15:25 Wexford

Wednesday 10 March 2021

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Micheal O'Murchadha Memorial Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 4m 29.9s

Hybery^t⁷³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 126| CD

11/2

C&D winner. Winner in hurdle here in August. Respectable eleventh of 20 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, soft, 9/1) 73 days ago. Remains of interest from a reasonable mark.

Form: 142740

Feelgood Island²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Miss E Doyle| OR: 125

3/1

Winner in hurdle at Down Royal in December. 9/2, good third of 13 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, soft) 25 days ago, going with enthusiasm. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Going the right way of late.

Form: 88-3F13

Gold Des Bois^h,t⁷³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: R M Power| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 121| D

16/1

Winner in hurdle at Clonmel in October. Creditable fifth of 20 in handicap hurdle (25/1) at Leopardstown (16f, soft) 73 days ago. Tongue strap back on. Summed up by current mark.

Form: 2-18305

Flindt^t1⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: P D Kennedy| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 120| D

28/1

10/1, seventh of 10 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (15.7f, heavy) 42 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0-64017

Take All^h⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: A M King⁽⁷⁾| T: S Fahey| OR: 120| D

9/1

Winner in hurdle at Cork in November. Fifth of 7 in minor event hurdle (12/1) at Navan (17.6f, heavy) 40 days ago. Type to bounce back quickly.

Form: 642135

Tucanae³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: B J Cooper| T: P Nolan| OR: 120| D

13/2

Latest win in hurdle at Fairyhouse in November. Creditable seventh of 20 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (18f, soft, 28/1) 31 days ago, left poorly placed. Needs more from this mark.

Form: 2-21S67

Stand Off¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Mark Walsh| T: P Fenton| OR: 115| D

10/3

Winner in hurdle at Clonmel in December. Creditable fifth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.5f, soft, 12/1) 10 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 44-5145

Bythesametoken^t¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: C J Orr⁽³⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 109| D

4/1

Latest win in hurdle at Tipperary in October. 25/1, good second of 18 in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.5f, soft) 10 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 44-4142

Non-Runners

Humaniste⁸⁰

Weight: 11-10| Age: 6

T: E J O'Grady J: Rachael Blackmore

Fauguernon⁵⁷

Weight: 10-11| Age: 7

T: N Meade J: E Walsh

Wolfofallstreets¹⁰

Weight: 10-8| Age: 7

T: P J Rothwell J: H Morgan

Forecasts

Feelgood Island (3/1), Stand Off (10/3), Bythesametoken (4/1), Hybery (11/2), Tucanae (13/2), Fauguernon (8/1), Humaniste (8/1), Take All (9/1), Gold Des Bois (16/1), Wolfofallstreets (25/1), Flindt (28/1)

FEELGOOD ISLAND is on an upward curve and, having been outstayed over 19f at Naas last time, he could well pull out more still back at this trip for his handicap debut. In-form Bythesametoken is a danger and Hybery warrants consideration back from a break.