14:55 Sligo

Friday 22 October 2021

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Visit racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1)

Off time: 14:55 | Winning time: 5m 9.90s

Crackaway^b¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Kevin Sexton| T: S Fahey| OR: 91

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 12/1, creditable eighth of 14 in handicap at Thurles (12.4f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles with blinkers back on. Respected.

Form: 3950-

Crack On Corrie^b¹⁷¹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: Mark McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Austin| OR: 89

16/1

12/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (21.3f, soft) 171 days ago. Merits consideration if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 12338-P

Deo Bellator²²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr N Gault⁽⁷⁾| T: S Millar| OR: 89| D

3/1

12/1, career best when winning 16-runner handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.9f, good) 22 days ago, forging clear. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 09-3571

Emancipator^p²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: D Hassett| OR: 89

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Respectable eighth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (24f, good, 18/1) 28 days ago. No forlorn hope.

Form: RP8408

Rippon Lodge⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 89| C

16/5

Latest win in chase here in September. Good sixth in handicap chase at Cork (17.7f, good to soft) 5 days ago. Switches to hurdles and rates a player off a handy-looking mark.

Form: F51756

Eversosaucy^p³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 88

25/1

80/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, pulled up in handicap chase at this course (25.7f, good) 37 days ago, not fluent. Has work to do back in this sphere.

Form: 76P9PP

Eileens Boy¹²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr M McConville⁽⁷⁾| T: S McConville| OR: 87

10/1

13/2, creditable tenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Navan (22f, good) 128 days ago. Has more to do here though in his bid for a first success.

Form: F700-50

Monoxide^h,t¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: N McCluskey| OR: 87

7/1

13/2, fair seventh of 10 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (18f, good) 13 days ago. More is needed if he's to gain a breakthrough win in this sphere.

Form: 66-0F27

Rossies Tara^t²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: C J Orr| T: M M McNiff| OR: 83

6/1

Good fifth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, good, 33/1) 20 days ago. Can make her presence felt once more off an unchanged mark in her bid for a first success.

Form: 6-79775

Non-Runners

Zagnzig²⁰

Weight: 11-3| Age: 10

T: H Smyth J: Shane O'Callaghan

Forecasts

Deo Bellator (3/1), Rippon Lodge (16/5), Emancipator (11/2), Rossies Tara (6/1), Monoxide (7/1), Crackaway (9/1), Eileens Boy (10/1), Zagnzig (14/1), Crack On Corrie (16/1), Eversosaucy (25/1)

RIPPON LODGE has been in good form over fences and looks to have returned to this sphere on a good mark so he gets the nod. Deo Bellator arrives on the back of a career-best win at Clonmel so is feared most despite a 7 lb rise in the weights, although in-form maiden Rossies Tara is another well worth considering in an open handicap.