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Thursday 21 July 2022

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PAQ IT Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 19:15 | Winning time: 3m 53.90s

Bite That¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Flynn| OR: 93

20/1

Run best excused when eleventh of 16 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16f, good, 28/1) 18 days ago, not knocked about. Not dismissed.

Form: P50-PP0

Alexharwill¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: T N Brett⁽⁷⁾| T: L Young| OR: 92

16/1

Went backwards from reappearance when ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (19.9f, good to soft) 11 days ago.

Form: 2337-69

Shamad^p¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: C J Orr| T: N Slevin| OR: 91

18/1

Fourth of 7 in minor event (150/1) at Leopardstown (15f, good) 14 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code. Poor on last hurdle run.

Form: 648P/90

He's Leading Me On^t²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: C P McNamara| T: L Young| OR: 89| BF

10/3

Creditable second of 10 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (16f, soft, 9/4) 20 days ago. Knocking firmly on the door and can go one better here.

Form: 0-P3222

Strong Roots^p1²⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-9| J: Ricky Doyle| T: M Fahey| OR: 89

6/1

3/1, not disgraced when third of 10 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (16f, soft) 20 days ago, unsuited by drop in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Merits consideration.

Form: 94-3553

Atlas⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T G McCourt| OR: 88

33/1

14/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at Leopardstown (7f, good to soft) 7 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Poor on last hurdle run.

Form: 067440/

Bergentown¹³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Cathal Persse⁽⁷⁾| T: P Fenton| OR: 88

50/1

Ninth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (16f, heavy, 50/1) 137 days ago. Easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: P06S09-

Batalha¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: L P Dempsey| T: T G McCourt| OR: 87

80/1

Regressive maiden on Flat, down the field again last time, and was well beaten on last hurdle run.

Form: 240FP-9

Finnians Row^t²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 87

10/1

Remote fourth of 10 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Wexford (16f, soft) 20 days ago. Needs to improve.

Form: 0030-94

Uppertown Mya^p¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: G P Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: Mary Ellen Doyle| OR: 87

14/1

Respectable fifth of 12 in maiden hurdle (80/1) at Bellewstown (20f, good) 19 days ago.

Form: 80P-835

Golden Sandbanks^p,t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Danny Mullins| T: P W Flynn| OR: 86

9/2

Modest on the Flat, not seen to best effect 2 weeks ago. Of a similar standard over hurdes and ran creditably on last run in this sphere. Each-way claims.

Form: 097-954

Joyful Noise¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Kieren Buckley⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 82

18/1

Looks limited on early evidence.

Form: P0-8U58

Boston Brahmin^b,t¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Richard Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: N Lee| OR: 80

13/2

Remains a maiden after 20 NH runs, though not disgraced back up in trip when fourth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (19.9f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: P-56534

Eddies Pride^h,t⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: R P Geoghegan⁽⁷⁾| T: N Lee| OR: 80

40/1

Remains a maiden after 22 NH runs. Unseated rider in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (19f, good, 12/1) 6 days ago. Quickly back over hurdles.

Form: 56-270U

Fainche^b⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Kevin Sexton| T: E Sheehy| OR: 80

66/1

Little form, pulled up before 3 out in maiden hurdle at Tramore (21.6f, good to soft) 47 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 70P-09P

Grinn^p,t⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D M O'Brien| OR: 80

8/1

Creditable third of 14 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Kilbeggan (15.2f, good) 6 days ago. Well in the mix if reproducing that.

Form: 8-78953

Rags Kitten¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: G Kelleher| OR: 80

33/1

Modest maiden hurdler who fared little better than on her return in 16-runner handicap at Tramore (16f, good, 22/1) 18 days ago.

Form: 86P-370

Western Doyen¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: J J Slevin| T: V T O'Brien| OR: 80

14/1

Poor maiden who was struggling from 3 out in 14-runner handicap hurdle (14/1) at Sligo (19.9f, good to soft) 11 days ago.

Form: 8/850-57

Non-Runners

Init Together⁸

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: P Roche J: Reserve 1

Beechroad Winnie⁷

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: P J Rothwell J: Reserve 2

Muntahez⁶

Weight: 11-10| Age: 6

T: A A Howard J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

He's Leading Me On (10/3), Golden Sandbanks (9/2), Strong Roots (6/1), Boston Brahmin (13/2), Grinn (8/1), Finnians Row (10/1), Beechroad Winnie (12/1), Western Doyen (14/1), Uppertown Mya (14/1), Alexharwill (16/1), Joyful Noise (18/1), Shamad (18/1), Bite That (20/1), Init Together (20/1), Muntahez (20/1), Atlas (33/1), Rags Kitten (33/1), Eddies Pride (40/1), Bergentown (50/1), Fainche (66/1), Batalha (80/1)

HE'S LEADING ME ON has done nothing wrong despite 4 placed efforts on the bounce, so he's well worth another chance to gain reward for his consistency. Grinn and Strong Roots head the opposition.