15:45 Limerick

Sunday 27 December 2020

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Mr Binman Christmas Racing Festival Flat Race

4YO to 7YO | 2m | Heavy | 13 Runners | Turf

Champagne Rebel²²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr N Bashford⁽⁷⁾| T: S J Mahon

200/1, ninth of 10 in bumper at Navan (16f, heavy) on NH debut 22 days ago.

Form: FP-9

Fourneux D'isanka^t³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr H McOwan⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

Second of 8 in bumper at Thurles (16f, soft, 6/1) 38 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 3P/3-42

Noble Yeats³⁹²

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

€6,500 3-y-o, £75,000 4-y-o, Yeats gelding. Brother/half-brother to 2 winning pointers, including by Scorpion. Dam (h91) 3m hurdle winner. Runner-up sole start in points (Dec 2019).

Form: 2-

Rochestown³⁰⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr W T Cronin⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Walsh

€4,000 3-y-o, Mustameet gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners, including fairly useful 2m hurdle winner Oiche Mhaith Boy, stayed 2½m. Dam lightly raced on Flat. Winning point debut in February.

Form: 1-

Tipping Away

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: N Lee

Arcadio gelding. Dam (h86) maiden hurdler (stayed 2½m).

Form:

Ballyrihy Lad^t²²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr J Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

Twice-raced maiden. 100/1, eighth of 19 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy) 22 days ago. Makes bumpers debut.

Form: 68

Blazing Khal¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr P Byrnes⁽⁷⁾| T: C Byrnes

Lightly-raced maiden. 12/1, creditable fourth of 9 in bumper at Punchestown (16.4f, heavy) 16 days ago. Likely to give it another good shot.

Form: 52-54

Grady Hollow⁸⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: H De Bromhead

Beat Hollow gelding. Dam, maiden pointer, sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 23f) Pylonthepressure. Off mark in points at second attempt last time, Oct 4.

Form: 2-1

Hey Skipper

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Miss L A Hourigan⁽⁵⁾| T: M Hourigan

Born To Sea gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners, including unreliable winning hurdler Hey Bob. Dam unraced.

Form:

Justbeyondthemoon⁸¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁷⁾| T: P Nolan

9/1, fourth of 9 in bumper at Galway (16.7f, soft) on NH debut 81 days ago.

Form: 4

Meet And Greet³³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr J C Barry⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan

First run since leaving P. O'Rourke when ninth of 13 in novice hurdle (5/1) at Punchestown (21.7f, heavy) on hurdles bow 33 days ago.

Form: 29

Mister Rocket Man

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr R P Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: E McNamara

Califet gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Shaky Gift. Dam, 6f winner, half-sister to useful hurdler/fairly useful chaser (2m-2¾m winner) Chief Yeoman.

Form:

Over Milk Wood

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr Darragh Allen⁽⁷⁾| T: Olivia Hegarty

Dylan Thomas gelding. Dam unraced.

Form:

Forecasts

Grady Hollow (5/2), Fourneux D'isanka (7/2), Blazing Khal (9/2), Noble Yeats (9/2), Justbeyondthemoon (13/2), Rochestown (10/1), Meet And Greet (12/1), Mister Rocket Man (25/1), Ballyrihy Lad (25/1), Tipping Away (50/1), Hey Skipper (66/1), Over Milk Wood (100/1), Champagne Rebel (100/1)

GRADY HOLLOW made his second point start a winning one in October and representing a yard with a good record in this race, he makes plenty of appeal. Fourneux D'isanka and Blazing Khal are likely to give their running.