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Thursday 15 April 2021

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Patrickswell Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 15:42 | Winning time: 4m 21.7s

Handsworth³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 102

9/1

Thirteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Leopardstown (24f, good) 38 days ago. Significantly back down in trip. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 0254P0

Rock On Seamie³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss S Larkin⁽⁷⁾| T: R Hackett| OR: 100

5/1

16/1, creditable third of 11 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (16f, heavy) 36 days ago. Place possibilities.

Form: 05/40-23

Samba Dancer^p²²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: E Doyle| OR: 100

10/1

Tenth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (20f, good, 12/1). Off 7 months. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 56-4430

Laureate^t¹⁶¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Sean Flanagan| T: C A McBratney| OR: 99| CD

22/1

C&D winner. Unseated rider in novice chase at Thurles (18f, soft, 100/1) 161 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 5000UU

Cratloe³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: B Browne⁽³⁾| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 98

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 9/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, creditable seventh of 17 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good) 38 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 97777

Final Orders¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Simon Torrens⁽³⁾| T: G Donnelly| OR: 97| D

17/2

Winner in hurdle at Wexford in October. Respectable fifth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (16f, 14/1) 15 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Bit below form on last hurdle run.

Form: 685617

Forgetthesurprise^t⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: J S McGarvey| T: N Madden| OR: 97

14/1

Sixteenth of 18 in handicap at Gowran (13.7f, soft, 40/1) 7 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Very good on last hurdle run. Not taken lightly.

Form: 0/4100-2

Kate Ill Know³⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: Brian Hayes| T: Miss D O'Shea| OR: 97| D

11/1

Once-raced winner over hurdles. Won 14-runner novice hurdle (28/1) at Clonmel (16f, heavy) on NH debut 37 days ago, digging deep. More needed now handicapping, but she's completely unexposed.

Form: 1

Caridadi¹⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: J Morrison| OR: 96| C| D

16/1

One win from 29 NH runs. 22/1, twelfth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 463490

Clody Valley^t¹⁷¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss E Doyle| OR: 94| BF

14/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Wexford (16.4f, soft, 10/3) won by Final Orders 171 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 52-P34P

Trans Wood¹⁴⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-6| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: G M Doyle| OR: 94

33/1

One win from 31 NH runs. Eighteen runs since last win in 2018. Good fourth of 13 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Thurles (16f, soft) 147 days ago.

Form: 589564

Rich Belief^t1²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Donagh Meyler| T: K Thornton| OR: 95

3/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 7f on flat. Twelfth of 17 in handicap hurdle (11/1) at Navan (16f, soft) 24 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Likely to improve.

Form: 0070

Hisdaywillcome^h²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Mr R Sugrue⁽⁷⁾| T: T Cooper| OR: 94

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Cork (20f, soft, 125/1) 21 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Uphill task. RESERVE.

Form: P700

Non-Runners

Lusis Naturea¹

Weight: 11-10| Age: 10

T: Paul Traynor J: D J McInerney

Bavarian Girl²³

Weight: 11-6| Age: 7

T: M Winters J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Darkened³²

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 2

Justice Ears¹⁷¹

Weight: 11-5| Age: 8

T: D P Dunne J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Rich Belief (3/1), Rock On Seamie (5/1), Cratloe (11/2), Lusis Naturea (8/1), Final Orders (17/2), Handsworth (9/1), Samba Dancer (10/1), Kate Ill Know (11/1), Clody Valley (14/1), Forgetthesurprise (14/1), Bavarian Girl (14/1), Caridadi (16/1), Laureate (22/1), Trans Wood (33/1), Darkened (33/1), Justice Ears (33/1), Hisdaywillcome (66/1)

Though yet to trouble the judge in this sphere, RICH BELIEF showed enough on the Flat to suggest that a lowly mark such as this would be well within reach when things do click for him over hurdles. Hopefully the addition of a tongue strap will have the desired effect and, if so, he may well be the answer. Forgetthesurprise is next on the list ahead of Handsworth and debut winner Kate Ill Know.