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Owners Insurance Included In AIRO Membership Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 15:44 | Winning time: 4m 15.8s

Mahlers Cove¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Mangan| OR: 94| D

9/1

Career best when winning 13-runner handicap hurdle (11/1) at Thurles (16.4f, heavy) 17 days ago. 7 lb higher now but another bold bid anticipated.

Form: 668561

Take My Hand²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Sean Flanagan| T: M Mulvany| OR: 94| C

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Very good third of 16 in handicap hurdle (25/1) at Clonmel (16f, soft) 28 days ago. Claims if able to build on that.

Form: P5873

Dragon's Pass^t¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 93

5/1

Latest win in hurdle at Fairyhouse in January. 10/1, good second of 19 in handicap hurdle at this course (15.4f, soft) 18 days ago, closing all way to line. Warrants respect.

Form: 30-1082

Leading Oak³⁶¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Conor Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: D Cullen| OR: 93

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Twelfth of 16 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, good to soft, 50/1). Off 12 months. Work to do on handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 50U50-

Staging Post^b,t¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: I J Power| T: M M McNiff| OR: 90| D

33/1

59 lengths eighth of 13 to Mahlers Cove in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16.4f, heavy, 25/1) 17 days ago. Chance on old form.

Form: P9P008

Infinity Tower^b1²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Richard Condon⁽⁵⁾| T: N Dooly| OR: 87

80/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (24f, soft, 20/1) 28 days ago, pulled up early in straight. Significantly back down in trip. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 7/9005P

Thirsty Thursday⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: C Motherway| OR: 87

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16f, heavy, 11/1) 9 days ago. Each-way claims.

Form: 09P96

Getaway Molly^p³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: P Rooney| OR: 86

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, good to soft, 150/1) 36 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 5P-PP90

Herculaneum²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr D McGill⁽⁷⁾| T: N C Kelly| OR: 86

16/1

9/2, creditable fifth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Ayr (20.4f, good) 20 days ago. Down in trip. Not out of things.

Form: 603-525

Papa Barns⁷⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Keith Donoghue| T: J T R Dreaper| OR: 86

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 250/1, sixteenth of 22 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy) 74 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 0U000

Jinxs Link²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: M Rice| OR: 85

50/1

Ninth of 10 in novice hurdle at Navan (22.4f, good to soft, 50/1) 26 days ago. Back down in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 088-009

Kanors Girl¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: M J Molloy⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 84

50/1

16/1, bit below form 29½ lengths fifth of 13 to Mahlers Cove in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16.4f, heavy) 17 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 80P005

Nemean^t1²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Phillip Enright| T: A J Martin| OR: 94

3/1

Promising individual. 7/1, very good second of 14 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (16f, good to soft) 25 days ago, running on. Yard having good spell. Tongue strap on 1st time. Shortlisted.

Form: 00002

Only One Plan^p²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 84

16/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Wexford (16f, good to soft) 25 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 530409

Winnie Woodnutt^t²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Kieren Buckley⁽³⁾| T: D Harvey| OR: 84

7/1

Tenth of 15 in novice hurdle (7/1) at Tramore (21f, good). Off 7 months. Down in trip. Tongue strap back on. Won a couple of points since last hurdles outing but improvement needed in this sphere.

Form: 013221

Crafty Gael³²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 91

10/3

Lightly-raced maiden. 8/1, very good second of 9 in juvenile hurdle at this course (15.5f, good to soft) 32 days ago. Improving all the time recently.

Form: 80062

Be My Hero¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 80

12/1

22/1, first run since leaving Brendan Oliver Walsh when tenth of 19 in handicap hurdle at this course (15.4f, soft) 18 days ago. Yard in good form. Others preferred.

Form: P-405P0

Mi Sueno^h1¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Ricky Doyle| T: P Flood| OR: 89

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 66/1, first run since leaving Andrew Kinsella when thirteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) 19 days ago. Hood on 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 6600

Forecasts

Nemean (3/1), Crafty Gael (10/3), Dragon's Pass (5/1), Winnie Woodnutt (7/1), Mahlers Cove (9/1), Be My Hero (12/1), Take My Hand (14/1), Herculaneum (16/1), Only One Plan (16/1), Thirsty Thursday (16/1), Staging Post (33/1), Kanors Girl (50/1), Jinxs Link (50/1), Papa Barns (50/1), Mi Sueno (66/1), Infinity Tower (80/1), Getaway Molly (100/1), Leading Oak (100/1)

There should be more to come from NEMEAN, who upped his game when second at Wexford last time and remains low mileage in this sphere. Crafty Gael and Mahlers Cove head the list of dangers.