15:30 Down Royal

Thursday 17 December 2020

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Bluegrass Horse Feeds (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 4m 27.40s

Bobby Mac⁷²²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: Cian Cullinan⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss S Barkley

300/1

Once-raced maiden. 50/1, twelfth of 14 in bumper at this course (16.6f, good to soft) on NH debut. Off 24 months.

Form: 0/

Charlie Bee^t1³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr T Hamilton| T: W M Roper

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. 200/1, last of 10 in bumper at Clonmel (16.4f, heavy) 35 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 00

Enniskerry^t1³³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: B Connell

9/4

Twice-raced maiden. 4/1, second of 7 in bumper at Punchestown (16.8f, heavy) 33 days ago. Likely to be thereabouts once more.

Form: 22

Fissa¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Emma Twomey⁽⁷⁾| T: H De Bromhead

11/1

Twice-raced maiden. Highly promising debut prior to falling in novice hurdle (9/4) at Limerick (21f, heavy) 16 days ago. Definite player on his first go in a bumper.

Form: 3F

Johnffrenchesforge

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: A A Howard

28/1

€11,000 3-y-o, Arcadio gelding. Brother to useful hurdler/chaser Zanza. Dam multiple point winner.

Form:

Kavanaghs Cross⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr J L Scallan⁽⁷⁾| T: S Doyle

100/1

Califet gelding. Dam unraced sister to bumper winner/useful 2¾m hurdle winner (stays 3m) Senor Lombardy. Ran 4 times in points, fourth on completed start last time (Nov 1).

Form: F/P-P4

Largy Mist⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr D G Lavery⁽³⁾| T: S R B Crawford

33/1

Once-raced maiden. 50/1, sixth of 12 in bumper at this course (16.4f, heavy) on NH debut 47 days ago. Stable having good spell. Needs to improve.

Form: 6

Our Boy Buster

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: D J Hand⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin

14/1

Excelebration gelding. Dam maiden on Flat (stayed 10.5f). Doesn't make a great deal of appeal on paper.

Form:

Wa Wa⁵⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr R James⁽⁷⁾| T: D M Christie

80/1

Twice-raced maiden. Seventh of 12 in bumper (50/1) at Sligo (18f, good to soft) 55 days ago. Up against it.

Form: 87

Cross Court

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Miss A O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Bryson

80/1

Court Cave gelding. Dam (h90), point winner (stayed 2½m over hurdles under Rules), half-sister to bumper winner/fairly useful chaser (winner up to 19f) Billesey.

Form:

Dixie Flyer⁷⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr B G Crawford⁽⁷⁾| T: S R B Crawford

14/1

Westerner gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler Port Stanley and modest hurdler Moonlight Glory, stays 2½m. Dam (c131/h134) 2m-17f hurdle/chase winner. Fell first sole start in points (Oct 3)

Form: F

The Big Story⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr F Maguire| T: N Meade

3/1

Promising type. Second of 16 in bumper at Punchestown (16f, soft, 12/1) on NH debut 50 days ago. Stable in good form. Solid claims with improvement on the cards.

Form: 2

Prevaricate³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott

7/4

€57,000 3-y-o, Fame And Glory gelding. Dam (h92) lightly-raced 19f hurdle winner. Won sole start in points (Nov 8). Outstanding claims if he gets in.

Form: 1

Non-Runners

The Jam Girl

Weight: 11-6| Age: 4

T: L Lennon J: Mr T Reilly

Forecasts

Prevaricate (7/4), Enniskerry (9/4), The Big Story (3/1), Fissa (11/1), Dixie Flyer (14/1), Our Boy Buster (14/1), The Jam Girl (25/1), Johnffrenchesforge (28/1), Largy Mist (33/1), Wa Wa (80/1), Cross Court (80/1), Kavanaghs Cross (100/1), Charlie Bee (250/1), Bobby Mac (300/1)

THE BIG STORY shaped nicely under a considerate ride when runner-up on debut and the third and fourth from that race both scored on their hurdling debuts, so he's taken to get off the mark at the likely expense of Fissa and Enniskerry, though the participation of current reserve Prevaricate could markedly change the complexion of the race.