15:10 Downpatrick

Sunday 13 August 2023

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A J C Group Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 4m 8.00s

Fassbender^p1,t¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: M M McNiff| OR: 95| C

11/1

C&D winner. 25/1, eleventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (17f, good) 19 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time now.

Form: PP0-060

Lariat⁶³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: Danny Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Lambe| OR: 94

11/1

18/1, ninth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (19.6f, good) 63 days ago, finding little. Others more persuasive.

Form: 260U-69

Moneynabane¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: N McCluskey| OR: 93

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 66/1 and blinkered/tongue strap on for 1st time, ninth of 11 in novice hurdle at Perth (20.2f, good to soft) 12 days ago. More is needed on his handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 6P-9769

Crafty Gael^p¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 95| BF

85/40

10/3, good second of 13 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) 1 day ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 26-2F22

Sandyman⁶⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Simon Torrens| T: J C McConnell| OR: 92

13/2

Fair Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. First run for yard after leaving James McAuley. Bit below form on last hurdle outing but still not ruled out on his yard/handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 008-

Finches Cross⁴⁰⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss E Lalor| OR: 90

20/1

8/1, very good fifth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16f, good). Off 13 months so he needs to hit the ground running.

Form: 07/7405-

Gwan Tadhg²⁰⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mark McDonagh⁽⁵⁾| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 88| BF

7/1

Ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle (2/1) at Clonmel (16.8f, heavy). Off 6 months but handily weighted if ready to roll on his comeback.

Form: 0/9U069-

Woodstream Lad^b³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Mike O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: R K Watson| OR: 86

6/1

50/1 and blinkered for 1st time, excellent third of 10 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (16.9f, good) 35 days ago. Can give another good account with headgear retained.

Form: 08770-3

Copia Verborum^t³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Anna McGuinness⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Lambe| OR: 85

28/1

Tenth of 14 in handicap at Ayr (10f, good, 50/1) 35 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles with more required.

Form: 6/80P-U7

Self Assessed⁴⁶⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S Aherne| OR: 83

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Off 15 months. First run for yard after leaving Gearoid Patrick Brouder. Poor on last hurdle run so lots to prove on his handicap hurdle debut.

Form: P750/

Lesssaidthebetter^p²³

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 80

12/1

Respectable seventh of 14 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (19f, soft, 13/2) 23 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Cheekpieces back on. Remains a maiden after 32 NH runs.

Form: PU3-437

Monoxide^t¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Ms C L McGoldrick⁽⁷⁾| T: N McCluskey| OR: 80

25/1

Remains a maiden after 27 NH runs. 18/1, seventh of 8 in handicap chase at Perth (16f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 8274U7

Mullins Cross³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 80| D

14/1

One win from 25 NH runs. Fair fourth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (16.8f, good to soft, 33/1) 37 days ago. Sixteen runs since last win in 2021.

Form: FP-P5P4

Non-Runners

West Of Carrig¹⁹

Weight: 11-10| Age: 6

T: P Croke J: Non Runner

Silverstrand²³

Weight: 11-0| Age: 7

T: J C McConnell J: Ricky Doyle

Up And Out¹

Weight: 11-10| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Reserve 1

Redwood Queen⁶²

Weight: 11-8| Age: 6

T: C Byrnes J: Reserve 2

Depeche Mo¹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: Eric Larkin J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Crafty Gael (85/40), Silverstrand (5/1), Woodstream Lad (6/1), Sandyman (13/2), Gwan Tadhg (7/1), West Of Carrig (8/1), Redwood Queen (10/1), Fassbender (11/1), Lariat (11/1), Lesssaidthebetter (12/1), Mullins Cross (14/1), Self Assessed (16/1), Up And Out (16/1), Depeche Mo (16/1), Finches Cross (20/1), Monoxide (25/1), Copia Verborum (28/1), Moneynabane (66/1)

Lots with chances. SILVERSTRAND is knocking on the door so is taken to gain an overdue first victory off just a 1 lb higher mark than when a good recent Kilbeggan second. Woodstream Lad rates a big threat though on the back of his Sligo third in first-time blinkers, with the returning Gwan Tadhg weighted to have a say if fully tuned up.