15:30 Cork

Sunday 31 October 2021

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WhatOddsPaddy Handicap Hurdle (80-116)

Off time: 15:31 | Winning time: 4m 17.20s

Princely Conn^p⁵⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr C Mullins⁽⁷⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 112| D

40/1

Latest win in hurdle at Kilbeggan in July. Last of 12 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good, 16/1) 58 days ago, going in snatches. Hard to make a case for.

Form: P061S0

Key Commander¹⁷⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Donagh Meyler| T: E Doyle| OR: 111

22/1

12/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Killarney (26f, good) 174 days ago, struggling circuit out. Switches from chase to hurdles. Significantly down in trip. Has work to do.

Form: 15285-P

Peckham Springs³²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: A W Short| T: P Stafford| OR: 112| D

12/1

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat. Promising individual. 9/1, won 14-runner juvenile hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy), driven clear. Off 10 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut. One to note.

Form: 31-

Perry Owens^b²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade| OR: 112| BF| D

8/1

7/2, respectable sixth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Galway (19.1f, heavy) 26 days ago. Others look better treated.

Form: 309-536

Rock On Seamie²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Miss A B O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: R Hackett| OR: 109| D

9/2

Winner in hurdle at Navan in September. 17/2, good second of 8 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, soft) 23 days ago. Likely to be thereabouts.

Form: 8-22312

Toms Courage⁵⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: M P Burke⁽⁵⁾| T: J M Burke| OR: 108| D

18/1

Latest win in hurdle at Kilbeggan in April. Below form eleventh of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.6f, good, 9/1) 55 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 121-460

Capture The Action^b¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Mangan| OR: 107| D

14/1

7/1, good second of 8 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (20.3f, good) 17 days ago. Back down in trip. Arrives in top form and should give another good account.

Form: 340062

Romella^t¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 107| D

8/1

3 wins from 4 runs this season. Career best when winning 11-runner handicap hurdle (7/2) at Punchestown (16f, good to soft) 18 days ago, well positioned. Looks competitive on form.

Form: P6-4111

Born To Rule^b³²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mark McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: T Hogan| OR: 106| D

22/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Respectable seventh of 12 in maiden at Bellewstown (12.1f, good to soft, 16/1) 32 days ago. Not discounted.

Form: 50-16

Babylon Beach¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: D L Queally| T: Ms Debbie Hartnett| OR: 104

9/1

Bit below form fourth of 14 in novice hurdle at this course (20.4f, good to soft, 12/1) 14 days ago. Back down in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 642384

General Clermont²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: D E Fitzgerald| OR: 102| BF

4/1

Good second of 13 in handicap hurdle (3/1) at Killarney (17f, soft) 28 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 224552

Djasek^t¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: P J Carberry| T: A J Martin| OR: 101

22/1

Tenth of 14 in handicap at Gowran (13.8f, heavy, 50/1) 12 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Not disgraced on latest hurdling effort, but mark sums him up.

Form: 002438-

Half Shot¹⁶³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: N Lee| OR: 100

14/1

5/1, ninth of 13 in novice chase at Downpatrick (19.2f, soft) 163 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Others more persuasive.

Form: 3B22-59

Oskar High¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-12| J: R P Geoghegan⁽⁷⁾| T: N Lee| OR: 96

33/1

2 wins from 5 runs this season. Respectable eighth of 16 in handicap hurdle at this course (24.2f, good to soft, 11/1) 14 days ago. Significantly down in trip. Others preferred.

Form: 9-011P8

Tuckmill¹⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: Jack Kennedy| T: F J Flood| OR: 92

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eleventh of 14 in maiden (300/1) at Tipperary (12.5f, good). Switches from Flat to hurdles. Booking of Kennedy a plus. Poor on last hurdle run. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 6060-

Big Shanghai^h¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Nolan| OR: 91

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 200/1, eighth of 15 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Worth a market check.

Form: 280-08

Royal Rhythm¹⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: H Morgan⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 90

10/1

3/1, creditable fourth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (18.2f, heavy) 160 days ago. Might need this first run of the season.

Form: 04304-4

Non-Runners

Karawaan⁴¹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 7

T: B McMahon J: Phillip Enright

Sargent Lightfoot¹⁶⁰

Weight: 10-13| Age: 7

T: A Murray J: D F O'Regan

Forecasts

General Clermont (4/1), Rock On Seamie (9/2), Perry Owens (8/1), Romella (8/1), Babylon Beach (9/1), Royal Rhythm (10/1), Peckham Springs (12/1), Capture The Action (14/1), Half Shot (14/1), Toms Courage (18/1), Djasek (22/1), Key Commander (22/1), Born To Rule (22/1), Karawaan (25/1), Sargent Lightfoot (25/1), Big Shanghai (28/1), Oskar High (33/1), Princely Conn (40/1), Tuckmill (66/1)

GENERAL CLERMONT produced his best effort to date when second at Killarney last time and he would have given the winner more to think about had he enjoyed a clearer passage, so he gets the marginal vote in a wide-open event. Romella is thriving and strikes as an obvious danger in her bid for the four-timer.