15:28 Clonmel

Tuesday 22 March 2022

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Cannonwood Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 15:28 | Winning time: 4m 21.0s

Carrigeen Castle²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Keith Donoghue| T: J T R Dreaper| OR: 94

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Twelfth of 18 in handicap hurdle (9/1) at Navan (21f, heavy) 28 days ago. Back down in trip. Should have more to offer.

Form: 36-5000

Caridadi⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-9| J: Brian Hayes| T: J Morrison| OR: 90| D

33/1

Twenty first of 25 in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.4f, heavy, 100/1) 9 days ago. Hard to warm to.

Form: P01700

Early Arrival³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: J J Slevin| T: L Casey| OR: 90

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Eleventh of 16 in handicap hurdle at this C&D (heavy, 100/1) 33 days ago, so more is needed.

Form: 60-6600

Gargouille¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: H Morgan⁽³⁾| T: Diarmuid P Ryan| OR: 90

4/1

Excellent second of 9 in novice hurdle at this C&D (heavy, 33/1) 19 days ago. Not taken lightly in her bid for a first victory.

Form: 48-9672

Mustafa^t⁸⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 89

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 300/1, ninth of 18 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 84 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut with lots to find.

Form: 9-009

Springfield Lodge^p²⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-6| J: Jordan Gainford| T: E O'Grady| OR: 87| C| D

13/2

Latest win in hurdle at Limerick in February. 8/1, bit below form eighth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20.4f, heavy) 27 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 6UF418

Aodhan May³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: D J McInerney| T: C Byrnes| OR: 86| BF

16/1

Tenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at this C&D (heavy, 9/2) 33 days ago. Likely to improve, so no forlorn hope.

Form: 5/0997-0

Mise Raftaire^p1¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: J M Moore| T: A McCann| OR: 84| BF

2/1

Good fourth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (19.8f, heavy, 9/2) 10 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Expected to be bang there in his bid for a first win.

Form: 8/F0634

Ocodango Boy²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: G P Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: J Dullea| OR: 84

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 40/1 and hooded for 1st time, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20.4f, heavy) 27 days ago. Others are preferred.

Form: 7000P

Big Bee Hive^t⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Miss P Elvin⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 83

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle (125/1) at Punchestown (16f, heavy) 64 days ago, not ideally placed. More is still required here.

Form: 000P0

I'vedoneitall^p⁸⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: E Sheehy| OR: 83

125/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (50/1) at Tramore (21.4f, heavy) 80 days ago. Back down in trip and hard to make a case for.

Form: 606U0P

Miss Oriental^p1¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 83

28/1

Tenth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (16f, heavy, 33/1) 16 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time with lots of work to do.

Form: 5877P-0

Princess Mahler^t¹¹⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: J J Walsh| OR: 83| D

18/1

One win from 22 NH runs, and only twelfth of 16 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at this course (16.2f, soft) 110 days ago. Easily opposed.

Form: 8FP/0-50

Ballyeden Lass^h1⁵⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Miss E Doyle| OR: 80

50/1

50/1, fourteenth of 22 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (23.9f, soft) 50 days ago. Hood on for 1st time and not easy to enthuse over.

Form: 0-60880

Fahrenheit De Lecu^h¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Phillip Enright| T: J J Mangan| OR: 80

14/1

14/1, tenth of 14 in novice hurdle at Wexford (16f, heavy) 16 days ago. Hood back on and not ruled out if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 0-77000

Galaxy Girl^t¹¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: P T Foley| OR: 80

20/1

28/1, eleventh of 20 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (21.7f, good to soft) 119 days ago, doing too much too soon. Back down in trip and merits consideration.

Form: 569760

Non-Runners

Inagh's Gift¹¹⁷

Weight: 11-6| Age: 9

T: S P Hennessy J: Reserve 1

Fainche⁸⁰

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: E Sheehy J: Reserve 2

Highstreetfashion¹⁹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 7

T: P Rooney J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Mise Raftaire (2/1), Gargouille (4/1), Carrigeen Castle (11/2), Springfield Lodge (13/2), Inagh's Gift (10/1), Highstreetfashion (12/1), Fahrenheit De Lecu (14/1), Fainche (14/1), Aodhan May (16/1), Princess Mahler (18/1), Galaxy Girl (20/1), Miss Oriental (28/1), Mustafa (28/1), Big Bee Hive (33/1), Caridadi (33/1), Ocodango Boy (33/1), Ballyeden Lass (50/1), Early Arrival (80/1), I'vedoneitall (125/1)

GARGOUILLE signalled she's ready to open her account when an excellent second over C&D so looks the way to go here. Mise Raftaire is feared most on the back of his good Gowran fourth while Galaxy Girl can't be ruled out after her break.