14:22 Thurles

Thursday 5 November 2020

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Ballagh Mares Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:22 | Winning time: 5m 20.9s

Karen's Gift¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: M J Bolger| T: B Connell| OR: 111

4/1

Twice-raced winner over hurdles. 1 win from 2 runs this season. Second of 11 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (16f, heavy, 5/1) 16 days ago. Up in trip. Should progress.

Form: 31/12

Rain In Spain⁴³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Ricky Doyle| T: C O'Brien| OR: 111| CD

40/1

C&D winner. Bit below form fifth of 10 in novice chase at Kilbeggan (19.9f, good, 10/1). Off 14 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. May just need this.

Form: 5/447F5-

Lucky Phil^h,t²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: B J Cooper| T: T Cooper| OR: 110

16/1

Respectable fourth of 18 in handicap (16/1) at the Curragh (12f, heavy) 21 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles and not ruled out (runner-up from 2 lb higher at Tipperary in June).

Form: 90-2F85

Dinard Rose^p²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade| OR: 113

9/2

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable third of 8 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy, 6/1) 25 days ago. Back up in trip. Stable having good spell. Another bold show likely.

Form: 15P-073

Miss Cedille^t²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Miss E Doyle| OR: 107| D

11/2

Won maiden hurdle at Kilbeggan in September but handed a stiff mark on the back of that and only seventh of 14 on Limerick handicap debut 25 days ago.

Form: 3/354-17

Stucker Hill³³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Danny Mullins| T: W J Lanigan| OR: 106

16/1

In process of running well brought down last in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, good, 20/1) 33 days ago, keeping on and might have been placed.

Form: 5635P-B

Amor Verdadero³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 105| BF| D

13/2

6/4, fourth of 8 in novice chase at Roscommon (21.4f, good) on debut over fences 38 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Not taken lightly.

Form: 1739-24

Beat Of The Sea²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: R P Treacy⁽³⁾| T: S Fahey| OR: 104

22/1

Latest win in hurdle at Kilbeggan in August. Too bad to be true when pulled at Tramore 3 weeks ago.

Form: 74142P

Moll Dote^h⁸¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: D Queally| OR: 102

9/1

Winner in hurdle at Tramore in July. Fourth of 7 in novice chase (9/2) at Tramore (21.4f, good) on debut over fences 81 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 7-27154

Aunty Audrey¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: C P McNamara⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Flynn| OR: 101| BF

12/1

Ran poorly back on the Flat at Gowran 15 days ago, but had been in decent nick in this sphere prior to that, so remains of interest.

Form: 00-7222

Quarry Lil¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-4| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: P O'Flynn| OR: 91

6/1

Latest win in hurdle at Killarney in October and ran at least as well when second of 12 in handicap hurdle (9/2) at this course (22.7f, good to soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 70-9012

Non-Runners

Cailean's Angel²

Weight: 10-13| Age: 7

T: E F Gallagher J: A McCurtin

Forecasts

Karen's Gift (4/1), Dinard Rose (9/2), Miss Cedille (11/2), Quarry Lil (6/1), Amor Verdadero (13/2), Moll Dote (9/1), Aunty Audrey (12/1), Cailean's Angel (12/1), Stucker Hill (16/1), Lucky Phil (16/1), Beat Of The Sea (22/1), Rain In Spain (40/1)

DINARD ROSE returned to form in first-time cheekpieces when third at Limerick 25 days ago, and with the performance backed up the clock, she could be the way to go with this trip likely to be within range (winner on the Flat at 2¼m). Karen's Gift is open to further improvement on just her third career start, with Amor Verdadero and Aunty Audrey others to consider.