13:05 Limerick

Tuesday 28 January 2025

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Limerick Racecourse Claiming Hurdle

Off time: 13:05 | Winning time: 5m 53.50s

Metamorpheus^t³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Flanagan| T: P Nolan| OR: 113

11/2

Fairly useful hurdler. Blinkered for 1st time, thirteenth of 19 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Leopardstown (16f, good) 32 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 69/9-580

Optional Mix^p1,t⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 102| C| D

25/1

Fairly useful chaser. Course winner. 25/1, eighth of 10 in handicap chase at Thurles (21.8f, good) 9 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 689478

Rodney Bay⁴⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: B W Harvey| T: Joseph Murray| OR: 102| C

12/1

Fair hurdler. One win from 21 NH runs. Creditable eighth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Navan (25f, good to soft, 33/1) 44 days ago.

Form: 440-078

Starman^h³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: J P O'Sullivan| T: A McCann| OR: 110| C

13/2

Fair chaser. Course winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2023. 17/2, eighth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) 3 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 657058

Embittered^t³¹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-0| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara| OR: 141

9/2

Useful chaser. Bit below form seventh of 14 in handicap chase at this course (19.4f, soft, 18/1) 31 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Form pick.

Form: 006-P87

Hascoeur Clermont³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 110

11/2

Fairly useful chaser. 25/1, eleventh of 17 in handicap chase at Leopardstown (24.4f, good to soft) 30 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 20P270

Robinstown^b,t⁷²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁷⁾| T: C Collins| OR: 116| CD

9/2

Fairly useful hurdler. C&D winner. Nineteenth of 23 in handicap hurdle at Navan (22.4f, good to soft, 80/1) 72 days ago.

Form: 313-070

Ellaat³⁴⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-10| J: Philip Byrnes| T: C Byrnes| OR: 112| BF

4/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, thirteenth of 14 in handicap (9/1) at Dundalk (16f). Off 11 months. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Up in trip. Player.

Form: 2197/53-

Away He Goes⁴⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-8| J: Daniel King| T: D Hogan

50/1

Smart performer at best on Flat (stays 2m), Well held in claimer on stable debut last time after 22 months off. Making GB/IRE jumps debut.

Form:

She'll Be Kept^t³²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Sean Allen

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Thirteenth of 17 in novice hurdle (250/1) at this course (20f, soft) 32 days ago.

Form: 0P0

Voice Of Reason¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 102

16/1

Fair hurdler. 20/1, below form sixth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Navan (20f, soft) 10 days ago.

Form: 300096

Forecasts

Ellaat (4/1), Robinstown (9/2), Embittered (9/2), Hascoeur Clermont (11/2), Metamorpheus (11/2), Starman (13/2), Rodney Bay (12/1), Voice Of Reason (16/1), Optional Mix (25/1), Away He Goes (50/1), She'll Be Kept (125/1)

EMBITTERED isn't the easiest to weigh up at present but this represents a big drop in class. Ellaat is a potential player on his belated return to hurdles, with Hascoeur Clermont and Away He Goes best of the others.