17:30 Downpatrick

Friday 19 May 2023

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Tote Always SP Or Better Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 17:32 | Winning time: 4m 32.20s

Justicialism⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽³⁾| T: B R Hamilton| OR: 109

12/1

Seventh of 10 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16.2f, soft, 22/1) 54 days ago. Needs to get back on track.

Form: 602407-

Bigz Belief^b,t⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J Smith⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Smith| OR: 107

7/1

7/2, creditable fifth of 15 in handicap at Gowran (14f, soft) 9 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. 7/14 on last hurdle outing.

Form: 680R07-

Willyouwalkwithme²²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: H Smyth| OR: 107| C

20/1

Career best when winning 14-runner handicap hurdle at this course (17.8f, good to soft, 12/1), kept up to work. Off 7 months and has a 7 lb higher mark to contend with.

Form: 261091-

Arakan Quest⁹⁷²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: Miss T Quail⁽⁷⁾| T: S McParlan| OR: 106

25/1

Good third of 12 in handicap hurdle at Navan (16f, good, 14/1), finding less than looked likely. Off over 2 years. First run for yard after leaving Yvonne Latta. Fitness has to be taken on trust.

Form: U53353/

Mister Twist^b¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: P Fenton| OR: 105

10/3

Fair maiden who was let down by his jumping when fourth of 19 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Tipperary (24.3f, good to soft) 15 days ago, well positioned. Back down in trip.

Form: 98422-4

Monty's Way^t⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: G Stanley| OR: 104

25/1

Isn't the horse he was on the Flat for Joseph O'Brien and fared no better for the switch to a handicap when ninth of 14 in handicap at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) last week.

Form: 7068-9

Set Point^p²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: B W Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 104

11/4

Fairly useful winner at 1m on Flat and fared better than previously in this sphere when fourth of 14 on handicap debut (12/1) at Kilbeggan (15f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Up in trip. Capable of better still.

Form: 6604-

Turkestan^h1,t²⁶⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr J C Barry⁽³⁾| T: M M McNiff| OR: 103

28/1

Unreliable type who ran poorly back on the Flat at Tipperary (12.5f) when last seen in August. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Hood on for 1st time.

Form: 2227/8F-

Forest Pump^h,t1²⁹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: M J Smith| OR: 102

18/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Cork (18.8f, good to soft, 66/1), soon beaten. Off 9 months. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 7S/P04P-

Roi De Dubai²⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-7| J: Simon Torrens| T: J C McConnell| OR: 102| C

22/1

Course winner but out of sorts at present. Back up in trip.

Form: 000F00-

Queenie Newall^t⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 100

6/1

Shaped well after 13 months off when fifth of 10 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at this C&D (heavy) 47 days ago. Remains open to improvement.

Form: 00063/5-

I Don't Get It¹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: N McCluskey| OR: 99| C

13/2

Course winner. Improved to win 18-runner handicap hurdle at Down Royal (16.8f, good to soft, 13/2) 18 days ago, battling well. Merits consideration in hat-trick bid.

Form: 93301-1

Dinoland¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Brian Hayes| T: J C McConnell| OR: 98

33/1

Has yet to better modest form over hurdles but remains capable of better now tackling handicaps. Watch betting.

Form: 778-0

Non-Runners

Lariat⁶

Weight: 11-2| Age: 7

T: J J Lambe J: Reserve 1

True Destiny²⁷

Weight: 11-0| Age: 8

T: J J Lambe J: Reserve 2

No Bodder⁶⁹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 7

T: A Mullins J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Set Point (11/4), Mister Twist (10/3), Queenie Newall (6/1), I Don't Get It (13/2), Bigz Belief (7/1), Justicialism (12/1), Forest Pump (18/1), Willyouwalkwithme (20/1), Roi De Dubai (22/1), Monty's Way (25/1), Arakan Quest (25/1), Turkestan (28/1), Dinoland (33/1), True Destiny (50/1), No Bodder (50/1), Lariat (50/1)

SET POINT stepped up on his previous efforts in this sphere when fourth on his handicap debut at Kilbeggan last month and, with the potential for better again now stepping up in trip, he gets the nod to come out on top. Queenie Newall shaped encouragingly on her comeback over C&D and remains open to improvement, with hat-trick seeker I Don't Get It completing the shortlist.