15:45 Tipperary

Thursday 20 May 2021

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Junction Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:45 | Winning time: 5m 33.90s

Judgement Day^t¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P F McEnery| OR: 123| D

40/1

66/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Punchestown (24.6f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles, and lower in the weights in this sphere.

Form: P/0523-P

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Place Des Vosges⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Ricky Doyle| T: M Fahey| OR: 123| C

3/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. 12/1, good second of 15 in handicap at Killarney (16.8f, soft) 9 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles and has scope to improve now handicapping up in trip.

Form: 21F3-

Lord Schnitzel^t²²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: P J Carberry| T: M J Smith| OR: 122

20/1

Pulled up in handicap chase at Punchestown (20f, good to soft, 20/1) 22 days ago, struggling long way out. Switches from chase to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 40P/P4-P

Isotope^p1²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 120

7/1

Creditable seventh of 25 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Punchestown (20.6f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Could make presence felt in this slightly weaker affair.

Form: 19394-7

Rebel Early¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: R M Power| T: W J Burke| OR: 117| D

12/1

Latest win in hurdle at Navan in March. 12/1, respectable sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 2P3166-

Tesseract^t²²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-3| J: Simon Torrens⁽³⁾| T: A A Howard| OR: 116| C| D

28/1

Seven wins from 24 NH runs. Fairly useful winner at 22f in chases. 150/1, twenty first of 25 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20.6f, good to soft) 22 days ago.

Form: 5524/9-0

Fest Deiz²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Donagh Meyler| T: K Purcell| OR: 114| D

7/1

Latest win in hurdle at Cork in October. Creditable eighth of 18 in minor event hurdle (50/1) at Punchestown (20.6f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Improvement required.

Form: F3218-8

Hurricane Darwin¹⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-1| J: Kevin Sexton| T: P Maher| OR: 114| D

25/1

Respectable fourth of 13 in minor event chase at Punchestown (25f, good to firm, 18/1) 19 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Not discounted.

Form: 5/8U92-4

Groveman¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: C P McNamara⁽³⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 113| D

12/1

25/1, career best when winning 14-runner handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, good to soft) 12 days ago, suited by increase in trip. Lightly raced for this stable, so may have even more to offer.

Form: 2405/9-1

Charlie Siringo³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade| OR: 109

14/1

Bit below form seventh of 14 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.6f, good to soft, 6/1) 34 days ago. Should strip fitter for that and a return to his best form would give him a chance from a fair mark.

Form: 324377-

Smitty Bacall¹⁴²

Age: 10| Weight: 10-10| J: Danny Mullins| T: J R Barry| OR: 109| D

50/1

Creditable tenth of 20 in handicap chase (50/1) at Leopardstown (21f, soft) 142 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Others make more appeal.

Form: 529/570-

Pepper'n Salt^t⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 106

20/1

14/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Cork (24.4f, good to soft) 46 days ago. Penultimate outing was encouraging but mark looks rather harsh at present.

Form: 7/6963P-

Oneknightmoreihope^p⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: N F Glynn| OR: 105| BF

5/2

Winner in hurdle at Naas in December. Creditable second of 13 in handicap hurdle (6/4) at Clonmel (19.9f, good) 7 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 2166-32

Non-Runners

Humm Baby¹⁹

Weight: 11-8| Age: 9

T: M Hourigan J: Mark McDonagh

Uncle Henry²⁰²

Weight: 11-2| Age: 7

T: Mrs D Foster J: Keith Donoghue

Dont Kick Nor Bite¹⁹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 10

T: R Tyner J: Mark Walsh

Live Every Day¹⁷⁰

Weight: 10-6| Age: 8

T: J J Walsh J: Reserve 1

Stamp Your Feet¹⁷⁷

Weight: 10-4| Age: 9

T: E Bolger J: Reserve 2

Rebel Ivy⁶⁹

Weight: 10-3| Age: 6

T: J Motherway J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Oneknightmoreihope (5/2), Place Des Vosges (3/1), Live Every Day (6/1), Rebel Ivy (13/2), Fest Deiz (7/1), Isotope (7/1), Humm Baby (8/1), Groveman (12/1), Rebel Early (12/1), Charlie Siringo (14/1), Pepper'n Salt (20/1), Lord Schnitzel (20/1), Hurricane Darwin (25/1), Tesseract (28/1), Uncle Henry (33/1), Judgement Day (40/1), Smitty Bacall (50/1), Stamp Your Feet (50/1), Dont Kick Nor Bite (50/1)

ONEKNIGHTMOREIHOPE is still going the right way and, having found only one too good after travelling smoothly at Clonmel last week, he's worth a chance to go one better in a race that lacks depth. Groveman scored on just his second outing for Eric McNamara and may well build on that, so he's a big danger along with Isotope.