16:50 Tramore

Sunday 20 August 2023

All13:4514:1514:4515:1515:5016:2016:5017:20

Frank Gillane Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)

Off time: 16:50 | Winning time: 4m 3.08s

Leroy Leroy²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 90| D

3/1

Creditable fifth of 15 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Ballinrobe (17f, good) 26 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 4/P-0365

Barbaha Queen⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 89| D

4/1

12/1, creditable seventh of 13 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 59430-7

David's Lad²⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 86

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Twelfth of 16 in handicap hurdle (20/1) at Thurles (15.8f, good to soft). Off 9 months. Others more persuasive.

Form: 9890-

I Am The Sea³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: J J Slevin| T: P M Cloke| OR: 89

12/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Thrice-raced maiden in this sphere. Eighth of 18 in novice hurdle at Cork (16.9f, good to soft, 125/1) 37 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut and open to progress.

Form: 058

Magnetic Pulse^b³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: P A Fahy| OR: 84

20/1

Blinkered for 1st time, last of 13 in maiden (250/1) at this C&D (good) 3 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Blinkers on for 1st time in this code. Pulled up on last hurdle run.

Form: 0000/0P-

No Show^p³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Phillip Enright| T: J J Mangan| OR: 83

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Modest winner at 10f on flat. Fourteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (18f, soft, 50/1) 30 days ago.

Form: 0-700

Mullins Cross⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 80

3/1

One win from 26 NH runs. Seventeen runs since last win in 2021. 14/1, creditable 9½ lengths eighth of 13 to Gwan Tadhg in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (17.3f, good) 7 days ago.

Form: P-P5P48

Prince Of Air^p,t⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Simon Torrens| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 80

4/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable sixth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (16.6f, good, 8/1) 6 days ago.

Form: 0/83-506

Self Assessed⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S Aherne| OR: 80

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 16/1, first run since leaving Gearoid Patrick Brouder when well-beaten last of 13 to Gwan Tadhg in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (17.3f, good) 7 days ago.

Form: P750/0

Non-Runners

Gwan Tadhg⁷

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: E J O'Grady J: M M McDonagh

Portarlington⁴

Weight: 11-11| Age: 4

T: D Budds J: Darragh O'Keeffe

The Cooleen⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: J P Flavin J: Kieren Buckley

O'Faolains Glory²

Weight: 11-2| Age: 6

T: N Dooly J: J P O'Sullivan

Be My Hero¹⁰

Weight: 11-1| Age: 8

T: G Elliott J: Non Runner

Howsthewoman¹⁰

Weight: 10-13| Age: 9

T: J G Carr J: P J Carberry

Forecasts

Gwan Tadhg (9/4), Mullins Cross (3/1), Leroy Leroy (3/1), Prince Of Air (4/1), Barbaha Queen (4/1), Be My Hero (5/1), Portarlington (7/1), David's Lad (9/1), I Am The Sea (12/1), Howsthewoman (14/1), Self Assessed (16/1), No Show (20/1), Magnetic Pulse (20/1), O'Faolains Glory (20/1), The Cooleen (25/1)

GWAN TADHG has gone up 7 lb for his breakthrough success at Downpatrick last weekend but he may well prove equal to the task if able to build on that performance. Leroy Leroy is second choice on the back of a decent effort at Kilbeggan and Barbaha Queen may also have a part to play if, as expected, she comes on for her recent reappearance spin at the same course. I Am The Sea is a potential improver now pitched into a handicap in this sphere and he also enters calculations.