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Monday 22 August 2022

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Hollymount Nursing Home Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:01 | Winning time: 4m 12.9s

Doctor Churchill¹⁶⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| OR: 127

25/1

Winner in hurdle at Limerick in December. 80/1, seventeenth of 21 in juvenile hurdle at Cheltenham (16.4f, good) 160 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 485120-

Faron^p,t¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: R Deegan| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 123| D

11/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. 7/1, didn't need to improve to win 7-runner maiden at Sligo (17.9f, good) 18 days ago, suited by increase in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Stable won this last year.

Form: F41-P1

Douglas Dc⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 122| BF

4/1

Winner in hurdle at Tramore in April. 11/10, respectable third of 6 in minor event hurdle at Downpatrick (17.4f, good) 40 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 231-223

As Tears Go By²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott| OR: 112

11/1

Thrice-raced winner under NH rules. Winner of maiden hurdle at Sligo in July. 13/2, fourth of 9 in novice hurdle at Galway (16.6f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. May well do better.

Form: 0-14

Eagle Terrace⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Danny Mullins| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 110

16/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. 12/1, good fourth of 12 in handicap at Tramore (12f, good) 9 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving Denis Hogan.

Form: 4155

Baron Wild^p,t¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 109

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. 9/4 and cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, fell in novice hurdle at Tramore (16f, good to firm) 11 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 66-52F

Just Jacob^t¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: Sean Flanagan| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 106| D

9/2

Promising individual. 5/1, career best when winning 13-runner handicap hurdle at Sligo (17.9f, good) 18 days ago, well on top finish. Should have more to offer.

Form: 00-8U11

Sheishybrid^t⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: B J Cooper| T: N Meade| OR: 105

9/4

Fairly useful Flat winner. Promising individual. Won Cork maiden hurdle at start of the month. Good second on Flat since. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Has good chance on form.

Form: 31

Astrophysicist²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 102

25/1

22/1, below form fourth of 14 in maiden hurdle at Roscommon (16.1f, soft) 20 days ago, going off too hard. Others preferred back in a handicap.

Form: 40-9064

Great Realisation²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 102

5/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, tenth of 15 in handicap at Galway (14.1f, soft, 28/1) 24 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 09632-2

Non-Runners

Too Bright⁹

Weight: 11-2| Age: 4

T: N Meade J: E Walsh

Forecasts

Sheishybrid (9/4), Douglas Dc (4/1), Just Jacob (9/2), Great Realisation (5/1), Faron (11/1), As Tears Go By (11/1), Too Bright (14/1), Eagle Terrace (16/1), Baron Wild (16/1), Astrophysicist (25/1), Doctor Churchill (25/1)

JUST JACOB really has got his act together lately and might be up to defying the handicapper again and completing a hat-trick. Sheishybrid has followed her Cork maiden hurdle success with a good second on the Flat and is feared most ahead of Gordon Elliott pair As Tears Go By and Douglas DC.