14:40 Tipperary

Tuesday 20 October 2020

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Ballykisteen Handicap Hurdle (80-116)

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 4m 24.1s

Tikkanen Express²²⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: J Dullea| OR: 110| D

25/1

Latest win in chase at Thurles in February. Pulled up in handicap chase at Gowran (18f) in March, pulled up before 2 out. Much lower in the weights in this sphere if ready to roll on return.

Form: 31/651P-

Chosen Hour²⁸²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-13| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: S Aherne| OR: 109| C| D

13/2

Course winner. Fairly useful winner at 22f in chases. 11/2, career best when winning 8-runner novice chase at Punchestown (22.4f, heavy), unchallenged. Off 9 months. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: U4/60U1-

Karen's Gift²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: M J Bolger| T: B Connell| OR: 109| D

5/1

Jeremy mare who won 14-runner novice hurdle at Roscommon (16f, good) on NH debut 22 days ago, driven out. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Likely to improve.

Form: 31/1

Top Line Tommy⁸⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Paul Townend| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 111

6/1

Respectable third of 12 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft, 5/2) 89 days ago. Entitled to hold more chance now handicapping and booking of Townsend a positive once more.

Form: 524-233

My Hometown⁶⁷⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-10| J: Mark Walsh| T: E Bolger| OR: 106| D

22/1

Creditable second of 11 in Cross Country handicap chase at Cheltenham (30.2f) in December 2018. Feasible to think this run will be needed on the back of 22 months off.

Form: 786512/

Dessie's Diamond⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: D F O'Regan| T: P W Flynn| OR: 102

15/2

Eleventh of 13 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16.4f, good, 33/1) 47 days ago. That was his first start for 6 months and this should reveal more.

Form: 52/U00-0

Kitty Galore⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: T N Brett⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 102| D

9/2

15/2, career best when winning 8-runner handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 9 days ago, well ridden. Can give a good account again with a repeat.

Form: 0-92931

Shamad⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: K C Sexton| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 101

12/1

Bit below form eighth of 17 in handicap hurdle (20/1) at Punchestown (16f, soft) 6 days ago. Needs to step up again to feature.

Form: 0/22648

Bythesametoken^t¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 100| D

7/2

11/1, bit below form fourth of 11 in handicap hurdle at this C&D (good to soft) 16 days ago. Entitled to be sharper with that under his belt.

Form: 63244-4

Deealli⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: C D Timmons⁽³⁾| T: Thomas Coyle| OR: 100

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 80/1, twelfth of 18 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.7f 41 days ago. Remains with one standout effort in this sphere but handicaps entitled to be more his bag.

Form: 720-0

Atalanta's Gold³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: B Browne⁽³⁾| T: M Maguire| OR: 94| D

40/1

22/1, creditable seventh of 13 in handicap hurdle at Navan (22f, good) 31 days ago. Is now operating below last winning mark at least and she ought to be firmly back up to speed now.

Form: 8/800-97

Non-Runners

Charlie Siringo⁷⁶

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: N Meade J: Sean Flanagan

Happy Company²⁹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: P J F Hassett J: A W Short

Jazz Ranger²²

Weight: 11-3| Age: 8

T: J Fahey J: C P McNamara

Final Orders¹⁷

Weight: 10-6| Age: 4

T: G Donnelly J: C J Orr

Forecasts

Bythesametoken (7/2), Kitty Galore (9/2), Karen's Gift (5/1), Top Line Tommy (6/1), Chosen Hour (13/2), Dessie's Diamond (15/2), Happy Company (15/2), Charlie Siringo (8/1), Shamad (12/1), Jazz Ranger (16/1), My Hometown (22/1), Tikkanen Express (25/1), Final Orders (25/1), Deealli (40/1), Atalanta's Gold (40/1)

Wide open fare with the vote in favour of KREN'S GIFT. A winner in points, she defied a lengthy absence to make a winning hurdling debut at Roscommon 3 weeks ago and it rates a distinct possibility there is more to come now her sights are set on handicaps. Limerick-scorer Kitty Galore and Top Line Tommy are others to consider, whilst Deealli requires market scrutiny on handicap debut.