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Tuesday 11 June 2024

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Lake Isle Of Innisfree Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 1)

Off time: 18:15 | Winning time: 4m 42.50s

Gamigin^t⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: N C Kelly| OR: 99| C

9/2

Latest win in hurdle at Down Royal in December. 28/1, eleventh of 13 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (23.2f, good) 46 days ago. Down in trip. Tongue strap back on. Enters calculations.

Form: 911300-

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Lucky Storm^p1,t¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Jake Coen⁽³⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 99

28/1

Tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle (20/1) at Downpatrick (18.8f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: F2P7-30

Highland King²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 95

12/1

Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 11f on the Flat. 125/1, eighth of 15 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Possible improver on handicap debut in this sphere.

Form: 00-8

Verbal Sparring⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Carl Millar⁽⁷⁾| T: D McDonogh| OR: 95

7/2

9/2, good second of 13 in handicap hurdle at Naas (16.5f, soft) 56 days ago. Another bold show likely.

Form: 282F62-

Caoimhes Pet¹³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 94

17/2

Winner in hurdle at Killarney in October. Tongue strap on for 1st time, sixth of 7 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy, 9/2) 133 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 136946-

Pearlofflorida²¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: J B Foley| T: L P Cusack| OR: 94| CD

11/2

C&D winner. Fell in handicap chase at Naas (20f, soft, 8/1) on debut over fences. Off 7 months. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 63538F-

Grand Cru Chatho^h,t²⁰¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Philip Byrnes⁽³⁾| T: E Cawley| OR: 93

18/1

Fell in handicap chase (22/1) at Thurles (18.4f, soft) on debut over fences. Off 6 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 0B/57FF-

Bigira¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: D Butler⁽⁷⁾| T: M Fahey| OR: 90

9/2

7/2, respectable fifth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (17f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 8084-35

Moulane West^t1⁴⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: H Morgan| T: M M McNiff| OR: 87

4/1

One win from 23 NH runs. Nineteen runs since last win in 2021. Sixteenth of 19 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Tipperary (16f, good to soft) 49 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 0/00U00-

Shuil Na Tra^h¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: R P Geoghegan⁽⁷⁾| T: N Lee| OR: 87

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Hooded for 1st time, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (16.3f, good to soft, 66/1) 14 days ago, losing touch 3 out.

Form: 098-P

Boston Bobby^p1¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 81

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Wexford (17f, good to soft, 80/1) 13 days ago, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 700P-P

Non-Runners

Justmadeit⁵³

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: D Hogan J: Philip Donovan

Imadpour¹

Weight: 11-3| Age: 4

T: A McNamara J: Dillon Maxwell

Forecasts

Verbal Sparring (7/2), Moulane West (4/1), Bigira (9/2), Gamigin (9/2), Pearlofflorida (11/2), Caoimhes Pet (17/2), Imadpour (10/1), Highland King (12/1), Justmadeit (16/1), Grand Cru Chatho (18/1), Lucky Storm (28/1), Shuil Na Tra (50/1), Boston Bobby (66/1)

VERBAL SPARRING's record over hurdles stands at 0-13 but he went down narrowly when finding only an in-form rival too strong at Naas and is taken to deservedly get his head in front here. He may have most to fear from Highland King, who hasn't done much in a handful of runs in this sphere but he was a winner on the Flat in March and has improver written all over him now going down the handicap route in this sphere. Caoimhes Pet is best of the rest.