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Monday 22 April 2024

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Copper Coast Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 17:10 | Winning time: 4m 16.00s

Pidoyne^t¹¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 101| CD

7/2

Course winner. 5/1, thirteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 117 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 21-9230

Duke Otto¹¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Flynn| OR: 100| CD

18/1

Course winner. 2 wins from 6 runs this season. Latest win in hurdle at Thurles in November. 14/1, last of 16 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 117 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 011480

Garcon Doux²⁵⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: P Fenton| OR: 100| D

9/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2022. 40/1, sixth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Cork (18.7f, good to soft). Off 8 months. Others have achieved more.

Form: 473-096

Contrapposto²¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-10| J: R Deegan| T: R Donohoe| OR: 98| D

9/1

28/1, sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 21 days ago.

Form: 929906

Miss Gherkin⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Jordan Gainford| T: P Croke| OR: 98| D

7/2

16/1, career best when winning 18-runner handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, soft) 50 days ago, driven clear. Hit with a 9 lb hike for that but she is one of the most solid options.

Form: 0-74001

Up And Out²¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 94

14/1

Remains a maiden after 16 NH runs. Sixteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle (15/2) at Navan (15.6f, good to soft). Off 7 months.

Form: 406240

Queen Of Seduction⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Miss A Hourigan⁽⁷⁾| T: G T Hourigan| OR: 93

9/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. First run for yard after leaving Mrs J. Harrington. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Difficult ask.

Form: 5P5

Bite That⁸⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: P J Flynn| OR: 92| CD

22/1

Course winner. One win from 26 NH runs. Thirteen runs since last win in 2022. Fifteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Gowran (16f, heavy) 88 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 733960

Craic Eile¹⁷²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: D Budds| OR: 91| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Nineteen runs since last win in 2021. 22¼ lengths thirteenth of 15 to Duke Otto in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16.1f, soft, 18/1) 172 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 073070

Forever Frankie¹⁵¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S Aherne| OR: 91

10/1

Twelfth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16.2f, soft, 25/1) 151 days ago.

Form: 605900

Astrophysicist^b,t⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 89

11/1

Remains a maiden after 20 NH runs. 9/1 and blinkers on for 1st time in this code, running well fell in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.5f, heavy) 43 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 00005F

Rauzan^t1¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 96

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 66/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Naas (18.8f, soft) 18 days ago, tailed off when pulled up early in straight. Tongue strap on 1st time. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 904P

Prince Quattro¹⁹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: Simon Torrens| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 81

11/1

22/1, 33 lengths eighth of 10 to Duke Otto in handicap hurdle at this course (16f, heavy). Off 6 months and looks up against it.

Form: 0R6998

Non-Runners

Inchiquin Star¹⁹³

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: P Kiely J: Cian Quirke

Boston Bongo¹¹

Weight: 11-2| Age: 5

T: Barry J Fitzgerald J: Brian Hayes

Lakomet Of Saints¹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 6

T: J P Flavin J: Phillip Enright

Forecasts

Miss Gherkin (7/2), Pidoyne (7/2), Boston Bongo (4/1), Queen Of Seduction (9/1), Contrapposto (9/1), Garcon Doux (9/1), Forever Frankie (10/1), Inchiquin Star (10/1), Astrophysicist (11/1), Prince Quattro (11/1), Up And Out (14/1), Craic Eile (14/1), Duke Otto (18/1), Lakomet Of Saints (20/1), Bite That (22/1), Rauzan (25/1)

The vote goes to PIDOYNE, who failed to fire at Limerick when last seen in late-December but he was in good form prior to that and will have every chance if he puts his best foot forward. Miss Gherkin has to be feared on the back of her Leopardstown display a couple of weeks ago, while Boston Bongo is another with decent enough claims.