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Thursday 30 May 2024

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Tote.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 19:17 | Winning time: 5m 4.10s

Phoenix Cowboy^p²⁶⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 109

18/1

Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 13f on flat. 40/1, fifth of 15 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (19f, good). Off 8 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Potential improver.

Form: 705-

Ah Remy Martin¹²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Kieren Buckley| T: T Gibney| OR: 107

13/2

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Last of 6 in novice hurdle (14/1) at Down Royal (17.2f, heavy) 128 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to improvement.

Form: 6/2736-

Swelltime^h¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽³⁾| T: W J O'Doherty| OR: 107

20/1

Ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Kilbeggan (16f, good) 13 days ago, well positioned. Hood back on. Uphill task.

Form: 8F/76-99

Simpletwistoffaith¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Donagh Meyler| T: Patrick J Hassett| OR: 106

7/1

Creditable seventh of 17 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, good, 66/1) 19 days ago.

Form: 5/2578-7

Betty Dutton¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Mark McDonagh| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 103

5/1

Respectable sixth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good, 13/2) 13 days ago.

Form: 33377-6

Son Of Hypnos^p,t⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: J Smith⁽⁷⁾| T: K Smith| OR: 103| D

4/1

One win from 2 runs last season. Latest win in chase at Downpatrick in April. Creditable third of 17 in handicap hurdle (11/2) at Punchestown (16f, good to soft) 9 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 67/P1-93

Duty Bound^t1¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Keith Donoghue| T: J P Flavin| OR: 102

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 14f on flat. 150/1, tenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Tipperary (24f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Has handicapping scope on Flat form. Check the betting.

Form: 8-90

Missus Beeton²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: S Nolan| OR: 98

11/2

Respectable sixth of 16 in handicap hurdle (6/1) at Ballinrobe (16.8f, good) 23 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 43294-6

The Mass Path¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Philip Byrnes⁽³⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 97

7/2

Creditable seventh of 16 in handicap hurdle (20/1) at Clonmel (19f, soft) on reappeance 14 days ago, not knocked about. One to keep a close eye on in the betting.

Form: 2937P-7

Angelsworknovrtime²¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Kevin Sexton| T: J Fahey| OR: 95

20/1

Remains a maiden after 20 NH runs. Creditable seventh of 15 in handicap hurdle (8/1) at Sligo (17.5f, soft), unable to sustain effort. Off 7 months. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 044437-

Non-Runners

Wa Wa²¹

Weight: 11-13| Age: 9

T: D A McLoughlin J: M J M O'Sullivan

Mattie's Mountain¹³

Weight: 11-10| Age: 9

T: E McCarthy J: Phillip Enright

That's About Right⁶

Weight: 11-1| Age: 6

T: P J Rothwell J: Conor Owens

Le Fanu⁸¹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 8

T: Brendan Walsh J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Forecasts

That's About Right (3/1), The Mass Path (7/2), Son Of Hypnos (4/1), Betty Dutton (5/1), Missus Beeton (11/2), Ah Remy Martin (13/2), Simpletwistoffaith (7/1), Le Fanu (14/1), Wa Wa (14/1), Phoenix Cowboy (18/1), Angelsworknovrtime (20/1), Swelltime (20/1), Mattie's Mountain (25/1), Duty Bound (28/1)

SON OF HYPNOS was a good third over 2m at Punchestown last week and might prove the answer to this handicap with the step back up in trip in his favour. Penalised Downpatrick winner That's About Right should go well if coping with the quick turnaround. Missus Beeton also makes the shortlist, while the Charles Byrnes-trained The Mass Path would also enter the reckoning should the betting speak in his favour.