14:50 Tramore

Sunday 16 April 2023

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Anne Valley Walk Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1)

Off time: 14:50 | Winning time: 5m 29.80s

Port Rashid³⁴

Age: 12| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss J Townend| T: T Townend| OR: 93| C

14/1

Course winner. 1 win from 3 runs this season. Below form fourth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16.4f, heavy, 9/2) 34 days ago. Up in trip. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 667-314

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Royal Rhythm^b¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 93

10/1

Latest win in hurdle at Clonmel in March. 6/1, sixth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 17 days ago. Back up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 946416

Early Arrival^t³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: K Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: J Barcoe| OR: 91

6/1

Remains a maiden after 19 NH runs. 10/3, sixth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (20f, heavy) 30 days ago. Tongue strap back on. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 408426

Hard Target^t⁵³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: D H Kelly| OR: 91

7/1

Winner in hurdle at Clonmel in December. 5/1, bit below form seventh of 16 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20.4f, good to soft) 53 days ago.

Form: 633617

Walk Out¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: D F O'Regan| T: J E Kiely| OR: 91

22/1

Eighth of 11 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (19.5f, heavy, 16/1) 10 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 6007U8

Anstand³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 89| BF

4/1

Promising individual. Fourteenth of 19 in handicap hurdle (3/1) at Naas (15.4f, soft) 35 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Shaping well prior to latest run, still open to improvement and makes plenty of appeal.

Form: 890820

Light Heidi¹⁹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: J S McGarvey| T: N C Kelly| OR: 87

40/1

Winner in hurdle at Limerick in April 2022. Below form seventh of 12 in claiming hurdle at Clonmel (19.9f, good to soft, 11/1). Off 6 months.

Form: 031-537

O Faolains Lass²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: C Brassil⁽⁵⁾| T: N Dooly| OR: 86

28/1

11/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Clonmel (18.5f, heavy) 26 days ago, losing touch before 3 out. Others have achieved more.

Form: 80808P

Well Loved^t¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Miss Liz Doyle| OR: 84

17/2

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 80/1, fell in handicap hurdle at Naas (18.9f, soft) 17 days ago looking sure to be placed. Booking of Flanagan a plus. Should have more to offer.

Form: F-7607F

Darkest Dawn^b1⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: J J Slevin| T: J F O'Shea| OR: 83

100/1

25/1, eighth of 10 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16f, soft) 45 days ago. Back up in trip. Blinkered for 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 007048

Bal Kauto⁸⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽³⁾| T: D Queally| OR: 81

7/4

150/1, creditable fifth of 10 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.5f, soft) 84 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. First run for yard after leaving Turlough O'Connor. Enters calculations.

Form: 098805

Tiantu^p,t¹⁶¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: Miss J M Cook⁽⁷⁾| T: Paul Power| OR: 81| C| D

40/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2020. Twelfth of 14 in handicap chase (33/1) at this course (16f, good). Off 9 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. Up in trip. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 3P0-046

One More Lass^h³⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: Ian Power| T: Ms M Flynn| OR: 80

33/1

100/1, bit below form third of 13 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16.4f, heavy) 34 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 38P003

Non-Runners

New Barn Lane⁶

Weight: 11-13| Age: 6

T: E McCarthy J: Keith Donoghue

Lilian Bland¹⁰

Weight: 11-6| Age: 7

T: N P Hennessy J: R Deegan

Female Approach²

Weight: 11-9| Age: 5

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Bal Kauto (7/4), Lilian Bland (7/2), Anstand (4/1), Early Arrival (6/1), Hard Target (7/1), Well Loved (17/2), Royal Rhythm (10/1), New Barn Lane (12/1), Port Rashid (14/1), Walk Out (22/1), O Faolains Lass (28/1), One More Lass (33/1), Female Approach (33/1), Tiantu (40/1), Light Heidi (40/1), Darkest Dawn (100/1)

ANSTAND was looking ahead of his mark before a poor run last time and he could find more improvement for the longer trip, so he's preferred to in-form pair Lilian Bland and Early Arrival.