17:52 Downpatrick

Wednesday 13 July 2022

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Silk Plaster NI Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 17:52 | Winning time: 5m 26.10s

Fassbender^t³²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J J Gerrard⁽⁷⁾| T: M M McNiff| OR: 102| C

11/2

Course winner. One win from 23 NH runs. Creditable second of 12 in handicap hurdle (9/1) at this course (17.3f, good to soft) 32 days ago, no match for winner. Up in trip.

Form: 21U6-72

Important Message^t¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-13| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: D P Dunne| OR: 101

15/2

Second of 14 in handicap hurdle (100/1) at Bellewstown (24f, good) 11 days ago, conceding first run. Looks competitive on form from just 1 lb higher.

Form: 6040-P2

Alice O'Byrne¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: D M Christie| OR: 100

7/1

22/1, ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Bellewstown (24f, good) 11 days ago.

Form: 312-029

Military Hill^p¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: J B Foley⁽³⁾| T: R K Watson| OR: 97

25/1

First run since leaving Paul Stafford when brought down in handicap hurdle (80/1) at Bellewstown (24f, good) 11 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code.

Form: 206/P9-B

Noble Expression^t²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D P Dunne| OR: 94

28/1

Tenth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (20.4f, good to soft, 50/1) 28 days ago.

Form: 9/7770-0

Townhill Penny^p¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 88

3/1

Creditable fifth of 17 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Tipperary (24f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Can give a good account.

Form: 00P-635

Porky Rush³²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Mr J P Kirwan⁽⁷⁾| T: Ms M Flynn| OR: 85

3/1

Good second of 14 in handicap hurdle (9/2) at this course (21.3f, good to soft) 32 days ago. Has to be taken seriously nudged up 1 lb.

Form: 070-202

Hastobedone³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Conor Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 83

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 33/1, eighth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (24.5f, good to soft) 35 days ago.

Form: 0/P09P-8

Thebabyman¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: P Croke| OR: 83

14/1

18/1, fifth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Bellewstown (20f, good) 11 days ago.

Form: U0007-5

Gibbet Hill⁴⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: J J Slevin| T: A J Black| OR: 82

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Pulled up in handicap hurdle (80/1) at Tramore (21.1f, good to soft) 40 days ago, pulled up after next. Others more persuasive.

Form: F/907P-P

Greenandwhitearmy³¹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-7| J: Ricky Doyle| T: N McKnight| OR: 81| C

17/2

Course winner. Below form seventh of 12 in handicap hurdle at this course (17.3f, good to soft, 7/2) 31 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 6924/77

Our Patron Saint⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: C D Maxwell| T: Mrs S Dawson| OR: 80

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, nineteenth of 21 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (24f, good to soft, 80/1) 50 days ago.

Form: 0609-0

Non-Runners

Wild Caprice³

Weight: 11-11| Age: 8

T: J P Ryan J: Philip Donovan

Kilashee⁵

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: J P Ryan J: Shane Fitzgerald

Elusive Point²⁹

Weight: 10-9| Age: 5

T: M Fahey J: Peter Smithers

Forecasts

Townhill Penny (3/1), Porky Rush (3/1), Fassbender (11/2), Alice O'Byrne (7/1), Important Message (15/2), Wild Caprice (8/1), Greenandwhitearmy (17/2), Kilashee (10/1), Thebabyman (14/1), Hastobedone (16/1), Military Hill (25/1), Noble Expression (28/1), Elusive Point (33/1), Our Patron Saint (50/1), Gibbet Hill (50/1)

PORKY RUSH and Important Message have both been nudged up 1 lb on the back of excellent runner-up efforts and look the air to focus on, with marginal preference of the former. Fassbender's stamina for this far isn't certain but he's still one to consider.