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Monday 27 December 2021

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Goggin Buckley Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: 5m 34.2s

Donkey Years^t¹⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara| OR: 116

12/1

Latest win in chase at Navan in March. Respectable sixth of 12 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (19.9f, good to soft, 15/2) 142 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 60108-6

Robinstown^t³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford⁽³⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 116

5/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. 22/1, creditable second of 13 in handicap hurdle at Navan (22f, good) 36 days ago, keeping on well. Yard having good spell. Respected.

Form: 2710-02

Summer Tide¹²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D J McInerney| T: C Byrnes| OR: 116| D

12/1

Tipperary maiden winner in July. Not in the same form in Galway handicap next time but back on track when fifth in a Killarney novice in August. Needs keeping close eye on in betting back from break.

Form: 306-195

Hilltop Supreme²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: Miss R Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: D E Fitzgerald| OR: 115| D

12/1

Four hurdle wins last season and got off mark over fences in 10-runner handicap at Clonmel (17.9f, soft) 25 days ago, forging clear. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 1110-61

Francois²¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: Mary Ellen Doyle| OR: 114

22/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. First run since leaving Francois Nicolle when ninth of 16 in handicap hurdle (20/1) at Punchestown (20.4f, good to soft) on IRE NH debut. Off 7 months.

Form: 1/9

Kellyiscool^t1¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr J C Barry⁽⁵⁾| T: D McNamara| OR: 110

20/1

Respectable seventh of 16 in handicap hurdle at Cork (24.4f, good to soft, 3/1). Off 8 months. First run for yard after leaving Sam Curling. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 4/527-P5

Longacre Square⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: M J Molloy⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 110| D

50/1

Unreliable individual. Latest win in hurdle at Clonmel in September. Tenth of 13 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Thurles (16f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 613000

Cregane Ned²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: P O'Flynn| OR: 109

15/2

15/2, third of 15 in maiden at Clonmel (16f, soft) on debut over fences 25 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Back up in trip. Enters calculations.

Form: 318-743

Teescomponentsyess^t⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 109| C

14/1

Course winner. Pulled up in novice chase at Cork (21f, soft, 33/1) on debut over fences 43 days ago, pulled up before 3 out. Switches from chase to hurdles. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 41-4P0P

Gali Flight³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: M Hamill| T: P Fenton| OR: 108

13/2

Creditable seventh of 18 in handicap hurdle (11/2) at Thurles (20.4f, good) 39 days ago.

Form: 330027

My Uncas⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: H Morgan⁽³⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 108

25/1

Ninth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16f, soft, 20/1) 43 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 72/766-9

Dont Go Yet³⁰⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: C D Timmons⁽³⁾| T: E Cawley| OR: 106

25/1

Sixth of 14 in maiden at Gowran (20f, heavy) on chase debut when last seen in March. Runner-up in 2m handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse prior to that. Much depends on whether he's primed after break.

Form: 58/9526-

Neveradullmoment²²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: J S McGarvey| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 104

4/1

Promising individual. Fourth of 16 in maiden at Cork (16f, soft, 22/1) 22 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Likely improver.

Form: 474

Castlegrange^p1²²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: J Dullea| OR: 103

14/1

25/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Punchestown (25.7f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Back down in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 64-P46P

Chosen Diamond⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: B J Cooper| T: E Cawley| OR: 99

18/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 25/1, twelfth of 14 in novice hurdle at Wexford (16f, heavy) 64 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 03-0

Think Positive^p²²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 99

50/1

One win from 22 NH runs. Seventeen runs since last win in 2019. 80/1, fifteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (19.4f, good to soft) 22 days ago.

Form: 583070

Non-Runners

Captain Conby⁴⁴

Weight: 11-10| Age: 4

T: E Sheehy J: K C Sexton

Someday²⁴³

Weight: 11-9| Age: 9

T: Yvonne Latta J: R Deegan

Birdie Blitz⁶⁴

Weight: 10-8| Age: 6

T: A A Howard J: Reserve 1

Present Road¹

Weight: 10-7| Age: 5

T: Michael C Griffin J: Reserve 2

Diamond Grove⁴⁰⁸

Weight: 10-3| Age: 6

T: E Cawley J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Neveradullmoment (4/1), Robinstown (5/1), Captain Conby (6/1), Gali Flight (13/2), Cregane Ned (15/2), Donkey Years (12/1), Summer Tide (12/1), Hilltop Supreme (12/1), Teescomponentsyess (14/1), Castlegrange (14/1), Chosen Diamond (18/1), Kellyiscool (20/1), Francois (22/1), My Uncas (25/1), Dont Go Yet (25/1), Someday (25/1), Longacre Square (50/1), Think Positive (50/1)

NEVERADULLMOMENT has shown promise in his qualifying runs, particularly the first 2, and is fancied to take a step forward now handicapping. Fellow 4-y-o Captain Conby should have more to come on the back of his Punchestown maiden win and is feared most ahead of Gordon Elliott's Robinstown.