17:40 Tramore

Monday 19 April 2021

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Anne Valley Walk Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 17:40 | Winning time: 5m 23.8s

Colonel Lesley^p¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: C J Orr⁽³⁾| T: J Dullea| OR: 95| C

22/1

Course winner. 50/1 and cheekpieces on, eleventh of 16 in handicap at Gowran (13.7f, soft) 11 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Up in trip.

Form: 107788

Mr Bercow^p1,t⁴^{(ex 5)}

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: Keith Donoghue| T: J T R Dreaper| OR: 89| D

1/1

Career best when winning 13-runner handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, good to soft, 9/4) 4 days ago. Carries penalty. Tongue strap back on, cheekpieces on first time. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 070F31

Forty One Winks^p1¹²²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: P E Corbett| T: A Mullins| OR: 93

33/1

Twelfth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy, 50/1) 122 days ago. Cheekpieces on for first time. Engaged 2.38 Tramore Sunday.

Form: 1/00000

Shantou Sisu²⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: Danny Mullins| T: W J Lanigan| OR: 91

4/1

One win from 23 NH runs. 11/2, below form third of 16 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16f, soft) 27 days ago. Back up in trip. Not taken lightly.

Form: 070553

Brosna Rocco⁹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: P J Carberry| T: Stephen Gerard Carey| OR: 90| C

9/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Course winner. Below form seventh of 16 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy, 10/3) 97 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 00617

Barangarou⁴¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Donagh Meyler| T: E Griffin| OR: 87

50/1

First run since leaving Thomas Foley when pulled up in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (24f, heavy, 40/1) 41 days ago, weakening between 3 out and 2 out.

Form: 0/27-09P

Natural Breeze^p¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: H Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 86

7/1

25/1, career best when winning 14-runner handicap hurdle at Clonmel (18.3f, good to soft) 18 days ago, driven out. Enters calculations.

Form: 76P601

Lopito^t¹⁵⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: D F O'Regan| T: C A McBratney| OR: 84

66/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (12f, 50/1). Switches from Flat to hurdles. Below form on last hurdle run.

Form: P57-S08

The Mooch¹⁴⁹

Age: 13| Weight: 11-1| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: N McCluskey| OR: 82| C

100/1

Nineteen runs since last win in 2016. 66/1, last of 10 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (24.4f, soft). Off 7 months.

Form: PP-80PF

Allora Yeats^v¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: A W Short| T: Miss K Brown| OR: 81

12/1

Fair winner at 14f on Flat. 40/1, respectable eighth of 18 in handicap at Gowran (13.7f, soft) 11 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 70/00-66

Peggyclare^h,t⁹²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Miss D O'Shea| OR: 80

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Gowran (20f, good). Off over 2 years.

Form: F00F80/

Lady Kapalua³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 85

16/1

Good fifth of 20 in handicap hurdle (28/1) at Naas (15.3f, heavy) 36 days ago. Significantly up in trip. RESERVE.

Form: 0P9095

Non-Runners

Magnor Glory³⁹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 5

T: T O'Brien J: M Hamill

Three Queens⁸⁴⁴

Weight: 11-3| Age: 9

T: D Broad J: Mr F Stack

Ballybeatnik³⁰

Weight: 11-5| Age: 6

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 2

Roccocal²²

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: M Keane J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Mr Bercow (1/1), Shantou Sisu (4/1), Ballybeatnik (13/2), Natural Breeze (7/1), Brosna Rocco (9/1), Allora Yeats (12/1), Magnor Glory (14/1), Roccocal (14/1), Lady Kapalua (16/1), Colonel Lesley (22/1), Three Queens (25/1), Forty One Winks (33/1), Peggyclare (40/1), Barangarou (50/1), Lopito (66/1), The Mooch (100/1)

MR BERCOW justified strong support when making his third handicap start a winning one at Limerick on Thursday and he's the one to beat under a 4 lb penalty, for all the application of cheekpieces isn't an obvious move (travelled fluently). Natural Breeze was seen to maximum effect when winning at Clonmel, so bigger threats may emerge from Shantou Sisu and Brosna Rocco.