20:00 Roscommon

Tuesday 14 June 2022

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Country Music Festival Here On June 19th Handicap Hurdle (80-123)

Off time: 20:00 | Winning time: 5m 17.8s

Merry Poppins²⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: J Motherway| OR: 113| BF

3/1

Seventh of 10 in handicap hurdle (3/1) at Punchestown (20.4f, good to soft). Off 8 months. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 2/3F037-

Craic Eile^p,t¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: D Budds| OR: 112

12/1

14/1, respectable fourth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16.6f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Back up in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time over jumps and not ruled out.

Form: 1588-U4

Cullaghs Star^h¹⁷⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: S Fahey| OR: 112

7/1

Winner in hurdle at Wexford in October. 10/1, twenty fifth of 26 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, soft) 170 days ago. Up in trip and needs to bounce back.

Form: 325120-

Scalino¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: D P Holden⁽⁷⁾| T: Louise G Lyons| OR: 112

18/1

First run since leaving Patrick J. Flynn when eighth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16.6f, good to soft, 8/1) 11 days ago. Up in trip with work to do.

Form: 170/60-8

Basil's Boy^h1²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: L P Cusack| OR: 106| D

16/1

Fell 5th in handicap chase at Downpatrick (23.5f, soft, 22/1) 25 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Hood on 1st time and others preferred.

Form: 097/5-PF

Kells Priory¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Richard Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: Louise G Lyons| OR: 105| BF

5/2

Winner in hurdle at Gowran in January. Respectable seventh of 12 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (21.6f, good to soft, 15/8) 10 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 1372-37

Union Park¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 102

4/1

One win from 23 NH runs. Respectable fourth of 11 in handicap chase (6/1) at Punchestown (21f, good) 17 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles and not discounted.

Form: 4096-44

Lady Iseult¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 99

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Unseated rider 6th in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Down Royal (20.4f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Needs to show more.

Form: 488-8U

Bear Claws^p1,t³³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara| OR: 97

12/1

Twelfth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.4f, good, 18/1) 33 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time and easily opposed.

Form: 50700-0

Eaton Lady³³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: C J Orr| T: Miss K McGivern| OR: 83

33/1

22/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.4f, good) 33 days ago. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 84928-P

Non-Runners

Abraham²¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 10

T: M Brassil J: C Brassil

Staging Post³²⁹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 6

T: M M McNiff J: I J Power

The Big Chap¹⁹

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: P W Flynn J: Gary Noonan

Moving Water²⁰

Weight: 11-0| Age: 5

T: D McDonogh J: Simon Torrens

Oskar High¹⁴

Weight: 10-0| Age: 10

T: N Lee J: J P Shinnick

Forecasts

The Big Chap (9/4), Kells Priory (5/2), Moving Water (5/2), Merry Poppins (3/1), Union Park (4/1), Cullaghs Star (7/1), Staging Post (10/1), Bear Claws (12/1), Craic Eile (12/1), Lady Iseult (14/1), Basil's Boy (16/1), Scalino (18/1), Eaton Lady (33/1), Abraham (33/1), Oskar High (50/1)

MOVING WATER looks to have got in lightly for his handicap debut so is fancied to follow up his easy Wexford novice success. Limerick-scorer The Big Chap also looks open to improvement and is next on the list ahead of in-form Kells Priory.