17:45 Thurles

Saturday 19 March 2022

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www.thurlesraces.ie (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 17:45 | Winning time: 4m 20.6s

Away To Milan

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr T Hamilton| T: P J Rothwell

22/1

€19,000 3-y-o, Getaway gelding. Dam unraced sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3m) Ceasar Milan. Likely to need more time.

Form:

Cumhacht

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: J E Kiely

11/2

Camacho gelding. Half-brother to several winners, including useful hurdler/chaser Domination. Dam 1¼m winner. Should have enough speed and jockey booking is notable.

Form:

Hansard³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr Pat Taaffe⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Brien

14/1

Twice-raced maiden. 33/1, third of 7 in bumper at Naas (15.6f, soft) 35 days ago. Should be thereabouts again if he can back that up.

Form: 43

Ivane

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr H C Swan⁽⁷⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy

12/1

€20,000 3-y-o, Network gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to fair hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 25f) Savant Bleu.

Form:

Must Meet Cecil¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr D Kelleher⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss K Brown

125/1

Once-raced maiden. Seventh of 8 in bumper at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft, 100/1) on NH debut 13 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 7

No Looking Back

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J C Barry⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan

25/1

€32,000 3-y-o, Kingston Hill gelding. Half-brother to smart hurdler Unexpected Depth and fairly useful hurdler Shantou Vow, stays 3m. Worth a market check.

Form:

Petram^t1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: J P Murtagh

4/1

Fastnet Rock gelding. Dam 1m winner who stayed 1¼m. Wears tongue strap. Booking of Patrick Mullins catches the eye, and represents shrewd Flat stable, so one to consider.

Form:

Stuzzikini

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott

13/8

€80,000 3-y-o, Champs Elysees gelding. Closely related to hurdler Serpolette. Dam unraced. Represents top yard and stands out on paper.

Form:

Broomfield Bijou

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Dempsey

11/2

€100,000 3-y-o, Walk In The Park filly. Dam, French jumps winner, half-sister to very smart hurdler/chaser (stayed 2½m) Petit Robin and fairly useful hurdler (2m winner) Mc Alpine. Notable newcomer.

Form:

Mrs Grimley⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Miss M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington

14/1

Once-raced maiden. 50/1, tailed-off thirteenth of 16 to Lily Du Berlais in Grade 2 mares bumper at Leopardstown (16f, soft) on NH debut 41 days ago.

Form: 0

Neev's Dream^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Dwyer

40/1

Footstepsinthesand filly. Dam fair 2m hurdle winner, half-sister to useful hurdler (2m/17f winner) Lagostovegas (by Footstepsinthesand). Wears hood.

Form:

Non-Runners

Ah Fuhgeddaboudit

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: Mr J F O'Meara

Forecasts

Stuzzikini (13/8), Petram (4/1), Cumhacht (11/2), Broomfield Bijou (11/2), Ivane (12/1), Ah Fuhgeddaboudit (12/1), Mrs Grimley (14/1), Hansard (14/1), Away To Milan (22/1), No Looking Back (25/1), Neev's Dream (40/1), Must Meet Cecil (125/1)

Gordon Elliott's newcomer STUZZINKI was quite an expensive store and he seems like the obvious way to go in an interesting bumper. Petram, a rare bumper runner for Johnny Murtagh, also makes appeal, and Hansard is the clear pick of the trio with form to their name.