14:05 Downpatrick

Saturday 12 June 2021

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Toals Bookmakers Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 14:06 | Winning time: 4m 11.70s

Everlastingpromise³⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Simon Torrens| T: E Bolger| OR: 107| D

9/4

3/1, career best when winning 10-runner handicap chase at Killarney (17f, good to soft), impressively. Off 11 months. Obvious claims if ready to go off significantly lower hurdles mark.

Form: 12144/1-

Top Line Tommy⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: T Ryan⁽²⁾| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 107

14/1

Last of 22 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.4f, good to soft, 12/1) 46 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 4/233P0-

Sam Lorenzo^t²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: J B Kane⁽²⁾| T: W J Bryson| OR: 103

10/1

Tenth of 13 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at this course (18.8f, soft) 22 days ago. Something to find on form.

Form: 8563-40

Alice O'Byrne⁷⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: H Morgan⁽²⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 102

5/1

Bit below form fourth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy, 17/2) 76 days ago. Not the most straightforward, so others are preferred.

Form: 7/92704-

Futurum Regem¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: E Walsh⁽²⁾| T: H P Finegan| OR: 102

13/2

Below form third of 6 in minor event hurdle (14/1) at Ballinrobe (18.2f, heavy) 18 days ago. Up against it, acknowledging he may strip fitter for reappearance.

Form: 65540-3

Itsalonglongroad^h,t⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: C D Timmons| T: J C McConnell| OR: 102| C

10/1

Fair winner at 18f in chases. 10/1, fourth of 7 in handicap chase at Down Royal (16f, good to soft) 40 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Potentially well treated in this sphere.

Form: 3/1513-4

Sweet Sixteen¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: R Deegan| T: J Dullea| OR: 103

8/1

Winner in hurdle at Tramore in April. Good fourth of 21 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16f, good to soft, 9/1) 13 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 48961-4

Boherlug¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C A Landers| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 97

18/1

Sixth of 9 in novice chase at Punchestown (16f, good to soft, 100/1) 12 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Doesn't make much appeal.

Form: 570-576

Dasmyhoss^b⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽²⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 90

33/1

Twenty three runs since last win in 2019. 33/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) 6 days ago. Easily passed over.

Form: P005-00

Arctic Sofia^t¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: B Browne| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 87

25/1

28/1, first run since leaving Robert Widger when seventeenth of 21 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Hard to fancy.

Form: 0P300-0

Shiroccoville¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-4| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁴⁾| T: P Croke| OR: 83

7/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Very good fourth of 17 in handicap hurdle (25/1) at Tipperary (16f, heavy) 18 days ago. Lightly raced and worth noting with promising conditional taking over.

Form: 790-94

Non-Runners

Monatomic³⁰

Weight: 11-11| Age: 8

T: D P Nagle J: Liam Quinlan

Forecasts

Everlastingpromise (9/4), Alice O'Byrne (5/1), Futurum Regem (13/2), Shiroccoville (7/1), Sweet Sixteen (8/1), Itsalonglongroad (10/1), Sam Lorenzo (10/1), Top Line Tommy (14/1), Boherlug (18/1), Arctic Sofia (25/1), Dasmyhoss (33/1), Monatomic (33/1)

EVERLASTINGPROMISE has an 11-month absence to overcome but, given he was last seen winning a handicap chase by a wide margin off an 18 lb higher mark, he's worth a chance to make a successful return to hurdling, particularly if the market speaks in his favour. Itsalongroad is also well treated based his exploits over fences, so he's regarded as the chief danger ahead of Sweet Sixteen.