14:40 Fairyhouse

Saturday 24 February 2024

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Tommy Carberry Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:41 | Winning time: 5m 39.2s

Dunvegan³⁸⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: P A Fahy| OR: 138| C

25/1

12½ lengths fourth of 5 to Gentleman De Mee in Dublin Chase at Leopardstown (17f, good to soft, 20/1). Off 12 months. Switches from chase to hurdles and up in trip for his handicap debut in this sphere.

Form: 112/524-

Whatcouldhavebeen⁹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Fahey| OR: 129| C

16/1

Course winner. Fourth of 5 in minor event hurdle at Wexford (20f, heavy, 9/4) 99 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Others preferred.

Form: 14428-4

Bois De Clamart^b,t⁵⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: Liz Doyle| OR: 126| D

25/1

22/1, respectable fifth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (19.1f, heavy) 55 days ago. Likely to find one or two too good once again.

Form: 84F-4P5

Carrig Sam¹⁶⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: J J Slevin| T: P Croke| OR: 125| C

33/1

Course winner. Switches from chase to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving Gavin Patrick Cromwell. Bit to prove at present.

Form: FPF3P-7

Shadow Rider⁷⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: P Roche| OR: 125

18/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (25/1) at Navan (25.2f, heavy) 77 days ago. Mark Walsh prefers Slanagaibhgoleir.

Form: PPP-37P

Slanagaibhgoleir⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Mark Walsh| T: G Elliott| OR: 123

9/2

Promising individual. 3/1, career best when winning 10-runner novice hurdle at Punchestown (22.9f, soft) 40 days ago, battling well. Makes handicap hurdle debut and he's armed with potential.

Form: 73-51

Your Honor²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 123

10/1

Ninth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Musselburgh (15.6f, good to soft, 22/1) 21 days ago, better placed than most. Significantly up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 375619

Kilbree Warrior^b,t³⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-7| J: Phillip Enright| T: O McKiernan| OR: 119| C

11/2

C&D winner. 28/1, second of 11 in handicap hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy) 35 days ago, having benefit of enterprising ride. Solid chance.

Form: 61-65P2

Glen Kiln¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: Carl Millar⁽⁷⁾| T: D H Kelly| OR: 118

5/2

Career best when winning 9-runner novice hurdle at Naas (19.1f, heavy, 5/4) 14 days ago, responding well. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Enters calculations.

Form: 426421

Kashi³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-1| J: Donagh Meyler| T: K Thornton| OR: 113| C

22/1

Course winner. Ninth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (16f, 14/1) 36 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Poor on last hurdle outing.

Form: 017-PU0

Talk In The Park³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 113

16/5

5/2, below form fourth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy) 35 days ago. Looks vulnerable for win purposes.

Form: F24644

Forecasts

Glen Kiln (5/2), Talk In The Park (16/5), Slanagaibhgoleir (9/2), Kilbree Warrior (11/2), Your Honor (10/1), Whatcouldhavebeen (16/1), Shadow Rider (18/1), Kashi (22/1), Dunvegan (25/1), Bois De Clamart (25/1), Carrig Sam (33/1)

There's room for improvement in SLANAGAIBHGOLEIR's jumping but he's pretty promising otherwise and is taken to build on his Punchestown maiden success by following up on this handicap debut. Kilbree Warrior put in a fine shift in a Navan listed contest last time and a reproduction of that would put him firmly in the picture. Glen Kiln appears to be going the right way and he is also shortlisted.