15:40 Limerick

Tuesday 28 December 2021

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Doherty Woodshavings Flat Race

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 5m 13.40s

Battle Frontier^t1²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr J J O'Neill⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss T L Cogan

9/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Switches from hurdles to bumpers. Tongue strap on 1st time. Looks vulnerable.

Form: 391F

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Boulon Trou

Age: 4| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: G Elliott

5/4

€185,000 3-y-o, Network gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner Gold Bullion. Dam, maiden hurdler/chaser. Starts out in a weak race on paper, so should take all the beating.

Form:

Data Breach³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 12-2| J: Miss J Townend⁽⁵⁾| T: W P Mullins

7/1

Once-raced maiden. Eleventh of 13 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, good, 11/4) on NH debut 30 days ago. Better is clearly expected, so not taken lightly.

Form: 0

Elusive Action

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: J Queally

10/1

€2,200 3-y-o, Elusive Pimpernel gelding. Dam, 1m winner, closely related to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 25f) Song of The Sword.

Form:

Flemen's Tipple⁶⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr N Bashford⁽⁷⁾| T: T E Hyde

8/1

Once-raced maiden. Fifth of 7 in bumper at Galway (16.4f, heavy, 11/2) on NH debut 66 days ago. Should come on for that run, but he's liable to need more time.

Form: 5

Leis Fein

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr P J O'Neill⁽⁷⁾| T: V T O'Brien

125/1

Jeremy gelding. Dam (h75), maiden hurdler, half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stays 4¼m) Captain Drake. Likely to need more time and distance.

Form:

Memories Never Die²³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr C P Millar⁽⁷⁾| T: N Slevin

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 150/1, eighth of 11 in bumper at Punchestown (15.9f, good to soft) 23 days ago.

Form: 00-08

Power Hour²⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: M A Gunn

8/1

Once-raced maiden. Third of 12 in bumper at Clonmel (16f, good to soft, 66/1) on NH debut. Off 9 months.

Form: 3-

Raymondstown⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr J C Barry⁽⁵⁾| T: A Leahy

80/1

Twice-raced maiden. 100/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, soft) 44 days ago, bad mistake first. Makes bumpers debut.

Form: 6P

Youralwaysdreamin⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr M McGuane⁽⁷⁾| T: P T Foley

9/2

Twice-raced maiden. 9/1, third of 7 in bumper at Clonmel (16.4f, heavy) 47 days ago. Likely to be on the premises again.

Form: 43

Non-Runners

Galmar

Weight: 12-2| Age: 5

T: J J Walsh J: Mr W T Cronin

Forecasts

Boulon Trou (5/4), Youralwaysdreamin (9/2), Data Breach (7/1), Power Hour (8/1), Flemen's Tipple (8/1), Battle Frontier (9/1), Elusive Action (10/1), Galmar (50/1), Memories Never Die (66/1), Raymondstown (80/1), Leis Fein (125/1)

BOULON TROU is related to a bumper winner and was an expensive acquisition as a store, so there's every chance he will be capable of opening his account at the first attempt in a race where the bar isn't set very high. Better is expected from Data Breach, who seemed amiss on debut, and Elusive Action is the subject of a notable jockey booking, so he's the pick of the newcomers.