17:45 Tramore

Monday 17 April 2023

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Summer Flat Racing July 11th Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:45 | Winning time: 5m 41.3s

Gaius¹¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Philip Byrnes⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 116| D

6/1

Latest win in hurdle at Sligo in October. Good second of 8 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Ayr (20.4f, good to soft) 116 days ago, running on. First run for yard after leaving Noel C. Kelly.

Form: 311372

Teescomponentsyess^p,t¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 116| C

18/1

Unseated rider in novice chase at Clonmel (19.9f, heavy, 5/1) 11 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Merits consideration.

Form: R47-02U

Kingston Retreat²⁹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: S O O'Brien| OR: 112| C

22/1

Course winner. Thirteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (20f, good to soft, 9/1). Off 9 months. Others make more appeal.

Form: U9-4410

Criminal Mischief²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean Cleary-Farrell⁽⁷⁾| T: Steve Jones| OR: 108

33/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Career best when winning 10-runner novice hurdle (18/1) at Clonmel (16f, heavy) 27 days ago, pushed out. Up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 90801

Prince Zaltar⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 106| C

11/4

C&D winner. 12/1, career best when winning 26-runner handicap hurdle at Navan (20f, good to soft) 44 days ago. Likely to be on the premises.

Form: 2PP241

Garcon Doux³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: P Fenton| OR: 104

13/2

Below form seventh of 20 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, heavy, 7/1) 37 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 709047

Jump The Shark²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Mark Walsh| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 104| BF

7/2

Promising sort. Creditable second of 9 in handicap hurdle (7/4) at Cork (20f, heavy) 25 days ago. Booking of Walsh a plus. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 800432

Craic Eile^t¹⁷²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽³⁾| T: D Budds| OR: 101| C

50/1

Course winner. 50/1, tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.4f, heavy) 172 days ago. Tongue strap back on. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: U48500

Aide De Camp¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: E M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: Robert Widger| OR: 100

5/1

15/2, first run since leaving Denis Hogan when creditable fourth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (21.7f, heavy) 15 days ago, having hopeless task from position. Respected.

Form: 493P54

Pat Coyne¹⁶⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-9| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: J Queally| OR: 97| C

6/1

Latest win in chase at Listowel in September. Fourth of 7 in handicap chase (5/1) at Wexford (20f, heavy) 169 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Can make presence felt.

Form: 723114

Ennemi Public^t,v¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 10-7| J: R Deegan| T: D Howard| OR: 95| C

100/1

Course winner. One win from 29 NH runs. Eighteen runs since last win in 2020. Unseated rider in handicap chase at Wexford (25.4f, heavy, 14/1) 17 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 69447U

Non-Runners

Smitty Bacall¹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 12

T: J P Flavin J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Prince Zaltar (11/4), Jump The Shark (7/2), Aide De Camp (5/1), Pat Coyne (6/1), Gaius (6/1), Garcon Doux (13/2), Teescomponentsyess (18/1), Kingston Retreat (22/1), Smitty Bacall (25/1), Criminal Mischief (33/1), Craic Eile (50/1), Ennemi Public (100/1)

JUMP THE SHARK is going the right way and is worth backing to go one better than his recent second at Cork. Prince Zaltar is the main danger and Pat Coyne also merits consideration.