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Sunday 13 March 2022

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Croom Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1)

Off time: 15:05 | Winning time: 6m 19.6s

Ardera Ru^t⁴⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Richard Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 95

4/1

7/1, creditable fourth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (16.7f, good to soft) 47 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 44-4654

Delightfantastic^t¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 95

10/1

12/1, eighth of 17 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (18.7f, heavy) 10 days ago. Will at least hold more chance now handicapping and not one to write off on bumper exploits.

Form: 457-058

Vermilion Cliffs^t¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: D G Hogan| T: D Hogan| OR: 95

25/1

Twelfth of 17 in handicap hurdle (100/1) at Thurles (16.3f, soft) 17 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 7060F0

Mick The Jiver^b¹⁰

Age: 12| Weight: 11-13| J: J J Slevin| T: E O'Grady| OR: 94| D

8/1

Veteran. Thirteen runs since last win in 2019. 33/1, creditable third of 15 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (24f, heavy) 10 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 454983

Native Gold^p,t¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: Phillip Enright| T: E Cawley| OR: 90

7/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time cheekpieces on for 1st time, second of 20 in handicap hurdle at Navan (21f, heavy, 40/1) 19 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 8/088-2

Keep The Peace^p⁵⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: R P Treacy| T: P W Flynn| OR: 89

50/1

Pulled up in handicap chase (50/1) at Navan (24f, soft) 50 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving Gavin Patrick Cromwell.

Form: PP80-FP

Hastobedone⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 88

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 250/1, ninth of 14 in novice hurdle at this course (16f, soft) 40 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Should improve.

Form: 0-P09

Bugscuffle⁴³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: H Morgan⁽³⁾| T: J Neilan| OR: 87

33/1

Eleventh of 16 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Fairyhouse (20.2f, good to soft) 43 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 809U50

Blue Markie^p1,t1¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: P J Carberry| T: A McNamara| OR: 86| D

16/1

16/1, first run since leaving David Christie when eighth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20.4f, heavy) 18 days ago. Entitled to be sharper now with tongue tie/cheekpieces added.

Form: 260678

Fantastic Allen³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: J S McGarvey| T: Mrs G O'Connor| OR: 86

28/1

40/1, eleventh of 15 in handicap chase at Thurles (16.4f, good to soft) 31 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Significantly back up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 098000

Getaway Abbey¹⁹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: I J Power| T: Shane O'Brien| OR: 86

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 100/1, eighth of 11 in novice hurdle at Wexford (3m, good) in September, struggling before 4 out. Worth a precautionary market check now handicapping on return.

Form: 708

Be My Dream^v⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: J R Finn| OR: 85

16/1

Remains a maiden after 17 NH runs. Respectable eighth of 16 in handicap chase (40/1) at Leopardstown (21.4f, good to soft) 6 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 520P78

Getaway Shivvie^t³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: Paul Tobin| OR: 84

17/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, third of 18 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (23f, good to soft, 28/1) 31 days ago. Can make presence felt with a repeat.

Form: 00003

Meehall¹⁷⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara| OR: 83

40/1

12/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Listowel (24f, good) 170 days ago, pulled up 2 out. Will need to show more before becoming of interest.

Form: P0-600P

Stolen Moment^h⁴¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-1| J: Miss S Ahern⁽⁷⁾| T: S Aherne| OR: 82

11/2

One win from 23 NH runs. Hooded for 1st time, respectable fifth of 21 in handicap hurdle (25/1) at Punchestown (23.9f, soft) 41 days ago, faring best of those held up. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: U55905

Getaway Pippa⁷¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: E Sheehy| OR: 80

28/1

Getaway mare who hasn't offered a great deal in finishing midfield in pair of big-field handicaps of late, latterly at Fairyhouse (24.5f, soft, 33/1) 71 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 888P-99

The Grey Guy¹⁰

Age: 15| Weight: 10-13| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: B O'Keeffe| OR: 80| C

80/1

Course winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2017. Tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (24f, heavy, 33/1) 10 days ago, beaten soon after 3 out. Likely best watched.

Form: 0020-P0

Well Polly^h,t¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss J M Lee| OR: 80

16/1

Remains a maiden after 16 NH runs. Tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle (17/2) at Punchestown (20.4f, heavy) 18 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 730350

Non-Runners

Ximyerg¹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 6

T: P J Rothwell J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Native Gold (7/2), Ardera Ru (4/1), Stolen Moment (11/2), Mick The Jiver (8/1), Getaway Shivvie (17/2), Delightfantastic (10/1), Well Polly (16/1), Blue Markie (16/1), Be My Dream (16/1), Vermilion Cliffs (25/1), Hastobedone (25/1), Ximyerg (25/1), Fantastic Allen (28/1), Getaway Pippa (28/1), Bugscuffle (33/1), Meehall (40/1), Getaway Abbey (50/1), Keep The Peace (50/1), The Grey Guy (80/1)

STOLEN MOMENT is hardly prolific but she signalled a return to form when faring best of those held up when fifth at Punchestown 6 weeks ago and she could be worth chancing to build on that from an easing mark. Low-mileage pair Native Gold and Getaway Shivvie are a couple of others to consider.