16:09 Cork

Monday 18 April 2022

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John Thomas McNamara Series Maiden Hunters Chase

Off time: 16:09 | Winning time: 6m 47.5s

Clonmeen^t1²³

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr R A Jackson⁽⁴⁾| T: William P Murphy| D

9/2

Off mark in points at fourth attempt last month. Interesting on hunter debut.

Form: 2-221

Earl Of Desmond^p1³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J W Hendrick⁽²⁾| T: D P Murphy| D

7/4

Fair hurdler for Peter Fahey. Arrives on the back of a hat-trick in the pointing field. Considered.

Form: P-6P111

I Often Wonder^h³²

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: R Tyner| D

15/2

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 11/2 and hooded for 1st time, last of 5 in hunter chase at Down Royal (19.6f, heavy) 32 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 00/2-155

Imperial Tune²³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J W Hannon| T: L Casey

9/2

Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Also a maiden pointer. Others are preferrred on chase debut.

Form: 84P232

Kos⁷¹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Miss R Kelly⁽⁴⁾| T: G Ahern| OR: 84

80/1

Poor chaser under Rules. Also a maiden pointer. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 656645

Rocknroll Stand^p1,t1⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr Alan O'Sullivan⁽⁴⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan

20/1

Twelfth of 19 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy, 200/1) on NH debut in January 2021. Limited impact in points since. Hard to fancy.

Form: 62PP46

Its On The Line⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr C Mullins| T: E Mullins

4/1

Promising individual. 8/1, fourth of 7 in hunter chase at Tramore (21.8f, good to soft) on NH debut 7 days ago, running on. Hard to beat with improvement on the cards.

Form: 544

Plain Or Battered²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr B Lawless⁽⁴⁾| T: N Dooly

12/1

Made frame all 3 starts in points, placed last time (Mar 27). Betting should guide to expectations on Rules debut.

Form: 433

Non-Runners

Beyond Redemption¹⁵

Weight: 12-0| Age: 8

T: P Flood J: Miss G Benson

Rolling Clouds²⁹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: A Costello J: Mr T Costello

Forecasts

Earl Of Desmond (7/4), Its On The Line (4/1), Clonmeen (9/2), Imperial Tune (9/2), Beyond Redemption (9/2), I Often Wonder (15/2), Plain Or Battered (12/1), Rolling Clouds (14/1), Rocknroll Stand (20/1), Kos (80/1)

The Emmet Mullins-trained ITS ON THE LINE caught the eye when keeping on for fourth in a decent race on his hunter debut and should be hard to beat. Earl of Desmond and Clonmeen arrive on the back of recent point successes and may give the selection most to do.