14:20 Down Royal

Tuesday 23 January 2024

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Pravha Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 4m 40.90s

Earlofbrackenstown²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Kieren Buckley| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 93

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Twenty second of 28 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 00B0

Juke Box Rock⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 93

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 250/1, seventeenth of 26 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy) 45 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. May well do better.

Form: 0000

Moneynabane²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Byrnes⁽⁵⁾| T: N McCluskey| OR: 93

25/1

Winner in hurdle at Downpatrick in October. Fourteenth of 19 in handicap hurdle at this course (17f, soft, 66/1) 28 days ago, losing place halfway. Can only be watched at present.

Form: 7100P0

Always Enchanting¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Mark McDonagh⁽³⁾| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 92| D

7/1

9/2, career best when winning 12-runner handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16.5f, heavy) 12 days ago, pushed out. Enters calculations.

Form: 0-77451

Superdermo^t⁷⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Alix Balfe⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 92

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eleventh of 14 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy, 150/1) 77 days ago. Tongue strap back on. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: PP/0-80

Breagagh^p⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr N Gault⁽⁷⁾| T: S Millar| OR: 91

9/2

Remains a maiden after 17 NH runs. Eleventh of 14 in handicap (10/1) at Dundalk (16f) 4 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Pulled up on last hurdle outing.

Form: 4352PP

Coco Kolada^t²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Donagh Meyler| T: K Thornton| OR: 89

11/4

Promising individual. 28/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, fourth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.6f, heavy) 22 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 09P0-4

Lakomet Of Saints^t¹⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: J P Flavin| OR: 88

18/1

Eleventh of 13 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft, 8/1) 164 days ago.

Form: 998U-40

Billable Grant⁷⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: M J Molloy⁽⁷⁾| T: C A McBratney| OR: 87| CD

25/1

C&D winner. 28/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.5f, heavy) 77 days ago, always behind.

Form: 098-99P

Shana Cloon²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 87

11/2

7/1, respectable fourth of 22 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.7f, heavy) 23 days ago, good progress soon after 2 out without posing a win threat. Not out of things from same mark.

Form: 740034

Special Protector⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: C Brassil⁽⁵⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 87

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. First run since leaving Timothy Doyle when creditable tenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Naas (16f, soft, 8/1) 40 days ago, not ideally placed. Not one to write off just yet in this sphere.

Form: 0007-0

Glenabbey¹⁹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: D Moloney⁽⁷⁾| T: J Neilan| OR: 86

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 15 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Sligo (16.9f, good). Off 6 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: F/007-0

Meoulflower²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Thomas Reilly⁽⁷⁾| T: P Cluskey| OR: 84

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 150/1, twelfth of 14 in novice hurdle at Limerick (19f, heavy) 25 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: F000

O'Faolains Glory¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Jack Kennedy| T: Ian Donoghue| OR: 80

15/2

First run since leaving N. Dooly when fourteenth of 21 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Naas (16f, soft) 11 days ago. Much more needed.

Form: 706860

Outdoor Mozzy^t⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Miss P Elvin⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 80

10/1

Good fourth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Naas (16f, soft, 10/1) 40 days ago, keeping on despite not being ideally placed. Each-way possibilities.

Form: 609364

Perfect Arch^b⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Daire James McConville⁽⁷⁾| T: S McConville| OR: 80

12/1

Remains a maiden after 18 NH runs. Tenth of 13 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Punchestown (22.9f, soft) 8 days ago. Back down in trip. Blinkers back on.

Form: 0P78U0

Non-Runners

Cramers Valley⁴⁰

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: P J Rothwell J: J P O'Sullivan

Backfromtheraces¹²

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: P J Rothwell J: Non Runner

Divilabother²⁸

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: Thomas Coyle J: Carl Millar

Pana To Milan¹¹

Weight: 11-5| Age: 6

T: M Winters J: L A McKenna

Sundrenched¹¹

Weight: 11-13| Age: 9

T: J J Lambe J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Coco Kolada (11/4), Breagagh (9/2), Cramers Valley (5/1), Shana Cloon (11/2), Always Enchanting (7/1), O'Faolains Glory (15/2), Outdoor Mozzy (10/1), Perfect Arch (12/1), Pana To Milan (16/1), Lakomet Of Saints (18/1), Special Protector (20/1), Earlofbrackenstown (20/1), Juke Box Rock (25/1), Billable Grant (25/1), Moneynabane (25/1), Backfromtheraces (33/1), Superdermo (50/1), Divilabother (50/1), Glenabbey (66/1), Meoulflower (80/1)

CRAMERS VALLEY left previous exploits well behind and shaped like the best horse at the weights when runner-up at Naas 6 weeks ago, staying on well having been left poorly placed given how the race unfolded. He's worth chancing to build on the promise of that effort, with Clonmel scorer Always Enchanting and Coco Kolada heading up the dangers. Shana Cloon is also worth a second look.