15:30 Thurles

Sunday 20 December 2020

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Best Wishes For The Festive Season (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 4m 15.3s

Fais Ton Chemin³¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins| BF

11/4

Twice-raced maiden. Fifth of 13 in bumper at this C&D (good to soft, 6/4). Off 10 months. Trainer going well.

Form: 45-

Flame Bearer^t1²⁹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr P A King⁽⁵⁾| T: P M J Doyle

4/1

€78,000 3-y-o, Fame And Glory gelding. Half-brother to several winners on Flat, including 1m-1¼m winner Brown Pete. Dam 1m-1¼m winner. Wears tongue strap. Runner-up sole start in points (Mar 1).

Form: 2-

Hedgeaway⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: T J Nagle-Jr

50/1

Once-raced maiden. Ninth of 16 in bumper (25/1) at Punchestown (16f, soft) on NH debut 53 days ago.

Form: 9

Match The Man³³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: J Grace

80/1

Once-raced maiden. 150/1, fifth of 14 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) on NH debut 33 days ago. Makes bumpers debut.

Form: 5

River Boy²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: Richard Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy

100/1

€2,000 4-y-o, Mustameet gelding. Dam unraced. Failed to complete all 3 starts in points (pulled up on latest, Nov 22).

Form: P/F-P

Fama Et Gloria^t1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr T Hamilton| T: J P O'Brien

5/2

€45,000 3-y-o, Fame And Glory gelding. Makes plenty of appeal on paper. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

King Kali

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr M McGuane⁽⁷⁾| T: S Byrne

16/1

Kalanisi gelding. Dam (h143) bumper/2m-2½m hurdle winner, also 1¾m winner on Flat.

Form:

Perfect Attitude³⁵

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

9/2

Once-raced maiden. Sixth of 10 in bumper (17/2) at Punchestown (16.2f, heavy) on NH debut 35 days ago.

Form: 6

Cottie⁷⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr Pat Taaffe⁽⁷⁾| T: T J Taaffe

6/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 10/1, 13¾ lengths fifth of 13 to Purple Mountain in listed bumper at Gowran (16f, good to soft) 79 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Sets standard.

Form: 225

Fassadinan^h1,t1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr D Cleere⁽⁷⁾| T: E Mullins

33/1

Famous Name mare. Dam (h114), bumper/2m hurdle winner, half-sister to bumper winner/useful hurdler (stayed 21f) Airlie Beach. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Petit Lady^h1

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr E Shaw⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Tynan

100/1

Fame And Glory mare. Dam lightly raced in bumpers/over hurdles. Wears hood.

Form:

Forecasts

Fama Et Gloria (5/2), Fais Ton Chemin (11/4), Flame Bearer (4/1), Perfect Attitude (9/2), Cottie (6/1), King Kali (16/1), Fassadinan (33/1), Hedgeaway (50/1), Match The Man (80/1), Petit Lady (100/1), River Boy (100/1)

COTTIE sets the standard and showed far more than the bare result might indicate in a listed bumper at Gowran last time. Fais Ton Chemin and Perfect Attitude rate the main threats along with newcomer Fama Et Gloria.