14:50 Clonmel

Thursday 29 October 2020

All13:2013:5014:2014:5015:2015:5016:20

www.grahamnorris.com Memorial Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:50 | Winning time: 6m 40.9s

Sweet Sting⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Brian Hayes| T: M J Bowe| OR: 119| D

13/2

2 wins from 5 runs this season. 13/8, career best when winning 10-runner handicap hurdle at Tipperary (24f, heavy) 9 days ago, easily. 11 lb rise makes life tougher but she's going the right way.

Form: 3-29411

Fit To Be Tied¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: N P Madden| T: N Madden| OR: 116

8/1

Good fifth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (24f, heavy, 16/1) 18 days ago.

Form: 31750-5

Ask Heather^b1¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: T O'Brien| OR: 112| CD

7/2

C&D winner. Good second of 14 in handicap hurdle (11/1) at Limerick (24f, heavy) 18 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: F3351-2

Southerner^h²⁵⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr W T Cronin⁽⁷⁾| T: William Cronin| OR: 111

40/1

Latest win in hurdle at Limerick in December. Pulled up in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Gowran (20f, heavy), pulled up early in straight. Off 8 months.

Form: 844/11P-

Eimear^p²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Keith Donoghue| T: M J Smith| OR: 110| CD

11/4

2 wins from 5 runs this season. 7/2, career best when winning 12-runner handicap hurdle at this C&D (good) 28 days ago, cruising clear. On the shortlist.

Form: 0-42151

Rueben James¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: R P Treacy⁽³⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 109| D

9/1

Didn't need to improve to double his win tally over fences in minor event chase at Ballinrobe (23f, soft, 9/2) 12 days ago. Merits consideration back hurdling.

Form: 3P/4131

Yaiza¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: W J Burke| OR: 109

14/1

10/3, won 11-runner novice chase at Tramore (16f, good to soft) on debut over fences 14 days ago, keeping on well. Switches from chase to hurdles. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 15-9121

Insane Bolt^p,t1⁷⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: B J Cooper| T: G Elliott| OR: 111| BF

22/1

Winner in hurdle at Downpatrick in July. 2/1, creditable third of 6 in novice hurdle at Tramore (20.4f, good) 77 days ago, better placed than most. Tongue strap on 1st time. Enters calculations.

Form: 7-81323

Finding Joy^b¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: T Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: M Hourigan| OR: 101

33/1

Twelfth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Cork (24.2f, good, 28/1) 11 days ago. Blinkers back on. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 36P760

Lee Valley Legacy^p³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-6| J: C J Orr⁽⁵⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 101| D

16/1

Tenth of 13 in handicap hurdle (28/1) at Roscommon (24.3f, good) 31 days ago.

Form: 41P1-70

Hopefully^p¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-3| J: C P McNamara⁽⁵⁾| T: W P Mullins| OR: 98

12/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, belated off the mark in 10-runner handicap hurdle at Tramore (21f, good to soft, 10/3) 14 days ago, running on. Stable in good form but find this tougher.

Form: 036731

Fenno's Storm²³⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 9-12| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Queally| OR: 88| BF| D

17/2

Successful hunter chaser who is potentially well treated on this belated return to hurdling.

Form: 432326-

Forecasts

Eimear (11/4), Ask Heather (7/2), Sweet Sting (13/2), Fit To Be Tied (8/1), Fenno's Storm (17/2), Rueben James (9/1), Hopefully (12/1), Yaiza (14/1), Lee Valley Legacy (16/1), Insane Bolt (22/1), Finding Joy (33/1), Southerner (40/1)

SWEET STING has been hiked up 11 lb for her last win but it was hard not to be impressed with the manner of her victory so she's taken to complete the hat-trick. Eimear and Insane Bolt head up the opposition in an open race.