18:55 Clonmel

Thursday 13 May 2021

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Sliabh Na mBan Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)

Off time: 18:55 | Winning time: 5m 0.2s

Offshore Oscar^p1¹⁹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 12-0| J: C P McNamara⁽³⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 94| D

20/1

11/1, bit below form sixth of 14 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (21f, heavy). Off 6 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Bit to prove.

Form: P4P/566-

Porky Rush³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr J P Kirwan⁽⁷⁾| T: Ms M Flynn| OR: 93

13/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Respectable fifth of 10 in novice hurdle (33/1) at Wexford (20.2f, good to soft) 34 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: P555-

Shantou Lucky¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 98

9/4

Promising sort. 9/2, career best when winning 19-runner handicap hurdle at Down Royal (16.4f, soft) 10 days ago, kept up to work. Up in trip. Excellent chance of following up.

Form: 0P08-1

Anuas Ar An Bpost³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: A W Short| T: B McMahon| OR: 90

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 150/1, first run since leaving Kieran Purcell when seventh of 16 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, good to soft) 30 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 90/U97-

An Droichead Eile¹⁵⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Keith Donoghue| T: Stephen Gerard Carey| OR: 88

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. First run for yard after leaving J. P. Dempsey. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 08705-

Fredastare⁵⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: A J Martin| OR: 87

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fifteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Down Royal (19.5f, good to soft) 57 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 00060-

Maria Francesca⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M Winters| OR: 86

17/2

33/1, sixth of 14 in handicap hurdle at this course (18.3f, good to soft) 42 days ago. Sliding in the weights without showing signs of taking advantage.

Form: 686706-

Sojouner Truth^b1³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean Flanagan| T: R Sweeney| OR: 86

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Ninth of 16 in novice hurdle at Cork (19f, good to soft, 125/1) 39 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Not totally ruled out.

Form: F849-

Mick Mixy^b1⁴⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr T D Geoghegan⁽⁷⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 85

20/1

125/1, eighth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, soft) 49 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Needs the headgear to perk him up.

Form: PP70P8-

Peter Pat²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: S O O'Brien| OR: 84

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fifteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle (28/1) at Ballinrobe (17.6f, good to soft) 27 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 0000-

Chelseas Friend⁶⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: J J Mangan| OR: 81

11/4

Pulled up in handicap hurdle at this course (24f, heavy, 7/2) 65 days ago. Penultimate effort was solid but her record on the whole is rather patchy/

Form: 9/P132P-

Courtin Bb²⁰⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 11-0| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Duffy| OR: 80

28/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2019. 11/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Wexford (24f, heavy). Off 6 months. Others make more appeal.

Form: P5472P-

Its Theway Forward²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 80

50/1

40/1, creditable ninth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.6f, good to soft) 27 days ago, shaping better than bare result. Needs to do more.

Form: 00/6009-

Sky Tenor^p1,t²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: J J Slevin| T: A Donoghue| OR: 80

14/1

12/1, respectable seventh of 14 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Hard to fancy.

Form: 0/00677-

Non-Runners

Lyla Garrity²⁷

Weight: 11-10| Age: 5

T: M Fahey J: Reserve 1

Go Battle²⁵

Weight: 11-7| Age: 7

T: P Byrne J: Reserve 2

Global Mayhem²⁴

Weight: 11-2| Age: 7

T: S Ryan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Shantou Lucky (9/4), Chelseas Friend (11/4), Porky Rush (13/2), Maria Francesca (17/2), Global Mayhem (11/1), Sky Tenor (14/1), Fredastare (16/1), An Droichead Eile (16/1), Mick Mixy (20/1), Offshore Oscar (20/1), Sojouner Truth (25/1), Courtin Bb (28/1), Lyla Garrity (33/1), Peter Pat (50/1), Its Theway Forward (50/1), Anuas Ar An Bpost (50/1), Go Battle (50/1)

SHANTOU LUCKY improved to land a much more competitive event than this at Down Royal 10 days ago and promises to be well suited by this longer trip, so he should take all the beating up against a field that, on the whole, has something to prove. Chelseas Friend could threaten if back to the form she showed on her penultimate outing and handicap debutant Soujouner Truth isn't a no-hoper.