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Monday 8 August 2022

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Cummins Homevalue Hardware Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 18:55 | Winning time: 3m 56.0s

Listentillitellyea¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 109

10/3

10/1, good second of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.6f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 48-0322

Wojood^p,t¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: D King⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 109

25/1

One win from 3 runs last season. Fell in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.6f, good to soft, 50/1) 14 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0/716-UF

Delightfantastic^t¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr H C Swan⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 108

4/1

Winner at Tipperary in June. 9/2, creditable fifth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.6f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 58P-315

Virtual Hug^t¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 109

12/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Thrice-raced winner over hurdles. Makes handicap debut in this sphere on the back of a fair effort on the level at Gowran.

Form: 661-

Fox Fearless¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Kieren Buckley⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 105

18/1

20/1, creditable third of 11 in handicap at Leopardstown (15f, good) 18 days ago, never nearer. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Well held latest hurdles start.

Form: 260/9P-0

Elite Des Mottes²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: R Deegan| T: E McCarthy| OR: 104| D

40/1

Possibly amiss when pulled up in handicap hurdle (12/1) at this course (17.4f, good) 20 days ago, faltering quickly 3 out. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 9131-0P

Double Talkin Jive^t²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Brian Hayes| T: W P Mullins| OR: 103| D

11/1

Creditable sixth of 16 in handicap hurdle at this course (17.4f, good, 13/2) 20 days ago. Place possibilities.

Form: 7/F57-86

Vale Of Glory^t²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Eoin G Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: A Murray| OR: 103

17/2

Career best when winning 9-runner handicap hurdle at Killarney (20f, good, 13/2) 25 days ago, always holding on. More needed up 6 lb here.

Form: 6-40251

Malbas³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Simon Torrens| T: J C McConnell| OR: 101

25/1

Brought down in handicap hurdle at Cork (16.9f, good to soft, 18/1) 31 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 4009-0B

Makfils^t³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 99

11/2

Creditable third of 13 in handicap hurdle (7/1) at Roscommon (15.4f, good) 35 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 0996-33

Peace Party^h,t⁷⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: D McDonogh| OR: 99

10/1

Latest win in hurdle at Thurles in November. 13/2, creditable second of 16 in handicap hurdle at this course (18.5f, good to soft) 70 days ago, just failing.

Form: 1766-22

Shantou Warrior³⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Jordan Gainford| T: Mrs P Dobbs| OR: 97

8/1

15/2, won 16-runner handicap hurdle at Tramore (16f, good) 36 days ago, driven out. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 5265-01

Percy Pi⁵⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: G P Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: B W Duke| OR: 88

40/1

28/1, thirteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (16.1f, good) 55 days ago.

Form: 209-000

Eastern Tornado⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: M Hourigan| OR: 86

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 17 in handicap at Tipperary (12.6f, soft, 14/1) 40 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Improvement needed on handicap debut in this sphere.

Form: 00-0

Western Doyen¹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: Sam Ewing| T: V T O'Brien| OR: 80

16/1

Remains a maiden after 16 NH runs. 14/1, creditable fourth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, good) 18 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 850-574

Non-Runners

Toms Courage⁷

Weight: 11-6| Age: 8

T: J M Burke J: Niall Moore

Globetrottersivola²⁰

Weight: 10-4| Age: 6

T: P J Rothwell J: Sean O'Keeffe

Forecasts

Listentillitellyea (10/3), Delightfantastic (4/1), Makfils (11/2), Shantou Warrior (8/1), Vale Of Glory (17/2), Peace Party (10/1), Double Talkin Jive (11/1), Virtual Hug (12/1), Western Doyen (16/1), Fox Fearless (18/1), Toms Courage (20/1), Wojood (25/1), Malbas (25/1), Percy Pi (40/1), Elite Des Mottes (40/1), Eastern Tornado (50/1), Globetrottersivola (100/1)

The 4-y-o VIRTUAL HUG could be the answer to what looks a wide-open race. He stepped up on his previous hurdles form when landing a Gowran maiden in October and makes his handicap debut in this sphere off a fair-looking mark, and on the back of an encouraging reappearance spin on the Flat. Shantou Warrior is feared most following his Tramore success, but Listentillitellyea, who has been knocking on the door of late, is also high on the shortlist.