15:20 Clonmel

Thursday 3 October 2024

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Slievenamon Claiming Hurdle

Off time: 15:20 | Winning time: 4m 51.20s

War Correspondent^t³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Donagh Meyler| T: R P Cody| OR: 114

6/1

Unreliable individual. Respectable eighth of 13 in handicap (16/1) at Bellewstown (17.5f, good to soft) 37 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 00-3307

Mister Wilson^h¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 109

12/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2023. Seventh of 9 in handicap chase (7/1) at Tramore (16f, good) 15 days ago. Needs to step up on recent efforts now returned to hurdles.

Form: 282367

Cozone^b⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: J Smith⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Smith| OR: 109| D

10/3

Fair hurdler. Ran one of this season's better races when sixth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (20f, soft, 22/1) 7 days ago. Wouldn't be sure to be in same form here.

Form: 0-0P906

Centurion Steel^v1²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-12| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: D Queally| OR: 100

9/1

Modest hurdler/chaser nowadays who was below form when seventh of 10 in handicap chase at Galway (22.5f, good to soft, 15/2) 24 days ago. Visor reached for returned to hurdles but others make greater appeal.

Form: 008-337

Summer Tide⁷⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-12| J: Philip Byrnes| T: C Byrnes| OR: 109| D

4/1

Latest win in chase at Cork in March and best efforts subsequently have come in that sphere, latterly when third at Tipperary (19.5f) in July. Easy to back and disappointing when seventh of 10 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (22.8f, good, 20/1) 76 days ago.

Form: 4-30537

Wild Shot^p,t²⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 10-8| J: Brian Hayes| T: J C McConnell| OR: 110

7/2

Fair hurdler. 22/1, good sixth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22f, good) 20 days ago, weakening final 100 yds. Ease back down in trip will hold no fears and he could be worth chancing on these terms.

Form: 34P-P36

Blue Reed^p,h1²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: W J Burke| OR: 97

16/1

Modest hurdler. 150/1, ninth of 11 in novice chase at Galway (18.2f, good to soft) 24 days ago. New headgear mix tried returned to hurdling but others more persuasive.

Form: PP-5F89

Gino Drummer Boy^p²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott| OR: 100

6/1

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 18 NH runs. 12/1, good second of 10 in handicap hurdle at Perth (23.9f, good to soft) 24 days ago. Not out of things with a repeat.

Form: 633672

Non-Runners

Bythesametoken⁴²

Weight: 12-0| Age: 10

T: R O'Sullivan J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Forecasts

Bythesametoken (3/1), Cozone (10/3), Wild Shot (7/2), Summer Tide (4/1), Gino Drummer Boy (6/1), War Correspondent (6/1), Centurion Steel (9/1), Mister Wilson (12/1), Blue Reed (16/1)

It could be worth chancing veteran WILD SHOT, who ran well when sixth in a Ballinrobe handicap 3 weeks ago and the drop back in trip won't inconvenience him back down in grade. Gino Drummer Boy and Bythesametoken are a couple of others to consider.