7

T: N Lee J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Lightsider (3/1), Shedding (11/2), Punters Poet (11/2), Storm Flight (13/2), The Diary Keeper (8/1), Railway Muice (10/1), Coosan Clover (10/1), Stormy Master (10/1), Natch (16/1), Natural Breeze (22/1), I'm On Snap (22/1), Stadius (25/1), Daring Decree (25/1), Coole Arcade (33/1), Fintown Boy (40/1), Old Town Road (50/1), Bartleys Boy (66/1), Otzi (80/1)

Having dropped to an attractive mark, THE DIARY KEEPER shaped as though back in good nick when fourth at Fairyhouse a week ago and she is selected in the hope she'll build on that. Storm Flight is pretty solid at this level, while Lightsider was backed as though thought to be well handicapped at Clonmel 17 days ago.