13:35 Thurles

Friday 29 November 2024

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Ballagh Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 13:35 | Winning time: 3m 53.70s

Unklipped¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D Leahy| OR: 98| D

13/2

18/1, creditable fifth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft) 10 days ago. Can give a good account.

Form: U1-P095

Ask Cillian³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Collins| OR: 95

11/2

Winner in hurdle at Killarney in August. Eighth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (17.8f, good to soft, 8/1) 35 days ago, going in snatches.

Form: 561078

Nells Choice^b1¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Carl Millar⁽⁵⁾| T: C Collins| OR: 95

5/1

Creditable eighth of 14 in handicap hurdle (7/1) at Fairyhouse (20.2f, good) 17 days ago. Down in trip. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 590428

Love Like This⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: John Aherne⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 94

18/1

66/1, last of 4 in novice hurdle at this course (22.9f, good) 8 days ago. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 753P44

La Tulipe Noire¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: Aengus King| OR: 93

25/1

Fair Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 00-0

Walk Of The Roses¹⁰⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Mike O'Connor| T: J J Mangan| OR: 91| D

7/1

Bumper winner. 7/2 and tongue strap on for 1st time, respectable third of 9 in novice hurdle at Worcester (16f, good) 100 days ago. First run for yard after leaving David Pipe. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Unexposed.

Form: 12-2363

Eugenious^h1²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Tom Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: T O'Connor| OR: 87

66/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 250/1, thirteenth of 14 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, good to soft) 20 days ago. Hood on 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 070

Petit Dejeuner^b²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Donagh Meyler| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 87| D

12/1

40/1 and blinkered for 1st time, seventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (19.8f, good to soft) 20 days ago.

Form: 000-007

Thats All^t⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 87

10/1

Remains a maiden after 19 NH runs. 10/1, sixth of 8 in handicap hurdle at this C&D (good) 8 days ago. Engaged 3.25 here Thursday.

Form: 508066

Destivelle^p,t¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: S K Ryder| OR: 84

7/2

Placed for the fifth time in a handicap hurdles when third of 11 at Limerick (16f, soft) 10 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 23-7263

Colourful Lil^p1¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Calum Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: G Scott| OR: 82

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Ninth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft, 50/1) 10 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 000/P-9

Alltheattitudes^t¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Simon Torrens| T: E F Gallagher| OR: 80

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 150/1, eighth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft) 10 days ago.

Form: P00-F08

Ar Nos Na Gaoithe^p²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 80

13/2

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, respectable ninth of 16 in handicap hurdle (11/1) at Fairyhouse (23.8f, good) 24 days ago. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 0U0879

Non-Runners

Del Girl¹⁴⁵

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: S Crawley J: Sean O'Keeffe

Spread The Faith¹⁷

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: O McKiernan J: James Duggan

Heidi's Frontiere²²¹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: M Kennedy J: Phillip Enright

Forecasts

Destivelle (7/2), Nells Choice (5/1), Del Girl (5/1), Ask Cillian (11/2), Unklipped (13/2), Ar Nos Na Gaoithe (13/2), Walk Of The Roses (7/1), Thats All (10/1), Petit Dejeuner (12/1), Spread The Faith (14/1), Love Like This (18/1), La Tulipe Noire (25/1), Alltheattitudes (50/1), Colourful Lil (50/1), Heidi's Frontiere (50/1), Eugenious (66/1)

It might be worth taking a chance on bumper winner WALK OF THE ROSES taking a step forward now handicapping for the first time for a new stable. Del Girl would likely be a big threat if back to the form she showed when going close at Punchestown in June. Destivelle also makes the shortlist having been placed in similar company on 5 of her last 7 hurdle starts.