14:30 Tipperary

Wednesday 24 March 2021

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Horse & Jockey Point-To-Point Flat Race

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 4m 52.5s

Ballybough Native

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr J J Codd| T: Ian McCarthy

3/1

Shirocco gelding. Half-brother to modest 21f hurdle winner Fourina, stays 3m. Dam (c93/h95) winning hurdler/chaser who stayed 3m. Jockey booking catches the eye, although he's bred more for stamina.

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Ballyferris

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr S Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: Colin S McKeever

50/1

So You Think gelding. D am, lightly raced over hurdles, 10.5f winner on Flat, half-sister to useful hurdler Magic Fabien.

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Bridge Road

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

14/1

€80,000 3-y-o, Sholokhov gelding. Closely related to fair 23f hurdle winner Cahirdown Boy. Dam (c112/h99), temperamental 2m chase winner (stayed 21f). Interesting newcomer but might need more time.

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Coffeys Forge

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: P Ryan

22/1

Yeats gelding. Dam, unraced, closely related to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stays 25f) Hogan's Height, won Grand Sefton Chase. Might well need further.

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En Avant

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: S Curling

10/3

Maresca Sorrento gelding. Half-brother to fair 2¼m hurdle winner Surprise de Mai and fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser Kaperia, both in France. Dam maiden hurdler in France. Strong claims.

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Focus Point

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

8/1

€50,000 3-y-o, Robin Des Champs gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to top-class 2m hurdler (Champion Hurdle winner) Binocular and fairly useful hurdler (2m winner) Remember Now. One to note.

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Gunnery Officer

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: C Bowe

8/1

Califet gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Black Kalanisi. One to consider on debut, particularly if the market speaks in his favour.

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He Fitz In

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr D Kiely⁽⁷⁾| T: D E Fitzgerald

40/1

Morozov gelding. Closely related to multiple point winner by Brian Boru: dam, point winner, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 25f) Ballycullen Boy.

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Skin In The Game

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr Darragh Allen⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Flavin

6/1

€8,000 3-y-o, Jet Away gelding. Dam, placed several times in points, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 4m) Our Victoria.

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Torngat

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

22/1

Kapgarde gelding. Brother to 3 winners, including useful hurdler/very smart chaser Hammersly Lake and useful chaser Almazhar Garde, and closely related to a winner. Notable newcomer for shrewd yard.

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Turnthelightsoff

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr T Hamilton| T: P F McEnery

80/1

€7,200 3-y-o, Dylan Thomas gelding. Dam, unraced, sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (2m-29f winner) Mountainous.

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Fiadh

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery

7/1

€26,000 3-y-o, Fame And Glory mare. Dam (h102) 2m hurdle winner. One to keep an eye on in the betting.

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Little Bomb

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr D N Nevin⁽⁷⁾| T: P J O'Gorman

66/1

Le Fou mare. Dam 1m winner. Pedigree is rather uninspiring.

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Time Marches On

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr J W Hannon⁽⁷⁾| T: J Motherway

14/1

€12,000 3-y-o, Scorpion gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler Dreal Deal. Dam unraced. RESERVE.

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Non-Runners

Gavroche D'allier

Weight: 12-2| Age: 5

T: T J O'Mara J: Mr J W Hannon

Apollo Ten

Weight: 12-2| Age: 5

T: A L T Moore J: Reserve 2

Thelasthighking

Weight: 12-2| Age: 5

T: J T R Dreaper J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Ballybough Native (3/1), En Avant (10/3), Skin In The Game (6/1), Fiadh (7/1), Gunnery Officer (8/1), Focus Point (8/1), Apollo Ten (12/1), Thelasthighking (12/1), Gavroche D'allier (12/1), Time Marches On (14/1), Bridge Road (14/1), Coffeys Forge (22/1), Torngat (22/1), He Fitz In (40/1), Ballyferris (50/1), Little Bomb (66/1), Turnthelightsoff (80/1)

A tricky race to assess but EN AVANT represents a quality stable and has the assistance of Derek O'Connor, so he may be the percentage up against a host of other interesting newcomers. Focus Point and Gunnery Officer also make plenty of appeal on pedigree, acknowledging they might lack for the requisite speed.