17:45 Tipperary

Thursday 1 July 2021

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Junction Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:47 | Winning time: 4m 59.60s

An Fraoch Mor³³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: C J Orr| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 123| D

16/1

Latest win in hurdle at Wexford in May. Respectable eighth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.4f, soft, 9/1) 33 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 10/P0-18

Blackstair Rocco¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Brian Hayes| T: E Mullins| OR: 117| D

5/4

Showed a good deal of improvement to get off the mark in 15-runner handicap hurdle (10/11) at Down Royal (20.4f, good) 13 days ago, easily. Likely to improve further.

Form: 00870-1

Tesseract^p,t⁴²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-2| J: Mark Walsh| T: A A Howard| OR: 115| C| D

22/1

Seven wins from 25 NH runs. 28/1, sixth of 13 in handicap hurdle at this course (20.4f, soft) 42 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 524/90-6

Sean Says^b²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Phillip Enright| T: R Sweeney| OR: 114| D

20/1

14/1, shaped better than the distance beaten suggests when tenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (19.9f, good) 23 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 5C76-20

Bolbec²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 113

40/1

40/1, offered little when tenth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16.6f, good to soft) 27 days ago. Back up in trip. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 9003-U0

Elite Trooper Grey^b³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: B J Cooper| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 113

33/1

22/1, shaped as if better for the run when tenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20.4f, good to soft) 31 days ago.

Form: 71330-0

New Ross³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: R P Treacy| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 113| D

8/1

Confirmed previous promise when winning 17-runner maiden hurdle at Punchestown (20.4f, good to soft) 31 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. May have more to offer.

Form: 4PFP5-1

Harvest Bow²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 111

66/1

20/1, eleventh of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (15f, good) 21 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Back up in trip. Poor on last hurdle outing.

Form: 2153/70-

Rebel Waltz²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Tom Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: T J Nagle-Jr| OR: 110| D

28/1

Latest win in hurdle at Cork in November. 22/1, creditable fourth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (24f, good) 24 days ago.

Form: 5105-94

Charlie Siringo¹⁸

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

14/1

Off mark in 13-runner maiden hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good) 18 days ago, driven out. Should remain competitive back in handicap company.

Form: 4377-01

The White Volcano¹¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-10| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: R K Watson| OR: 109

66/1

Visored for 1st time, pulled up in handicap chase (22/1) at Leopardstown (21.4f, good) 115 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 45465P-

Veneziano Springs²⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-10| J: K J Brouder| T: T O'Brien| OR: 109

40/1

Creditable seventh of 14 in handicap chase at Tramore (22.4f, good to soft, 28/1) 26 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 8/3P7-57

Smitty Bacall²⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 10-9| J: Danny Mullins| T: J R Barry| OR: 108| D

20/1

Good third of 14 in handicap chase at Tramore (22.4f, good to soft, 11/1) 26 days ago, finishing strongly. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 9/570-53

Oneknightmoreihope^p³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: Mark McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: N F Glynn| OR: 107| BF

11/4

Creditable second of 11 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22f, heavy, 7/2) 37 days ago. Another bold show likely.

Form: 66-3242

Non-Runners

That's Lifebuoy¹⁸

Weight: 10-7| Age: 6

T: J P Ryan J: Reserve 1

Think Positive²⁷

Weight: 10-6| Age: 7

T: P J Rothwell J: Reserve 2

Youngnedofthehill³⁸

Weight: 10-6| Age: 13

T: S Nolan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Blackstair Rocco (5/4), Oneknightmoreihope (11/4), New Ross (8/1), Youngnedofthehill (12/1), Charlie Siringo (14/1), An Fraoch Mor (16/1), Smitty Bacall (20/1), Sean Says (20/1), Tesseract (22/1), Rebel Waltz (28/1), Elite Trooper Grey (33/1), That's Lifebuoy (33/1), Veneziano Springs (40/1), Bolbec (40/1), The White Volcano (66/1), Harvest Bow (66/1), Think Positive (100/1)

BLACKSTAIR ROCCO has been hiked up a fair way in the weights for his recent win at Down Royal, but it was hard not to be impressed with the manner of that victory so he’s taken to follow up. New Ross may have more to offer now handicapping, while another good showing seems likely from Oneknightmoreihope.