14:44 Thurles

Sunday 18 December 2022

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Carey Glass Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:44 | Winning time: 3m 57.7s

Zoffanien⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: D King⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 132| D

5/1

Latest win in hurdle at Killarney in July. 14/1, creditable fifth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Cheltenham (16.8f, good) 9 days ago.

Form: 0-71055

Boothen Boy^h1¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 128

18/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. 20/1, ninth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.2f, soft) 15 days ago. Down in trip. Yard in good form. Hood on 1st time.

Form: 25/1F-9

Hurricane Cliff^p1,t1¹⁷³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 126| D

14/1

10/1, ninth of 12 in handicap at Roscommon (10.2f, soft). Switches from Flat to hurdles. Tongue strap on 1st time, cheekpieces on 1st time. Others more persuasive.

Form: 210/556-

Blanketontheground³¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 122| CD

9/2

C&D winner. Good second of 12 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16.3f, heavy, 7/2) 31 days ago. Player.

Form: 433322

Cerberus⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Simon Torrens| T: A Leahy| OR: 122| D

18/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2019. Bit below form fifth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16f, heavy, 25/1) 49 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 604P-85

Walnut Beach²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽³⁾| T: P J Flynn| OR: 121| D

6/1

Latest win in hurdle at Cork in November. Fourth of 6 in minor event hurdle at Punchestown (16.1f, good to soft, 12/1) 29 days ago.

Form: 0-02614

Ney²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Mrs P Dobbs| OR: 117| D

9/2

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. 1 win from 2 runs this season. Career best when winning 12-runner handicap hurdle (25/1) at Cork (16f, soft) 28 days ago, readily. Can go well again.

Form: 943-41

Bal De Rio¹³⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-12| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 116| CD

28/1

C&D winner. Sixth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (20.2f, good, 18/1) 136 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 1-04606

Sacchoandvanzetti²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: D F O'Regan| T: J Queally| OR: 116| D

28/1

25/1, ninth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, soft) 28 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 51160/9

Delante^h⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: B J Cooper| T: T Cooper| OR: 115

22/1

80/1, pulled up in listed mares event at Limerick (22.4f, soft) 56 days ago won by Rebel Ivy, beaten when pulled up before 2 out. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Others have achieved more.

Form: 1P-4P

Marvel Fan^t⁷⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: P J Carberry| T: A J Martin| OR: 113| D

7/1

11/2, creditable tenth of 19 in handicap at Navan (10f, soft) 74 days ago, met some trouble. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Fairly useful hurdler. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 0/0102F-

New Ross⁴⁵⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 104

7/1

Pulled up in minor event hurdle at Downpatrick (21.5f, soft, 6/1), behind when pulled up flat. Off 15 months. Down in trip.

Form: P5/140P-

Staging Post^t²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: R Deegan| T: M M McNiff| OR: 104| D

66/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (100/1) at this course (20.7f, soft) 24 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 144-P9P

Forecasts

Blanketontheground (9/2), Ney (9/2), Zoffanien (5/1), Walnut Beach (6/1), New Ross (7/1), Marvel Fan (7/1), Hurricane Cliff (14/1), Cerberus (18/1), Boothen Boy (18/1), Delante (22/1), Bal De Rio (28/1), Sacchoandvanzetti (28/1), Staging Post (66/1)

MARVEL FAN shaped as if back in form at Navan in October and is potentially on a handy mark if building on that. Blanketontheground and Ney are others to consider.