18:45 Galway

Thursday 29 July 2021

All16:3517:1017:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:15

Arthur Guinness Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 18:46 | Winning time: 3m 46.10s

Bear Claws^t¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: J B Foley⁽⁷⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 109| D

50/1

10/1, fifth of 6 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (17f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Tongue strap back on. Others more persuasive.

Form: 341P9-5

Magic Sea¹⁸²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs S Dawson| OR: 109

50/1

Latest win in hurdle at Bellewstown in August. Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20.4f, heavy, 28/1). Off 6 months. Back down in trip. Hard to fancy.

Form: 8180PP-

Vocarium³³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Simon Torrens⁽³⁾| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 109| D

25/1

66/1, ninth of 13 in maiden at Gowran (14f, soft) on flat debut. Off 11 months. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Poor on last hurdle outing.

Form: P48750/

Convara²³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: C A Landers⁽³⁾| T: Miss E McCutcheon| OR: 108| C| D

50/1

Pulled up in handicap chase at Clonmel (17.9f, heavy, 25/1), losing place before 5 out. Off 7 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving T. Shanahan.

Form: 2F154P-

Karakhan^p,t²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D G Hogan| T: D Hogan| OR: 107

15/2

Posted best effort over hurdles when close second of 15 in novice at Bellewstown (16.8f, good, 10/1) 26 days ago, running on. Could be more to come now sent handicapping.

Form: 9-3R2

Karawaan^b1,t²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: B McMahon| OR: 107

10/1

Creditable second of 13 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (16.2f, good to soft, 8/1) 28 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. One of the likelier contenders.

Form: 40404-2

Stamp Your Feet^t¹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Mark Walsh| T: E Bolger| OR: 107| BF| D

22/1

16/5, tenth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (25.7f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Significantly down in trip. Can make presence felt.

Form: 980-230

Ballyadam Destiny²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: J J Slevin| T: T O'Brien| OR: 106

25/1

Winner in hurdle at Tramore (20.3f) in April. Good sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle (8/1) at same course (21.6f, good) 25 days ago. Down in trip. Has work to do.

Form: 01-8806

First Touch⁸²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: D J McInerney| T: D Commins| OR: 106

28/1

4/1, respectable sixth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, good to soft) 82 days ago. First run for yard after leaving W. J. Burke. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: F6713-6

Gotthenod⁴⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: P J Cawley⁽⁷⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 106| D

80/1

28/1, pulled up in novice chase at Downpatrick (23.5f, good) 47 days ago, soon beaten. Switches from chase to hurdles. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 5P7-09P

Misty Millie^t³⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: G Donnelly| OR: 106| D

33/1

Creditable second of 12 in handicap (5/1) at Ballinrobe (12.8f, good) 38 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 9P20-55

Battle Of Benburb⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: C P McNamara⁽³⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 109| D

25/1

Winner in hurdle at Tramore in April. 7/1, ninth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16.6f, good to soft) 55 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 3451-49

Clonbury Bridge^p1²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 105

15/2

Winner at Limerick (19f) in May. Found further improvement when second of 15 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (21.6f, good) 25 days ago. Back down in trip. Cheekpieces on. Merits consideration.

Form: 535-122

Decimal Day²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr J Dunne⁽⁷⁾| T: W Durkan| OR: 109

25/1

Fair Flat winner, tenth in that sphere at this course 2 days ago. Fourth of 13 in novice hurdle (7/1) at Navan (15.9f, good) previously. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Others more persuasive.

Form: 4-54

Insane Bolt^b,t²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Kevin Sexton| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 104

14/1

66/1 first run since leaving Mrs Denise Foster when eighth of 15 in handicap at Limerick (12.5f, soft) 25 days ago. Below form last start in this sphere.

Form: 30PF-06

Punters Poet^t¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Paul Townend| T: M J Smith| OR: 104| D

9/2

Respectable sixth on Flat at Leopardstown 14 days ago. Posted career best when winning handicap hurdle at Roscommon (16.1f, soft) previously. One for the shortlist.

Form: U0-1431

Lunastar¹¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Eoin G Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: A Murray| OR: 103

33/1

Below form twelfth of 22 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, good to soft, 25/1) 116 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Paul W. Flynn.

Form: F64920-

Hgranca De Thaix⁶¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean Flanagan| T: B Connell| OR: 104

10/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 9/1, fifth of 23 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.4f, soft) 61 days ago. Work to so on handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 5-85

Knight Of Malta^p,t²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: C F Hart⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 104

33/1

Fair third at this course (7f, soft) 2 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Below form on last hurdle outing. Something to find on form on handicap debut in this sphere.

Form: 246-347

Brides Hill⁶⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 103

4/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (9/2) at Tipperary (16f, heavy) 65 days ago, pulled up before next. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 0866-2P

Non-Runners

Getaway Queen¹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 7

T: D Budds J: Reserve 1

Good World⁶⁰

Weight: 11-7| Age: 6

T: E Griffin J: Reserve 2

Hurricane Alex²⁰

Weight: 11-3| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Brides Hill (4/1), Punters Poet (9/2), Clonbury Bridge (15/2), Karakhan (15/2), Good World (8/1), Getaway Queen (8/1), Hgranca De Thaix (10/1), Karawaan (10/1), Insane Bolt (14/1), Stamp Your Feet (22/1), Decimal Day (25/1), Battle Of Benburb (25/1), Vocarium (25/1), Ballyadam Destiny (25/1), Hurricane Alex (25/1), First Touch (28/1), Lunastar (33/1), Misty Millie (33/1), Knight Of Malta (33/1), Magic Sea (50/1), Bear Claws (50/1), Convara (50/1), Gotthenod (80/1)

This can go to CLONBURY BRIDGE, who has improved gradually with each start this term and remains fairly treated. Punters Poet, Karakhan and Karawaan make up the shortlist.