14:35 Cork

Monday 5 August 2024

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Fermoy Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:36 | Winning time: 4m 2.1s

Disco Dancer^t²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 114| BF| CD

7/2

7/4, second of 4 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (21.8f, good) 21 days ago, no match for winner. Back down in trip. Yard in good form. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Likely to continue in form for leading stable.

Form: 7-42312

Major Barry¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Danny Gilligan⁽³⁾| T: J & T Kiely| OR: 114

3/1

Promising sort. Winner in hurdle at Roscommon in July. Very good third of 15 in handicap hurdle (5/1) at Killarney (20.4f, good) 18 days ago, staying on strongly. Should improve and leading claims.

Form: P7-2013

Hey Johnny¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: S D Greene⁽⁷⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 112| D

25/1

Sixth of 7 in maiden (13/2) at Ballinrobe (12.8f, good to soft) on flat debut 14 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Pulled up on last hurdle outing.

Form: 00/6P0P-

Mary's Pride³²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Jordan Gainford| T: E Cawley| OR: 111

11/2

Career best when winning 18-runner handicap hurdle at Tipperary (16f, good to soft, 13/2) 32 days ago, pushed out. Should remain competitive up 6 lb.

Form: 5/0PP2-1

The Niffler^h,t³²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Ewing| T: E O'Connell| OR: 110

9/1

Latest win in hurdle at Tipperary in May. 8/1, good 1¾ lengths third of 18 to Mary's Pride in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (16f, good to soft) 32 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 412-183

Flidais¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 109| D

10/1

Career best when winning 8-runner handicap hurdle (3/1) at Ballinrobe (17.3f, good) 13 days ago, pushed out. Much respected up 6 lb.

Form: P2-2451

Spy¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Philip Byrnes| T: C Byrnes| OR: 109

8/1

18/1, creditable sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (17f, good) 18 days ago. Not straightforward but has the ability to make an impact from this mark over hurdles. Check the betting.

Form: 2443P-6

Marvel Fan^t³⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: D King| T: Mrs C O'Leary| OR: 108| D

28/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2021. Running well fell in handicap chase at Tipperary (17.3f, good to soft, 6/1) 34 days ago might have been placed. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 6/640-3F

Only A Dollar⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Aherne| OR: 105

16/1

Winner in hurdle at Clonmel in May. 6/1, seventh of 8 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (17.8f, good) 50 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Has work to do.

Form: 7478-17

Makfils^t³²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: Jake Coen⁽³⁾| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 100

12/1

Creditable 8¾ lengths eighth of 18 to Mary's Pride in handicap hurdle (10/1) at Tipperary (16f, good to soft) 32 days ago.

Form: 8209-18

Only One Plan^p¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: C Owens⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 98

11/1

4/1, creditable 2¾ lengths third of 8 to Flidais in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.3f, good) 13 days ago.

Form: 247-023

Non-Runners

Dark Note³

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: A Slattery J: Mr A P Ryan

Grange Walk¹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 9

T: J P Ryan J: Shane Fitzgerald

Forecasts

Major Barry (3/1), Disco Dancer (7/2), Mary's Pride (11/2), Spy (8/1), The Niffler (9/1), Flidais (10/1), Dark Note (10/1), Only One Plan (11/1), Makfils (12/1), Grange Walk (12/1), Only A Dollar (16/1), Hey Johnny (25/1), Marvel Fan (28/1)

MAJOR BARRY caught the eye when third on his Killarney handicap debut last month and can build on that promise now. Flidais was only pushed out to score at Ballinrobe a couple of weeks ago and is second choice ahead of Gordon Elliott handicap newcomer Disco Dancer.