13:00 Down Royal

Friday 1 November 2024

All12:2513:0013:3014:0514:4015:1515:50

Lough Construction Ltd. Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 13:00 | Winning time: 6m 12.50s

Sammy Smart^t1¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Kieren Buckley| T: T Gibney| OR: 102

10/1

16/1, creditable third of 16 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (22.8f, good) 17 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Ought to be in the shake-up.

Form: 70-2003

Emily In Paris¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: D E Fitzgerald| OR: 100

7/1

16/1, creditable third of 17 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (24f, good to soft) 12 days ago. Can give a good account.

Form: 5328P3

Paddy's Milestone¹⁸⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr S Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 99

4/1

17/2, below form eleventh of 24 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (19.4f, good to soft). Off 6 months. Up in trip. Has to be taken seriously if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 774440-

Tilloughna^t¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: D Budds| OR: 99

9/1

Winner in hurdle at Ballinrobe in July. Creditable fourth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (24f, good to soft, 16/1) 12 days ago. Trainer going well. Likely to continue in form.

Form: P-67514

Falak^t¹³

Age: 11| Weight: 11-7| J: Keith Donoghue| T: T G McCourt| OR: 95

66/1

20/1, first run since leaving Miss Tracy M. Reilly when eighth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16.3f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Uphill task.

Form: 00/30-98

Mon Storm^t⁶³

Age: 13| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny Mullins| T: V Wilson| OR: 95| CD

50/1

C&D winner. Fourth of 5 in minor event hurdle at this course (24f, good, 100/1) 63 days ago so more is required.

Form: 1F08/P4

Mullaghmore Wave^v1,t²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 95

14/1

Creditable second of 9 in handicap chase at Downpatrick (23.7f, good to soft, 9/2) 21 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Visored for 1st time.

Form: 6P5P32

Schiehallion²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 95

16/1

11/2, fell 3rd in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (21.8f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 0-85P7F

Jimli's Cave^b²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Donagh Meyler| T: R K Watson| OR: 93

7/1

17/2 and blinkered for 1st time, career best when winning 12-runner handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (21.8f, good to soft) 21 days ago, always holding on. Likely player.

Form: 0-25271

Brandt^h,t³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Jordan Gainford| T: C Collins| OR: 91

7/2

Winner in chase at Roscommon in August. 5/1, clear when unseated rider last in handicap chase at Sligo (21.1f, good) 30 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles and merits serious consideration off a reduced mark here.

Form: 7U417U

Il Silenzio^p,t²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Ricky Doyle| T: M Brassil| OR: 90

10/1

12/1, good 12 lengths fourth of 12 to Jimli's Cave in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (21.8f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Plenty to find on form however.

Form: 08/00-74

Speranza Wilde^t,p1¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Danny Gilligan| T: R K Watson| OR: 88| D

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, solid sixth of 18 in novice hurdle (10/1) at Limerick (21f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Respected.

Form: 1/57-76

Container Madness^p,t¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: John Shinnick⁽⁵⁾| T: M Brassil| OR: 86

12/1

16/1, good fourth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Ought to be thereabouts.

Form: 07-9004

Non-Runners

Summertime Romance¹¹¹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: C A McBratney J: Sean Flanagan

Kelly's Birr¹⁵⁴

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: G Elliott J: Sam Ewing

Everystep Oftheway¹¹⁶

Weight: 10-13| Age: 6

T: O McKiernan J: Phillip Enright

Forecasts

Brandt (7/2), Paddy's Milestone (4/1), Kelly's Birr (13/2), Emily In Paris (7/1), Jimli's Cave (7/1), Tilloughna (9/1), Sammy Smart (10/1), Il Silenzio (10/1), Container Madness (12/1), Mullaghmore Wave (14/1), Speranza Wilde (14/1), Schiehallion (16/1), Everystep Oftheway (16/1), Summertime Romance (20/1), Mon Storm (50/1), Falak (66/1)

BRANDT has been much improved over fences since joining his current yard and is fancied to translate that form to hurdles here and strike. Downpatrick scorer Jimli's Cave heads the list of dangers, although a case can also be made for Tilloughna, Paddy's Milestone and Sammy Smart in this very open handicap.