Micheal O'Murchadha Memorial Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 3m 55.5s

Britzka^b,t¹⁶⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| OR: 134| D

28/1

Two wins from 4 runs this season. Pulled up in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Listowel (16f, good) 167 days ago, tailing off some way out. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 06-211P

Annexation^t⁴⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 133| D

11/1

Twelfth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (8f, 9/1) 44 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Stable having good spell but this 7-y-o now has a bit to prove.

Form: F100-P8

Braganza^p1,t²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: W P Mullins| OR: 122| D

8/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, fourteenth of 22 in handicap hurdle (50/1) at Leopardstown (17.7f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Now tried in cheekpieces.

Form: 55P-540

Jiving Jerry⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: Brian Hayes| T: J Barcoe| OR: 115| D

9/4

Creditable fifth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.1f, good to soft, 14/1) 8 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Couldn't rule out.

Form: 840455

Bythesametoken^t⁷⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-3| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 111| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Sixth of 7 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy, 12/1) 74 days ago, not knocked about. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 43P3U6

Missiee⁶⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 111| CD

11/2

C&D winner. 2 wins from 3 runs this season. 6/1, career best when winning 14-runner handicap hurdle at Limerick (20f, heavy) 69 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 105-151

Doyen Ta Win^h³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: K C Sexton| T: D Queally| OR: 104| D

2/1

Career best when winning 18-runner handicap hurdle at Naas (15.7f, soft, 6/1) 35 days ago, just holding on. On the upgrade recently and she has to enter calculations, despite being 4 lb 'wrong' at the weights.

Form: 702311

Forecasts

Doyen Ta Win (2/1), Jiving Jerry (9/4), Missiee (11/2), Bythesametoken (6/1), Braganza (8/1), Annexation (11/1), Britzka (28/1)

If the ground continues to dry out the claims of JIVING JERRY will be enhanced and he is worth chancing. It's admittedly been a while since he last got his head in front but his current mark is a fair one and he arrives here on the back of creditable efforts at Navan and Fairyhouse. Missiee regained the winning thread at Limerick last time and she is feared most ahead of the hat-trick seeking Doyen Ta Win.