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Sunday 11 December 2022

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Finbarr Quaid Electrical Novice Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 15:20 | Winning time: 5m 2.07s

Moon Eagle^b1,t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: L P Dempsey| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 102

50/1

Creditable fifth of 14 in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Limerick (21f, heavy) 19 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 0805-75

Nephin Beg⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Jordan Gainford| T: S Doyle| OR: 99

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Sixth of 14 in novice hurdle at Wexford (20.7f, heavy, 14/1) 42 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to progress.

Form: 476

A Cheap Thrill^p1⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Donagh Meyler| T: E Mullins| OR: 98

5/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Gowran (20f, soft) on reappearance. 72 days ago. Stable in good form. Cheekpieces on 1st time. One to keep an eye on in the betting.

Form: 80799-P

West Breeze^t²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: M Winters| OR: 97

16/1

22/1, creditable fourth of 16 in handicap chase at Clonmel (20.4f, heavy) 24 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Likely capable of better over hurdles.

Form: 665-0F4

Loup De Tallane²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: E Griffin| OR: 95

8/1

1 win from 3 runs this season. Winner in hurdle at Wexford in October. Respectable fourth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (19.8f, heavy, 11/2) 26 days ago, running on. Has good chance on form.

Form: 07P-U14

Didn'tsleepawink²²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Simon Torrens| T: E M O'Sullivan| OR: 94

80/1

Bit below form seventh of 20 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (24f, good to soft, 33/1). Off 7 months.

Form: 70705-7

Light Parade³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Phillip Enright| T: W J Burke| OR: 94

6/1

Promising individual. Career best when winning 16-runner handicap hurdle at Thurles (15.8f, good to soft, 5/1) 38 days ago. Back up in trip. Likely capable of better again. Big player.

Form: 77-4621

Positive Thinker¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: C A Landers| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 94| BF

4/1

Promising individual. 10/3, creditable second of 14 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, heavy) 19 days ago. Open to improvement. On the shortlist.

Form: 84B32

Jesina^p¹⁶⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Conor Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 93

100/1

33/1, tenth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (15.4f, good) 160 days ago. Up in trip. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: P/2059-0

I Sea The Moon⁴⁰⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Brian Hayes| T: Barry J Fitzgerald| OR: 92| BF

13/2

4/1, good second of 15 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16.6f, heavy), just failing. Off 13 months. Up in trip. Not taken lightly.

Form: 000242-

Toni Ram¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: M P Fogarty| T: J Fogarty| OR: 92

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 17 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy, 100/1) 15 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut. May well do better.

Form: 007

Fongs Way^t¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: J J Slevin| T: T J Nagle-Jr| OR: 90

40/1

Seventh of 11 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy, 25/1) 15 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 500-P47

We'llgowats¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: C P McNamara| T: Liam G O'brien| OR: 89| CD

25/1

Unreliable type. C&D winner. 125/1, refused to race in maiden at Dundalk (12f) on flat debut 11 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Bit below form on last hurdle outing.

Form: 83-0137

Whiskey Lady¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Ricky Doyle| T: G Scott| OR: 89

28/1

11/1, thirteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, heavy) 15 days ago.

Form: 7-57470

Champagne Auction¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S Aherne| OR: 88| C

14/1

Course winner. 1 win from 3 runs this season. 13/2, respectable fifth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (15.9f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Up in trip. Enters calculations.

Form: 00/P-P15

Greatmindstinkalik^t²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Ewing| T: M J Smith| OR: 88

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Nineteenth of 22 in handicap hurdle at Navan (22f, soft, 100/1) 28 days ago.

Form: 0600

Gwan Tadhg²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 88

9/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Good tenth of 23 in handicap hurdle at Navan (16f, soft, 50/1) 28 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 00-9U0

Blue Motion^p⁵¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: D Duggan| OR: 87

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, fourth of 8 in novice hurdle (50/1) at Sligo (25.4f, soft) 51 days ago. Down in trip. Looks competitive on form.

Form: P0-8094

Bothar Tara^t⁶¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: D F O'Regan| T: S G Walsh| OR: 87

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eleventh of 20 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.7f, good, 150/1) 61 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 5/P05-0

Duhallow Rainbow^b1³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: John Aherne⁽⁷⁾| T: E O'Grady| OR: 86

125/1

Ninth of 14 in novice chase at Thurles (18f, good to soft, 125/1) on debut over fences 38 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Blinkered for 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 9000P9

Pana To Milan¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Richard Condon⁽⁵⁾| T: M Winters| OR: 86

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.9f, good to soft, 250/1) 10 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Should improve.

Form: 0-90

Aodhan May¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Philip Byrnes⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 84

66/1

Tenth of 20 in handicap hurdle (20/1) at Gowran (20f, heavy) on reappearance 15 days ago. Would need to see market support to consider.

Form: 997/00-0

Londonofficecallin^t³³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss E McCutcheon| OR: 84| BF

14/1

Remains a maiden after 17 NH runs. Creditable third of 15 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy, 4/1) 33 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 34P-223

Flemenora^t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Peter Carberry| T: Mrs Y Dunleavy| OR: 83

125/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 150/1, sixth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 19 days ago. Back up in trip. RESERVE.

Form: 0-0806

Non-Runners

Keep 'em Lit⁷⁰

Weight: 10-11| Age: 7

T: M Kelly J: J P O'Sullivan

Globetrottersivola³

Weight: 10-9| Age: 6

T: P J Rothwell J: Reserve 1

Esthers Marvel⁵

Weight: 10-8| Age: 9

T: D Budds J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Positive Thinker (4/1), Gwan Tadhg (9/2), A Cheap Thrill (5/1), Light Parade (6/1), I Sea The Moon (13/2), Loup De Tallane (8/1), Londonofficecallin (14/1), Champagne Auction (14/1), West Breeze (16/1), We'llgowats (25/1), Whiskey Lady (28/1), Nephin Beg (33/1), Toni Ram (33/1), Fongs Way (40/1), Moon Eagle (50/1), Bothar Tara (50/1), Keep 'em Lit (50/1), Blue Motion (50/1), Aodhan May (66/1), Greatmindstinkalik (80/1), Didn'tsleepawink (80/1), Jesina (100/1), Flemenora (125/1), Duhallow Rainbow (125/1), Pana To Milan (150/1)

Lots with chances in this finale but LIGHT PARADE won in the style of one who could have more to offer at Thurles last time and might be up to defying a rise in the weights. Loup de Tallane has been in good form in recent months and heads the many dangers along with recent Limerick runner-up Positive Thinker and Londonofficecallin.