14:10 Thurles

Sunday 19 December 2021

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Happy Christmas To All Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 4m 3.0s

Mighty Tom²²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: B J Cooper| T: T Cooper| OR: 124| D

8/1

10/1, creditable third of 18 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (17f, good to soft). Off 7 months. Looks competitive on form.

Form: P4525-3

Andratx^b,t⁵⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: M M McNiff| OR: 123

25/1

Eleventh of 17 in handicap (7/2) at Galway (11.8f, heavy) 55 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Fairly useful hurdler, good second on last hurdle outing. Can make presence felt.

Form: 06/72-F2

Instant Return⁶⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 123| BF| D

16/1

Latest win in hurdle at Naas in February 2020. Good second of 10 in handicap hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy, 2/1). Off 21 months.

Form: 432112/

The Names Jock¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr J L Gleeson⁽⁷⁾| T: J E Kiely| OR: 122| D

14/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 10f on flat. Fifth of 6 in minor event hurdle at Punchestown (15.9f, good to soft, 11/1) 14 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 1355

Palace Rock⁹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: Francis Casey| OR: 120| BF| D

3/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. 5/1, running creditably when fell in handicap hurdle at Listowel (16f, good to soft) 90 days ago. Booking of O'Hanlon a plus. Ought to go close.

Form: 1P-5F

Ferdia¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 119| D

6/1

5/1, creditable third of 6 in minor event hurdle at Punchestown (15.9f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 703643

Thousand Tears²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: M P Burke⁽⁵⁾| T: J M Burke| OR: 118

18/1

Hooded for 1st time, tailed-off tenth of 13 to Futurum Regem in handicap hurdle (10/1) at Navan (22f, good) 28 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 58F340

Longacre Square^p¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 113

40/1

Unreliable individual. 33/1, twelfth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16f, soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 061300

Golden Spear^t¹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 10-6| J: P J Carberry| T: A J Martin| OR: 109| D

66/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2018. 25/1, below form ninth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16f, soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 5000-09

Nazine⁶⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: C A Landers| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 107| D

16/1

Ninth of 10 in handicap hurdle (18/1) at Punchestown (20.4f, good to soft) 67 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 17-0059

Mind Your Money²²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 105| D

11/4

Creditable fourth of 15 in novice hurdle (6/1) at Fairyhouse (16f, good) 22 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Not taken lightly.

Form: 41-F274

Magnor Glory^h²⁰⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: C D Maxwell| T: T O'Brien| OR: 104| BF

12/1

1 win from 2 runs this season. Winner in hurdle at Wexford in May. 10/3, below form fifth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (16f, heavy). Off 6 months.

Form: 0006-15

Union Park^t²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 103

14/1

Winner in hurdle at Ballinrobe in July. Creditable fourth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (16f, good to soft, 14/1) 29 days ago. Heading back in the right direction recently.

Form: 318064

Non-Runners

Aarons Day²⁵⁸

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: O McKiernan J: B Browne

Futurum Regem¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: H P Finegan J: E Walsh

Andys Flame²²

Weight: 10-6| Age: 4

T: J C McConnell J: Brian Hayes

Forecasts

Mind Your Money (11/4), Palace Rock (3/1), Ferdia (6/1), Futurum Regem (7/1), Mighty Tom (8/1), Magnor Glory (12/1), Aarons Day (12/1), The Names Jock (14/1), Union Park (14/1), Nazine (16/1), Instant Return (16/1), Andys Flame (16/1), Thousand Tears (18/1), Andratx (25/1), Longacre Square (40/1), Golden Spear (66/1)

PALACE ROCK was in the process of running well when falling 2 out at Listowel in September and this lightly-raced sort remains of interest with a decent 7 lb claimer taking over. Mighty Tom and Andratx head the dangers.