15:55 Roscommon

Monday 25 September 2023

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Class Grass Handicap Hurdle (80-116)

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 6m 40.20s

Ideal Du Tabert¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mark Walsh| T: C Collins| OR: 116| BF

10/3

Lightly-raced maiden. Up in trip for this handicap hurdle debut and while improvement is needed, this 5-y-o still has time on his side.

Form: 2328-33

Fill The Tank^p⁴⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-12| J: Mark McDonagh⁽⁵⁾| T: Aengus King| OR: 100| CD

5/2

Course winner. Creditable 1½ lengths second of 13 to Hand Over Fist in handicap hurdle at this course (23.6f, good to soft, 12/1) 48 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 9P-0912

Benkei^p⁹

Age: 13| Weight: 10-8| J: Miss M Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: H Rogers| OR: 96| C

8/1

Course winner. Fifteen runs since last win in 2018. 33/1, eighth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Navan (15.6f, good to soft) 9 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 0/3434-8

Read To Return^t¹⁶¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: P J Carberry| T: A J Martin| OR: 95| BF| D

11/8

Excellent second of 14 in novice chase (5/2) at Tramore (21.7f, good to soft) 161 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Tongue strap back on for this handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 085772-

Rockon Henry⁵⁷⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: F Feeney| OR: 87

16/1

Ninth of 13 in novice hurdle (40/1) at Punchestown (20.4f, heavy). Off 19 months ahead of this handicap hurdle debut.

Form: P50279/

Military Hill¹⁰⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: C P McNamara| T: R K Watson| OR: 81

25/1

18/1, tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (21.3f, good to soft) 100 days ago. Readily passed over.

Form: P9/BP-90

Non-Runners

Hand Over Fist⁴⁸

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: H De Bromhead J: Mike O'Connor

Jay Jay Zee¹⁰

Weight: 11-6| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: Jack Kennedy

Pat Coyne⁷

Weight: 11-5| Age: 9

T: J Queally J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Outside The Door³¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: P Roche J: Peter Smithers

Good World³¹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 8

T: E Griffin J: Ricky Doyle

Forecasts

Read To Return (11/8), Fill The Tank (5/2), Hand Over Fist (3/1), Ideal Du Tabert (10/3), Good World (13/2), Benkei (8/1), Jay Jay Zee (8/1), Outside The Door (8/1), Rockon Henry (16/1), Pat Coyne (16/1), Military Hill (25/1)

This step up in trip could be just the ticket for READ TO RETURN, who was runner-up in a maiden chase at Tramore in April and is on a fair-looking mark now making his handicap debut back over hurdles. Hand Over Fist and Fill The Tank, first and second respectively here last month, should both be involved in the finish once again, while Good World is also shortlisted.