17:00 Galway

Friday 2 August 2024

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Guinness Galway Tribes Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:01 | Winning time: 3m 52.40s

Fiveonefive^p³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: C Collins| OR: 132| D

11/1

Three wins from 9 runs last season. Career best when winning 12-runner handicap hurdle at Cartmel (17.2f, good to soft, 5/1) 33 days ago. Engaged 5.05 here on Thursday.

Form: 358-361

Man O Work²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Cian Cullinan⁽⁷⁾| T: P G Fahey| OR: 132| D

11/1

One win from 2 runs last season. 13/2, tenth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Bellewstown (17.2f, good to firm) 27 days ago. Engaged 5.05 here on Thursday.

Form: FP7/71-0

Tounsivator⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 129| D

17/2

Thrice-raced winner over hurdles. One win from 2 runs last season. Winner in hurdle at Naas in February. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Respected for to stable.

Form: 167-

Lord Erskine^b⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 11-7| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H Rogers| OR: 127| D

5/1

Latest win in hurdle at Leopardstown in February. 33/1, creditable fourth of 20 in handicap at this course (16.8f, good to soft) 4 days ago, finishing with running left. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 0/32617-

Volantis³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Keith Donoghue| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 126| D

4/1

4/1, sixth of 14 in maiden at Roscommon (12.1f, good to firm) on flat debut 31 days ago. Useful hurdler, creditable on last hurdle outing. Merits consideration.

Form: 441/226-

Great Bear³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 123| BF

28/1

2/1, sixth of 9 in handicap chase at Tipperary (17.3f, good to soft) 31 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Stable having good spell.

Form: 235-326

Kaleb^p³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: J M Quinlan| T: Miss A Murphy| OR: 123| BF| D

12/1

Latest win in hurdle at Market Rasen in May. 3/1, creditable third of 8 in handicap hurdle at Bangor (19.6f, good) 35 days ago.

Form: 70U2-13

Pigeon House^p⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: N de Boinville| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 126| BF| D

13/2

Winner in hurdle at Punchestown in May. 4/1, bit below form third of 13 in novice hurdle at this course (16.6f, good to soft) 4 days ago.

Form: 2291-33

Dark Note³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr A P Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 122

16/1

Pulled up in novice chase at Tipperary (17.3f, good to soft, 17/2) on debut over fences 31 days ago, dropping away quickly. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 2628-2P

Rocky Blue¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-1| J: J B Foley| T: T Mullins| OR: 121| D

12/1

Fair Flat winner. Thrice-raced winner over hurdles. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 21/U

Run For Harry^p,t⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Donagh Meyler| T: Mrs G Callaghan| OR: 121| D

12/1

Front runner who has won handicaps at Kilbeggan and Downpatrick this summer. Enters calculations despite a further 10 lb rise.

Form: 8633-11

Metamorpheus⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 117| D

25/1

17/2, good fifth of 13 in handicap at Listowel (16.2f, good) 61 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. His yard won this race last year.

Form: 31569/9-

Walnut Beach⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Flynn| OR: 116| D

25/1

Won a maiden chase in June. Eighth of 11 in handicap on Flat at Gowran (14f, good, 5/1) since. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 23459-1

Master Otis⁸³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁵⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 114

12/1

Career best when winning 9-runner novice hurdle at Cork (17.3f, good, 10/3) 83 days ago, going clear.

Form: 06925-1

Pahlavi²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: Paddy Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 111

33/1

11/4, bit below form third of 13 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (15.9f, good to soft) 25 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Has work to do. RESERVE.

Form: 3C4-223

Non-Runners

Samui¹⁷

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Sam Ewing

Set Point³⁴

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: G Elliott J: Jack Kennedy

Enfranchise²

Weight: 11-3| Age: 6

T: J J Hanlon J: Danny Mullins

Gold Speed³¹⁴

Weight: 11-2| Age: 11

T: A Murray J: J J Slevin

A Law Of Her Own²

Weight: 10-13| Age: 7

T: Peter Fahey J: Danny Gilligan

Gone For Tea²

Weight: 10-7| Age: 6

T: Peter Fahey J: Jake Coen

Miss Fourie²

Weight: 10-3| Age: 7

T: Peter Fahey J: Reserve 2

Malbay Madness¹

Weight: 10-0| Age: 4

T: E Mullins J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Volantis (4/1), Lord Erskine (5/1), Pigeon House (13/2), Enfranchise (8/1), Tounsivator (17/2), Samui (10/1), Man O Work (11/1), Fiveonefive (11/1), Kaleb (12/1), Run For Harry (12/1), Master Otis (12/1), Rocky Blue (12/1), Gone For Tea (12/1), Gold Speed (14/1), Dark Note (16/1), Set Point (20/1), Metamorpheus (25/1), Walnut Beach (25/1), A Law Of Her Own (25/1), Great Bear (28/1), Pahlavi (33/1)

ENFRANCHISE has been in the form of his life on the Flat recently and was presumably expected to do better on handicap hurdle debut here 2 days ago.Tounsivator is a handicap hurdle newcomer from the Willie Mullins yard and is next on the list ahead of Volantis and the hat-trick seeking Run For Harry.