14:23 Cork

Monday 1 April 2024

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Leisure Domes Ltd Marquee Hire Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:23 | Winning time: 4m 14.70s

Johngus¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 12-1| J: D Moloney⁽⁷⁾| T: S Aherne| OR: 110| D

7/1

Latest win in hurdle at Limerick in December. Creditable fourth of 20 in handicap hurdle at this course (20f, heavy, 50/1) 11 days ago. Player.

Form: 17-1754

Mercury Mission^t1⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: M J O'Connor| OR: 108

8/1

Fifth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (15.6f, heavy, 6/1) 71 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 233835

The Banger Doyle^h¹¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: A P Heskin| T: J Queally| OR: 106| BF| D

9/2

9/4, creditable third of 10 in handicap hurdle at this course (16.8f, heavy) 113 days ago, needing stronger gallop. Hood back on. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 442343

Penalty Try³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Ricky Doyle| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 104

12/1

Promising type. Seventh of 13 in novice hurdle (66/1) at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) 37 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Should progress.

Form: P-8067

Ricky Bobby^t1²²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: A McCurtin| T: T Doyle| OR: 104| CD

6/1

C&D winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2021. Creditable second of 19 in handicap hurdle (5/1) at Naas (15.5f, heavy) 22 days ago, travelling best. Tongue strap on 1st time. Not taken lightly.

Form: 4F-2242

Listenheretomejack⁶⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: C Brassil⁽⁵⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 102| D

16/1

13/2, below form tenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) 67 days ago.

Form: 5/010-70

Whateys Quest⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Kevin A Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 101| BF

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Seemed amiss when pulled up in handicap hurdle (3/1) at Clonmel (18.9f, heavy) 46 days ago, tailing off. Retains some potential.

Form: 9075P

Contrapposto¹³⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: R Deegan| T: R Donohoe| OR: 99| D

28/1

22/1, fourteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.5f, soft) 137 days ago.

Form: 0-92990

Cosmic Rock^p,t⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-3| J: Tom Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 98| D

17/2

Fifth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16.2f, heavy, 16/1) 8 days ago.

Form: 553705

Macinamillion^h²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Alix Balfe⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 102

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 22/1 and hooded for 1st time, creditable fifth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.5f, heavy) 22 days ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 8785

Aboy Joey¹¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 92

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 250/1, seventeenth of 24 in novice hurdle at this course (16.8f, heavy) 113 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 000

Knockaneleigh Girl^h,t²³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: D Queally| OR: 92

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Fourteenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, heavy, 8/1) 23 days ago. May yet do better.

Form: 879410

Inchiquin Maid²²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: Jake Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: D Budds| OR: 91

80/1

125/1, last of 19 in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.5f, heavy) 22 days ago.

Form: 5-53000

Out Of The Park³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: A O'Grady| OR: 88

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 20/1, sixteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16.5f, good to soft) 123 days ago.

Form: 860234

Duffys Hodey⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: C D Maxwell| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 80

7/1

Respectable fifth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16f, heavy, 10/1) 46 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0/003-P5

Forecasts

The Banger Doyle (9/2), Ricky Bobby (6/1), Duffys Hodey (7/1), Johngus (7/1), Mercury Mission (8/1), Cosmic Rock (17/2), Macinamillion (12/1), Whateys Quest (12/1), Penalty Try (12/1), Listenheretomejack (16/1), Knockaneleigh Girl (16/1), Out Of The Park (25/1), Aboy Joey (28/1), Contrapposto (28/1), Inchiquin Maid (80/1)

THE BANGER DOYLE is worth persevering with over hurdles on the evidence of his last 2 efforts so gets the vote over Ricky Bobby and Johngus.