14:52 Gowran Park

Saturday 1 October 2022

All13:4514:1714:5215:2716:0216:3717:1217:42

Paulstown Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 14:53 | Winning time: 5m 3.3s

Kilashee⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: D E Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 90| D

12/1

Unreliable individual. Eighteen runs since last win in 2021. Refused to race in handicap hurdle at Listowel (20f, good, 16/1) 7 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 7064UR

Roman Parish^t¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D M O'Brien| OR: 92

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, respectable sixth of 15 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good, 40/1) 15 days ago.

Form: 04706

Wa Wa^t¹³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: B J Cooper| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 90| D

3/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, pulled up in handicap chase at Killarney (26f, good to soft, 13/2) 138 days ago, struggling 4 out. Switches from chase to hurdles. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 11475-P

Birdsandthebees^h¹³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mark Walsh| T: P Roche| OR: 89| BF

11/2

3/1, below form tenth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.5f, good to soft) 130 days ago. Up in trip. Enters calculations.

Form: 49794-0

Loup De Tallane¹⁷³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: E Griffin| OR: 89

16/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Tramore (20.6f, good to soft, 8/1) 173 days ago, weakening before next.

Form: 66/407P-

Madame Milan²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: W J Lanigan| OR: 89

66/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 125/1, sixth of 12 in novice hurdle at Wexford (24f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: F06

Natural Look⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: D L Queally| T: D Queally| OR: 89| BF

3/1

6/4, good second of 10 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16f, good) 50 days ago, no match for winner. Up in trip. Progressing recently.

Form: 3-24332

Corbin³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: N T Prendergast⁽⁷⁾| T: S M Duffy| OR: 87

50/1

28/1, eleventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Bellewstown (16.4f, good to firm) 39 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 5000-00

Brehon Star²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Keith Donoghue| T: S Crawley| OR: 87

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. 25/1, respectable seventh of 17 in handicap at Navan (14f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. 7/11 on last hurdle outing.

Form: 0006-7

Western Dreaming^t⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: C Brassil⁽⁵⁾| T: Jayne Hearne| OR: 85

17/2

Career best when winning 16-runner handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22.1f, good, 6/1) 40 days ago, just holding on. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 0P-9531

Maggie Walsh⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Bowe| OR: 84

16/1

Seventh of 19 in novice hurdle (28/1) at Cork (17f, good to soft) 61 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 05-0667

Banada Bridge^t⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 83

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 16/1, last of 16 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22.1f, good) 40 days ago.

Form: P607-0

Gibbet Hill⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: J J Slevin| T: A J Black| OR: 83

28/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Listowel (24f, good, 14/1) 8 days ago, pulled up early in straight. Not taken lightly.

Form: 7P-P62P

Its My Deal⁴¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Richard Condon⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 83

12/1

14/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time cheekpieces on for 1st time, good third of 15 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (17.5f, good to soft), sticking to task. Off 13 months.

Form: 0030/03-

Watermelon Girl⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Brian Hayes| T: J C McConnell| OR: 83

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 28/1, fourteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (24f, good) 8 days ago.

Form: 89-900

Mugsy Delight^p¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Simon Torrens| T: S Fahey| OR: 81

125/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Ran out in handicap hurdle (66/1) at Downpatrick (18.8f, good) 15 days ago.

Form: 9000R

Coppercoast Paudie^h⁷²⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Derek McGrath⁽⁷⁾| T: Ms M Flynn| OR: 80

100/1

16/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (24f, good to soft), pulled up before 4 out. Off 24 months. Risky proposition at present.

Form: 00506P/

Ventnor³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: C A Landers| T: J Barcoe| OR: 80

14/1

Eleventh of 15 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Down Royal (16.9f, good) 36 days ago.

Form: 006-000

Non-Runners

Paddy Rocket¹⁸⁴

Weight: 11-8| Age: 5

T: E McCarthy J: R Deegan

Cottage Artist⁸

Weight: 11-2| Age: 9

T: V T O'Brien J: Phillip Enright

Princess Sophia²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: Ms M Mullins J: Reserve 1

Falcon Park²

Weight: 11-7| Age: 6

T: P Hennessy J: Reserve 2

Beat Of The Sea²

Weight: 11-5| Age: 8

T: S Fahey J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Natural Look (3/1), Wa Wa (3/1), Birdsandthebees (11/2), Western Dreaming (17/2), Brehon Star (12/1), Its My Deal (12/1), Kilashee (12/1), Ventnor (14/1), Loup De Tallane (16/1), Princess Sophia (16/1), Beat Of The Sea (16/1), Maggie Walsh (16/1), Roman Parish (20/1), Paddy Rocket (20/1), Gibbet Hill (28/1), Cottage Artist (33/1), Falcon Park (33/1), Banada Bridge (40/1), Corbin (50/1), Watermelon Girl (50/1), Madame Milan (66/1), Coppercoast Paudie (100/1), Mugsy Delight (125/1)

NATURAL LOOK bumped into one who was clearly well ahead of her mark at Tramore last time and a deserved first taste of success could be in the offing for Declan Queally's mare. Next on the list is Birdsandthebees, who failed to fire at Punchestown when last seen in May but she is worth another chance given the promise of her handicap debut fourth at Naas. Wa Wa is also shortlisted back hurdling off a potentially favourable mark.