13:40 Clonmel

Thursday 30 September 2021

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Clonmel Mares Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:41 | Winning time: 5m 8.90s

Quarry Lil²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: P O'Flynn| OR: 109| C

9/2

Course winner. Latest win in hurdle here in March. 20/1, below form eighth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.6f, good) 24 days ago. Likely to strip fitter for that, so not a forlorn hope.

Form: 62115-8

Sean Says^b¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: R Sweeney| OR: 109| D

11/2

Twelve runs since last win in 2020. Twelfth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (20f, good to soft, 28/1) 10 days ago. Blinkers back on. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 20P040

So Near So Farhh¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: C A McBratney| OR: 106| D

4/1

Won 12-runner handicap hurdle (14/1) at Downpatrick (18.8f, soft) 13 days ago, staying on well. Big shout again.

Form: P0-4651

Cute Cherry⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 100

5/1

Sixth of 9 in novice hurdle (7/1) at Ballinrobe (22.6f, good) 52 days ago. Shaped with some encouragement on penultimate outing, and likely has some improvement in her now handicapping.

Form: 28-7866

Gold Creek^p⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: Aengus King| OR: 93

9/1

Remains a maiden after 20 NH runs. Fell in minor event chase at Listowel (20f, good to soft, 25/1) 8 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 573PPF

Pretty Little Liar^t¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D P Dunne| OR: 91

4/1

15/2, good second of 19 in handicap hurdle at Navan (15.8f, good) 12 days ago, sticking to task. Up in trip. Going through a good spell at present, and likely to be thereabouts once more.

Form: 0/08-822

Lily Of The Dawn¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 88

8/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, sixth of 14 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, good) 12 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Worth a market check with promising rider booked.

Form: P7-06

Paddy Wickla^t²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-3| J: A W Short| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 88

16/1

Bit below form tenth of 16 in handicap hurdle (50/1) at Ballinrobe (21.8f, good to soft) 20 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 4P0-4F0

Non-Runners

Trixie Mc⁵

Weight: 11-7| Age: 8

T: T Gibney J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Forecasts

Pretty Little Liar (4/1), So Near So Farhh (4/1), Quarry Lil (9/2), Cute Cherry (5/1), Sean Says (11/2), Lily Of The Dawn (8/1), Gold Creek (9/1), Trixie Mc (10/1), Paddy Wickla (16/1)

PRETTY LITTLE LIAR arrives at the top of her game and, having been denied by a narrow margin at Navan 12 days ago, she's fancied to gain compensation at the likely expense of So Near So Farhh, who ran out a convincing winner at Downpatrick 13 days ago. Quarry Lil is another one to consider.