14:50 Cork

Sunday 5 December 2021

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Fermoy Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:50 | Winning time: 4m 10.9s

An Epic Song^h²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: D F O'Regan| T: M Brassil| OR: 125| D

12/1

22/1 and hooded for 1st time, 23 lengths fourth of 5 to Teahupoo in Fishery Lane Hurdle at Naas (16f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Likely to improve.

Form: 71-4

Dr Mikey⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 11-12| J: I J Power| T: Ms M Flynn| OR: 125| CD

18/1

C&D winner. Fifteenth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, good, 33/1) 8 days ago.

Form: 41/38-40

Never Do Nothing²²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: T Gibney| OR: 125| D

33/1

Seventeenth of 24 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.4f, good to soft, 40/1). Off 7 months.

Form: 69/3580-

Strange Notions^t¹⁹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Phillip Enright| T: C O'Brien| OR: 123| D

28/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, career best when winning 6-runner handicap hurdle (15/2) at Ballinrobe (18.2f, heavy), travelling strongly. Off 6 months. Needs considering.

Form: 5424-71

Prospectus^p⁴¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: Keith Donoghue| T: Thomas Coyle| OR: 122| D

66/1

150/1, eleventh of 13 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, heavy) 41 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Down in trip.

Form: PP8P5-P

Ena Baie⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Ricky Doyle| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 119| D

18/1

Creditable fourth of 8 in handicap hurdle (15/2) at Galway (16f, heavy) 42 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 43-9084

Lucky Max²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: S Doyle| OR: 118| CD

11/8

Promising type. 2 wins from 2 runs this season. Career best when winning 19-runner handicap hurdle at this C&D (soft, 7/2) 21 days ago, travelling strongly. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 5800-11

Waterville Dancer⁹²²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: J J Slevin| T: C Byrnes| OR: 118| BF

28/1

Creditable second of 16 in handicap hurdle (9/2) at Ballinrobe (20f, good), no match for winner. Off over 2 years. Others more persuasive.

Form: 031222/

Mahlers Dollar²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: T O'Brien| OR: 116| D

3/1

1 win from 3 runs this season. Career best when winning 9-runner novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.4f, heavy, 13/8) 24 days ago, kept up to work. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Enters calculations.

Form: 303-621

Pythion⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: D J McInerney| T: M Winters| OR: 116| D

20/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Winner in hurdle at Listowel in June. Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (16f, good to soft, 17/2) 63 days ago, losing place quickly 3 out.

Form: 7418P

R'evelyn Pleasure¹⁸⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-3| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: S O O'Brien| OR: 116| D

40/1

Pulled up in handicap chase (33/1) at Roscommon (24.7f, good) 180 days ago, pulled up before 3 out. Switches from chase to hurdles. Significantly down in trip.

Form: 31259-P

L'impertinent¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Simon Torrens| T: E Bolger| OR: 114

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Ninth of 13 in novice hurdle (5/2) at Limerick (16f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Something to find on form.

Form: 3-459

Longacre Square^p²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 114

33/1

Unreliable type. 100/1, fifteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Cheltenham (16.4f, good to soft) 23 days ago.

Form: 406130

Mighty Meggsie^h²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 114| D

11/1

2 wins from 4 runs this season. 9/2, bit below form fourth of 8 in minor event hurdle at Punchestown (16.1f, good to soft) 22 days ago.

Form: 98-2114

Golden Spear^t⁴¹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: A J Martin| OR: 112| D

25/1

Fifth of 13 in handicap (25/1) at Galway (11.8f, heavy) 41 days ago, left poorly placed. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Poor on last hurdle run.

Form: 0/5000-0

Itsnotinit³⁰⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: R Deegan⁽³⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 109

20/1

Winner in hurdle at Limerick in December. 5/1, eleventh of 13 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (23.5f, heavy). Off 10 months. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 666120-

Non-Runners

Red Striker¹⁴

Weight: 9-12| Age: 6

T: A McNamara J: P J Carberry

Forecasts

Lucky Max (11/8), Mahlers Dollar (3/1), Mighty Meggsie (11/1), An Epic Song (12/1), Ena Baie (18/1), Dr Mikey (18/1), L'impertinent (18/1), Itsnotinit (20/1), Pythion (20/1), Golden Spear (25/1), Waterville Dancer (28/1), Strange Notions (28/1), Longacre Square (33/1), Never Do Nothing (33/1), R'evelyn Pleasure (40/1), Red Striker (50/1), Prospectus (66/1)

LUCKY MAX is clearly most progressive having won with plenty in hand over C&D 3 weeks ago and should make a bold bid for the hat-trick. Mahlers Dollar won his maiden in decisive fashion at Clonmel last month and his opening mark looks a fair one, while the unexposed An Epic Song remains with potential now handicapping.