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Monday 23 August 2021

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Hollymount Nursing Home Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:15 | Winning time: 4m 18.7s

Glorious Zoff^h1,t²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 125| D

16/1

Fourteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.7f, good, 66/1) 24 days ago. Hood on first time but looks to high in the weights.

Form: 1230-0

Crassus^b²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade| OR: 118

9/1

Creditable second of 16 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, good to firm, 11/2) 23 days ago, running on. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Blinkers on first time over jumps.

Form: 21330-8

Flying Scotsman^p²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Mark Walsh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 117| BF

3/1

Promising sort. Useful winner at 12f on Flat. 4/1, respectable ninth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.7f, good) 24 days ago, not ideally placed. More to come.

Form: 535-19

Na Caith Tobac^p³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: J B Foley⁽⁷⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 117| C

11/2

Career best when winning 15-runner novice hurdle at this course (17.4f, good, 10/3) 34 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 03-3231

Clever Currency^t²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁷⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 115

20/1

Winner in hurdle at Limerick in April. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable seventh of 13 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Cork (16f, soft) 21 days ago, doing too much too soon.

Form: P21-307

Varna Gold²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 114

13/2

16/5, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Galway (13.8f, good to firm) 22 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Fairly useful hurdler who merits consideration.

Form: 2643-23

Nazine²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: C A Landers| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 113

50/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. One win from 3 runs last season. Winner in hurdle at Navan in March. 33/1, sixteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.7f, good) 24 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 317-0

Barnacullia⁸⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: B J Cooper| T: M Mulvany| OR: 106

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 80/1, excellent fourth of 25 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.4f, soft) 86 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 700-44

Born To Rule^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: T Hogan| OR: 106| C

7/1

Thrice-raced winner over hurdles. 8/1 and blinkered for 1st time, won 14-runner novice hurdle at this course (16.4f, good) 14 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 50-1

Rock Chica²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: T Joseph Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 106

33/1

40/1, fifteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.5f, good to soft) 26 days ago.

Form: 9230-40

Baltinglass Hill¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 104| C

13/2

Career best when winning 14-runner handicap hurdle (4/1) at this course (16.4f, good) 14 days ago, battling well. Can give a good account.

Form: 00-2811

Red Ball Of Fire⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: M M McNiff| OR: 104

9/1

Thrice-raced winner over hurdles. Seventh of 12 in handicap at Tramore (12f, soft, 9/2) 9 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 321

Crescent Lake²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: C P McNamara| T: T O'Brien| OR: 101

28/1

100/1, creditable ninth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.7f, good) 24 days ago.

Form: 08-6779

Non-Runners

Rich Belief²¹

Weight: 10-4| Age: 4

T: K Thornton J: Mike O'Connor

Forecasts

Flying Scotsman (3/1), Na Caith Tobac (11/2), Varna Gold (13/2), Baltinglass Hill (13/2), Born To Rule (7/1), Crassus (9/1), Red Ball Of Fire (9/1), Rich Belief (14/1), Glorious Zoff (16/1), Barnacullia (18/1), Clever Currency (20/1), Crescent Lake (28/1), Rock Chica (33/1), Nazine (50/1)

FLYING SCOTSMAN was unable to show what he could do on handicap debut at Galway 3 weeks ago and is taken to confirm himself to be well treated at the second attempt. Na Caith Tobac and Born To Rule are a couple of potential threats.