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Tuesday 29 December 2020

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BRC McMahon Reinforcements Rated Novice Hurdle

Off time: 11:55 | Winning time: 4m 47.5s

Baltimore Bucko^h1,t1⁶⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: G J Galligan⁽³⁾| T: Jonathan Sheppard| D

16/1

Fair hurdler. Won 5-runner minor event hurdle at Pine Mountain (18f, soft) 52 days ago. Wears tongue strap. Fascinating contender from U.S.

Form: 21

Blanketontheground⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: K J Brouder| T: E McCarthy| OR: 107| CD

7/4

Off the mark on stable debut when taking 11-runner novice hurdle over C&D (heavy) 42 days ago. Holds strong follow-up claims.

Form: 45-P781

No Grey Area's²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr P A King⁽⁵⁾| T: M Hassett| OR: 107| D

7/4

Career best when winning 13-runner handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16.2f, heavy, 9/2) 26 days ago. Must enter calculations back in novice company.

Form: 0040-31

Blackjack Boy⁷⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Donagh Meyler| T: E McNamara| OR: 109| D

18/1

Below par latest but had opened his account at Listowel (16f) previously and remains low-mileage.

Form: 3-3515

Fierami¹¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: D F O'Regan| T: G Elliott| OR: 102

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 18/1, ninth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (24f, good) 117 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Henry De Bromhead. Trainer going well. Uphill task.

Form: 5/7-5759

Fou Diligence^b1¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 104

4/1

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 8 hurdle runs. Respectable fifth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy, 16/1) 17 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 324-995

Gallowglass⁵⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: A W Short| T: S Ryan| OR: 106| CD

16/1

Fair hurdler. Ninth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16f, soft, 17/2) 54 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 662449

Fox Fearless¹⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: D J McInerney| T: O McKiernan| OR: 105| BF

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 10/3, below form sixth of 14 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (19.8f, good to soft) 148 days ago. Work to do.

Form: 8546

Non-Runners

Top Line Tommy⁷⁰

Weight: 11-2| Age: 4

T: E J O'Grady J: Philip Donovan

Forecasts

No Grey Area's (7/4), Blanketontheground (7/4), Fou Diligence (4/1), Top Line Tommy (15/2), Baltimore Bucko (16/1), Gallowglass (16/1), Blackjack Boy (18/1), Fierami (28/1), Fox Fearless (33/1)

BLANKETONTHEGROUND found improvement when making a successful yard debut over C&D last month and is taken to score again. No Grey Area's and Blackjack Boy should also go well.