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Friday 5 March 2021

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Easter Festival 3rd - 5th April Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1)

Off time: 16:55 | Winning time: 5m 36.3s

Killybegs Junior²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: B J Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: A L T Moore| OR: 94

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 20/1, excellent seventh of 16 in novice hurdle at this course (20.2f, heavy) 25 days ago. Much respected on his handicap debut.

Form: 4707

Clonbury Bridge⁶⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 93

7/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Below-form sixth of 15 in novice hurdle (11/2) at Limerick (19f, heavy) 66 days ago. Makes handicap bow with bit more needed.

Form: 0456

Go All The Way³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: Mark Walsh| T: F J Flood| OR: 92

12/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifteenth of 18 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Naas (19f, heavy) 33 days ago. Should improve now going into.handicaps but his opening mark looks stiff.

Form: 060

Only For Pascal^t¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 91

25/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, best of three starts when third of 14 in novice hurdle (150/1) at this course (16f, heavy) 11 days ago. Makes handicap bow and not dismissed.

Form: 003

Get Phar²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: E Griffin| OR: 90

15/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 40/1, very good seventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.6f, soft) 20 days ago. Back up in trip and can give another good account.

Form: 0077

Mr Bercow¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Keith Donoghue| T: J T R Dreaper| OR: 87

5/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 150/1, twelfth of 19 in novice hurdle at Navan (15.8f, heavy) 12 days ago. Up in trip. Into handicaps but easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 13-8070

Shean Glory^t⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: S Aherne| OR: 87

9/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 16/1, good fourth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16.5f, heavy) 8 days ago, running on. Has to be taken seriously back up in trip.

Form: 7704

Memory Of Youth^p¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 85| BF

3/1

Arrives in decent nick, sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle (7/4) at Thurles (23f, heavy) 18 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 53P-226

Tangental¹⁰⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: J J Slevin| T: M Butler| OR: 86

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 40/1, thirteenth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, heavy) 108 days ago. Faces uphill task.

Form: F0080

Flying Crystal^p1,t⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: K C Sexton| T: J P Fahey| OR: 84

11/1

Temperamental sort. 40/1, below-form eighth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (24.3f, heavy) 46 days ago. Tongue strap back on/cheekpieces on with something to prove.

Form: 907-008

Oscer Romero⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: H Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 81

12/1

Last of 11 in handicap hurdle (11/1) at Punchestown (20f, heavy) 46 days ago. Big step forward is required.

Form: 8-66P60

Highstreetfashion^p¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: P Rooney| OR: 80

33/1

Still a maiden, and only twelfth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (23f, heavy, 50/1) 18 days ago. Easily opposed.

Form: 0-00060

Hunter⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: P Fenton| OR: 80

66/1

First run since leaving Garrett James Power when twelfth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.2f, heavy, 33/1) 64 days ago. Up in trip with lots to find.

Form: 9000P-0

Loyal Lioness^p1,t¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Phillip Enright| T: Mrs G Callaghan| OR: 80

100/1

80/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, thirteenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (23f, heavy) 18 days ago. Cheekpieces on now and others more persuasive.

Form: 70P800

Non-Runners

Knockraha Katie¹²⁷

Weight: 11-6| Age: 7

T: J G Sheehan J: Reserve 1

Dayereh¹⁶

Weight: 11-1| Age: 7

T: N C Kelly J: Reserve 2

Champagne Auction⁹⁹

Weight: 11-8| Age: 6

T: S J Mahon J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Memory Of Youth (3/1), Shean Glory (9/2), Mr Bercow (5/1), Clonbury Bridge (7/1), Get Phar (15/2), Knockraha Katie (15/2), Champagne Auction (10/1), Flying Crystal (11/1), Oscer Romero (12/1), Go All The Way (12/1), Dayereh (12/1), Killybegs Junior (14/1), Only For Pascal (25/1), Highstreetfashion (33/1), Tangental (50/1), Hunter (66/1), Loyal Lioness (100/1)

SHEAN GLORY signalled she's ready to go close when a running-on fourth over 2m at Thurles so gets the nod with this step back up in trip sure to be to her benefit too. In-form Get Phar also seems set to take a step forward now he tackles 2m4f again, with the handily-weighted Memory of Youth another to consider in an open handicap.