19:00 Wexford

Friday 21 May 2021

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Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1)

Off time: 19:00 | Winning time: 4m 53.2s

Edmond Dantes⁵⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: C D Maxwell| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 92

11/2

Promising individual. Fairly useful winner at 10f on Flat. Below form eleventh of 18 in novice hurdle (125/1) at Clonmel (16f, soft) 59 days ago. Potentially thrown in on handicap debut.

Form: 00P0-

Good World⁷²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Ricky Doyle| T: E Griffin| OR: 92

3/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Seventh of 11 in handicap hurdle at this course (16f, heavy, 16/1) 72 days ago. Others are more persuasive.

Form: 50867-

Ricky Langford^t¹⁶⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 89| CD

15/2

C&D winner. Winner in hurdle here in September. 200/1, pulled up in novice chase at Clonmel (16.2f, heavy) 169 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Tongue strap back on. Bit to prove.

Form: F/1380P-

Rock Of Tuskar³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Nolan| OR: 89

3/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 40/1, respectable sixth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (19.2f, soft) 32 days ago, not knocked about. Not totally discounted.

Form: 8606-

Trenchtown Rock²²³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: T Joseph Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: V T O'Brien| OR: 85| C

16/1

Course winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2019. 14/1, thirteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (18.2f, soft). Off 7 months.

Form: 3/07590-

Antigua Son¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: W C O'Brien| OR: 80

11/4

Last of 9 in minor event (400/1) at Killarney (14.2f, soft) on flat debut 10 days ago, very slowly away. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Good effort on last hurdle run, so not discounted.

Form: P07024-

Urban Boom²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: D Donovan| OR: 85

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Tenth of 14 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Kilbeggan (16f, good) 28 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 700-

Non-Runners

Punters Poet⁸

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: M J Smith J: Keith Donoghue

Howyated¹⁷⁴

Weight: 11-8| Age: 5

T: D A McLoughlin J: K C Sexton

Nomadic Star⁴⁷

Weight: 11-8| Age: 6

T: L Young J: Mr J Hogan

Getgo⁹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 7

T: K H Clarke J: E Walsh

Rebelle Chaud³⁸

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: A Donoghue J: J J Slevin

Larry O²⁸

Weight: 11-9| Age: 6

T: P Nolan J: Reserve 1

Grinn¹⁸

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: D M O'Brien J: Reserve 2

Avondale Smiles¹⁴

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: P Nolan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Punters Poet (15/8), Antigua Son (11/4), Avondale Smiles (11/4), Good World (3/1), Rock Of Tuskar (3/1), Edmond Dantes (11/2), Ricky Langford (15/2), Getgo (8/1), Howyated (14/1), Trenchtown Rock (16/1), Nomadic Star (20/1), Rebelle Chaud (20/1), Urban Boom (25/1), Larry O (25/1), Grinn (25/1)

EDMOND DANTES is with a shrewd outfit and switches to handicaps on a mark that looks very appealing based on the level he's achieved on the Flat, so he's a confident choice to land a race that's distinctly lacking in depth. Recent Clonmel scorer Punters Poet, could lay down a stern challenge if he turns up in the same mood.