16:00 Clonmel

Thursday 16 February 2023

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Kilmolash (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 5m 30.08s

West Breeze^t³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 12-4| J: Mr M C O'Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: M Winters| OR: 101| BF

11/8

Good second of 15 in handicap hurdle at this course (19.8f, heavy, 7/4) 30 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 5-0F442

Buzz Light^p1¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-3| J: Mr P A King⁽⁵⁾| T: Thomas Dowling| OR: 100

125/1

100/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.7f, soft) 18 days ago. Back up in trip. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 9046-0P

Drumderry Harlem^h,t¹⁰⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 12-1| J: Mr T Power Roche⁽⁷⁾| T: Mark J Scallan| OR: 98

25/1

Very good second of 14 in novice hurdle (11/1) at Wexford (20f, heavy) 108 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. One to note.

Form: 647642

Lovely Reaction¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr C Mullins⁽⁷⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 96

3/1

Promising sort. Career best when winning 10-runner handicap hurdle (5/1) at Limerick (16f, soft) 16 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 9801

Hi Ski¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 95

33/1

20/1, respectable fourth of 14 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft) 16 days ago. Needs to improve.

Form: 068294

Breagagh²⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr N Gault⁽⁷⁾| T: S Millar| OR: 94

22/1

11/1, creditable fifth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (21.3f, good to soft), finishing with running left. Off 8 months. Merits respect.

Form: 0739-45

Battle Of Benburb^t¹⁰⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 93

18/1

Latest win in hurdle at Wexford in August. 14/1, below form ninth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (24.1f, soft) 104 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 6312P9

Tennessee Titan⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr T Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: S Neville| OR: 93

10/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fourth of 14 in novice hurdle at Tramore (21.8f, heavy, 40/1) 46 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to improvement.

Form: 9/P154

Jaariam^b¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr A P Fahey⁽⁷⁾| T: P G Fahey| OR: 91

16/1

12/1, below form sixth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, soft) 16 days ago. Blinkers back on.

Form: 6-30056

Nibbles³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr T O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: T O'Connor| OR: 91

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 40/1, creditable ninth of 21 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (24.4f, heavy) 31 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 0589

Doyen Rose¹¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J Dunne⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 90

50/1

33/1 and hooded for 1st time, thirteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at this course (16.5f, heavy) 112 days ago. First run for yard after leaving David Christie.

Form: 240P-P0

Touch Of Oscar^b²⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁵⁾| T: M Hourigan| OR: 90| C

28/1

Course winner. Twenty four runs since last win in 2020. Eleventh of 18 in handicap hurdle at Navan (20f, soft, 40/1) 26 days ago.

Form: 070400

Eclipseofardkilly^h⁷²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Alan O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: R J Tierney| OR: 82

125/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 100/1, eighth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (21f, soft) 72 days ago.

Form: 0898

Londonofficecallin^t⁶⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Mr A P Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss E McCutcheon| OR: 82

6/1

Remains a maiden after 18 NH runs. 14/1, below form tenth of 24 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, soft) 67 days ago, having hopeless task from position. Worth considering.

Form: 4P-2230

Cahirmee¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 10-11| J: Mr W T Cronin⁽⁷⁾| T: B O'Keeffe| OR: 80

50/1

Respectable eighth of 20 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Punchestown (24.1f, heavy) 17 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 00P0-68

Non-Runners

Doyouthinkso⁷²

Weight: 12-4| Age: 7

T: J P Flavin J: Mr R James

Robindevidastar²²

Weight: 11-2| Age: 8

T: P J Rothwell J: Non Runner

O Mio Babbino⁵⁸

Weight: 10-11| Age: 7

T: Patrick Cronin J: Reserve 2

Tangental³⁰

Weight: 10-11| Age: 7

T: Colm Murphy J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

West Breeze (11/8), Lovely Reaction (3/1), Doyouthinkso (7/2), Londonofficecallin (6/1), O Mio Babbino (8/1), Tennessee Titan (10/1), Nibbles (12/1), Tangental (16/1), Jaariam (16/1), Battle Of Benburb (18/1), Breagagh (22/1), Drumderry Harlem (25/1), Robindevidastar (25/1), Touch Of Oscar (28/1), Hi Ski (33/1), Cahirmee (50/1), Doyen Rose (50/1), Eclipseofardkilly (125/1), Buzz Light (125/1)

LOVELY REACTION scored with something to spare at Limerick 16 days ago and is worth a chance to follow up. West Breeze should pose a threat and Bregagh is another one worthy of a mention.