16:35 Cork

Sunday 4 April 2021

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Munster Waste Management Handicap Hurdle (80-116)

Off time: 16:36 | Winning time: 6m 16.7s

The Gatechecker^h1¹⁵⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 12-0| J: D F O'Regan| T: M Hourigan| OR: 116| C| D

33/1

Won Cork Grand National (28f) last winter and some encouragement to glean from pair of hurdle spins in the autumn. No show in aforementioned race in November and given a break since.

Form: P3P-65P

Ennemi Public^p⁵⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 115

10/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, twelfth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (23.5f, heavy, 18/1) 55 days ago, weakening home turn. Needs to prove his stamina for this trip.

Form: 3-32140

Kellyiscool²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: K J Brouder| T: S Curling| OR: 113

3/1

10/3, very good second of 9 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (23.2f, heavy) 24 days ago, travelling strongly. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: PSP4/52

Allez Kal¹³⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: C A Landers⁽⁵⁾| T: J Barcoe| OR: 110| C| D

40/1

Course winner. 80/1, fifteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Naas (20f, heavy) 134 days ago. Back up in trip. Mark continues to ease but last year's efforts were disappointing.

Form: 90-F990

Beating The Odds^p¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr E Mahon⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Austin| OR: 109| D

13/2

2 wins from 6 runs this season. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, career best when winning 16-runner handicap hurdle (11/1) at Thurles (23.9f, good to soft) 15 days ago, keeping on well. Claims again.

Form: 125881

Danse Away^p⁴⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: T J Nagle-Jr| OR: 109| C| D

40/1

Course winner. 28/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (24f, heavy) 49 days ago, close up until ninth but stopping quickly. Not the easiest to assess at present.

Form: 1823/8P

Josies Orders⁴⁹

Age: 13| Weight: 11-7| J: Miss P Elvin⁽⁷⁾| T: E Bolger| OR: 109| D

100/1

18/1, pulled up in Cross Country Chase at Punchestown (25f, heavy) 49 days ago, tailed off when pulled up before 5 out. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 63646P

Pepper'n Salt^t³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr J Dunne⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 109

14/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, creditable third of 14 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy, 5/1) 30 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 27-6963

Chenery¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: I J Power| T: P Kiely| OR: 107| D

9/1

Winner in hurdle at Gowran in March. 9/1, good fifth of 15 in handicap hurdle at this course (20f, soft) 10 days ago. Should give another good account up in trip.

Form: 632915

Ellipsism^b,t³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: K C Sexton| T: M Winters| OR: 107| D

10/1

16/1, first run since leaving Joseph Patrick O'Brien when fourth of 13 in handicap chase at Clonmel (16.3f, heavy) 31 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 788784

Shar Whats Therush^t¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: D Hassett| OR: 106| BF

9/2

Fourteen runs since last win in 2017. Good third of 15 in handicap hurdle at this course (20f, soft, 9/2) 10 days ago, running on late. Back up in trip. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 0-23P33

Minella On Line^p¹⁰

Age: 12| Weight: 11-2| J: Ben Harvey⁽⁷⁾| T: D Harvey| OR: 104| D

14/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2017. 50/1, sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at this course (20f, soft) 10 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 424076

Arctic Light^p³⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 102

20/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2018. Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (22.8f, heavy, 14/1) 36 days ago, pulled up 3 out. Others more persuasive.

Form: P-2F2PP

Quarry Girl^t¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 102

9/1

Winner in hurdle at Fairyhouse in February. Creditable 7¼ lengths fourth of 16 to Beating The Odds in handicap hurdle (9/1) at Thurles (23.9f, good to soft) 15 days ago.

Form: 965144

Therellalwaysbeone⁹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: H Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: P T Foley| OR: 102| D

28/1

40/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (24.5f, heavy) 91 days ago, beaten before straight. That was his first start for 3 months and needs to show benefit of that run to feature here.

Form: 093-68P

Merry Poppins³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: M Hamill⁽³⁾| T: J Motherway| OR: 109

18/1

Thrice-raced winner over hurdles. 1 win from 3 runs this season. Sixth of 9 in juvenile hurdle (12/1) at Naas (15.5f, soft) 35 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 166

Non-Runners

Ain't That A Shame³⁸

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: H De Bromhead J: D Robinson

Siberian Star²⁷

Weight: 10-12| Age: 6

T: P J Rothwell J: Reserve 1

Bronson In Blue²⁷

Weight: 10-11| Age: 8

T: L Fowler J: Reserve 2

Fizzlestick²³

Weight: 10-10| Age: 8

T: C O'Dwyer J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Kellyiscool (3/1), Shar Whats Therush (9/2), Ain't That A Shame (9/2), Bronson In Blue (11/2), Beating The Odds (13/2), Chenery (9/1), Quarry Girl (9/1), Ellipsism (10/1), Ennemi Public (10/1), Siberian Star (12/1), Minella On Line (14/1), Pepper'n Salt (14/1), Merry Poppins (18/1), Arctic Light (20/1), Fizzlestick (25/1), Therellalwaysbeone (28/1), The Gatechecker (33/1), Danse Away (40/1), Allez Kal (40/1), Josies Orders (100/1)

KELLYISCOOL remains a maiden but he arrives having shaped extremely well when runner-up over the extended 23f at Thurles 24 days ago, the fact he raced exuberantly arguably costing him late on. He gets the nod to confirm the promise of that run, with Ain't That A Shame, Shar Whats Therush and Beating The Odds a trio of others expected to be in the mix.