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Sunday 11 February 2024

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Gibney's Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 15:16 | Winning time: 6m 10.50s

Dragon's Pass¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Jake Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 102| C

20/1

Course winner. Latest win in hurdle at Thurles in November. Twelfth of 14 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Naas (18.5f, soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 421780

Full Noise^t1¹²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Danny Mullins| T: Miss K Brown| OR: 102

9/1

14/1, bit below form fourth of 9 in handicap chase at Downpatrick (23.5f, soft) 128 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving Paul Traynor.

Form: 0-1P7P4

Welsh Saint^p¹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 12-0| J: A P Heskin| T: C A McBratney| OR: 102

66/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2020. Thirteenth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Naas (18.5f, soft, 100/1) 14 days ago.

Form: 5P-6000

Zeeband^t⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 101

4/1

17/2, creditable second of 16 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (19.8f, heavy) 4 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 8-75032

Tilloughna^t⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: D Budds| OR: 98

14/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (18/1) at Limerick (21f, heavy) 45 days ago, pulled up next.

Form: 89-240P

Clear The Clouds^t²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 97

4/1

Shaped well after 6 months off when respectable sixth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20.2f, soft) 27 days ago, raced on unfavoured inside. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 05-4536

Aghmorough Bridge^p1³⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: Simon Torrens| T: William P Murphy| OR: 96

28/1

1 win from 3 runs this season. Ninth of 10 in novice chase (17/2) at Cork (20f, heavy) 36 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 3-43019

Benkei^p²²

Age: 14| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: H Rogers| OR: 95| C| D

50/1

Nineteen runs since last win in 2018. 16/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap hurdle at this course (20f, heavy) 22 days ago.

Form: 4-832F0

Grace Faraday^h⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽³⁾| T: A McCann| OR: 93

11/2

Excellent fourth of 18 in handicap hurdle (18/1) at Limerick (21f, heavy) 45 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 445-874

Stockdale¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: Patrick Turley| OR: 92| D

5/1

4/1, first run since leaving B. R. Hamilton when very good second of 9 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (17.2f, heavy) 19 days ago, no match for winner. Up in trip.

Form: 5565/82

Fromheretoeternity^h⁷⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Kevin Sexton| T: D Queally| OR: 88

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eleventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.2f, heavy, 200/1) 79 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Should progress.

Form: P270-00

Padraigs Boy^p⁷⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: J J Slevin| T: Ms Alice Curran| OR: 88

9/1

14/1, fell in handicap hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 77 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 00/83-BF

Wanchu Bach⁶¹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-10| J: Donagh Meyler| T: P Roche| OR: 84

16/1

First run since leaving Kieran Purcell when fifteenth of 22 in handicap hurdle (18/1) at Punchestown (23.9f, heavy) 61 days ago.

Form: 683P0/0

Aodhan May¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: Philip Byrnes⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 82

16/1

One win from 21 NH runs. 33/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, fifth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy) 18 days ago, not knocked about.

Form: P1P-P05

Final Endeavour^t²²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁵⁾| T: H Rogers| OR: 82

125/1

80/1, ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle at this course (20f, heavy) 22 days ago.

Form: 860/7-P9

Forecasts

Clear The Clouds (4/1), Zeeband (4/1), Stockdale (5/1), Grace Faraday (11/2), Full Noise (9/1), Padraigs Boy (9/1), Tilloughna (14/1), Aodhan May (16/1), Wanchu Bach (16/1), Dragon's Pass (20/1), Aghmorough Bridge (28/1), Benkei (50/1), Fromheretoeternity (50/1), Welsh Saint (66/1), Final Endeavour (125/1)

CLEAR THE CLOUDS shaped well after 6 months off when sixth at Punchestown despite racing on the unfavoured inside so could be the answer off the same mark. Zeeband and Grace Faraday head the dangers.