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Wednesday 5 February 2025

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Bobbyjo Day February 22nd Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 16:25 | Winning time: 5m 24.10s

Lord Lariat^t⁷⁰²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: P J O'Hanlon| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 106| C| D

33/1

Respectable seventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (24f, soft, 17/2). Off 23 months. Likely best watched on return.

Form: 651467/

Next Stop Paris⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 102

6/4

Promising type. Back on track when seventh of 17 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good) 41 days ago, not knocked about. Upped in trip for handicap debut and likely has more to offer yet.

Form: 6-07

Happy Dreams¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 101| CD

12/1

C&D winner. 14/1, eighth of 9 in handicap chase at Cork (20f, soft) 19 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Others preferred.

Form: 66-0F88

Joya Del Mar³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J P Sutton⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 101

8/1

16/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, pulled up in handicap hurdle at this course (24.5f, soft) 35 days ago, beaten before 4 out. Still looking for first success.

Form: 44476P

Buck Rogers³⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-6| J: Brian Hayes| T: D H Kelly| OR: 100| D

8/1

17/2, below form ninth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, soft) 39 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 245/409

Rajsalad⁷⁸⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-6| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁵⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 100

11/1

Last of 7 in novice chase at Thurles (24.3f, good to soft, 20/1). Off over 2 years. Switches from chase to hurdles. Likely to need this outing.

Form: 216047/

Southgate Avenue²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: P Fenton| OR: 98

18/1

Unable to land a blow at Clonmel latest but had finished with running left when sixth in maiden at Tramore (16.2f) previously and can be expected to improve now sent handicapping.

Form: 860

Chosen Diamond^p²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Philip Byrnes| T: E Cawley| OR: 96| D

9/2

Back from 10 months off when fifteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20.6f, heavy) 24 days ago. This run should reveal more.

Form: 4F2P5-0

Kingkong Ciergues³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: Simon Torrens| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 88

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Thirteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle at this course (20f, soft, 16/1) 35 days ago. Work to do.

Form: 100900

Shanroe Nancy²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: Gavin Brouder⁽³⁾| T: K Thornton| OR: 85

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Ninth of 15 in handicap hurdle at this course (20f, soft, 25/1) 20 days ago. Makes limited appeal.

Form: 7809

I'm For Home¹⁰³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: Mike O'Connor| T: R K Watson| OR: 83

16/1

25/1, fourteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (20.3f, soft) 103 days ago. Claims on best form.

Form: 88028-0

Non-Runners

Cozone¹⁰

Weight: 11-4| Age: 8

T: M J Smith J: B W Harvey

King In Love¹³⁸

Weight: 10-10| Age: 5

T: S Aherne J: Sean O'Keeffe

Doyen Flyer⁹

Weight: 10-7| Age: 7

T: J Barcoe J: K Callaghan

Forecasts

Next Stop Paris (6/4), Doyen Flyer (4/1), Chosen Diamond (9/2), Buck Rogers (8/1), Joya Del Mar (8/1), Rajsalad (11/1), Kingkong Ciergues (12/1), Happy Dreams (12/1), I'm For Home (16/1), Shanroe Nancy (16/1), King In Love (16/1), Southgate Avenue (18/1), Cozone (25/1), Lord Lariat (33/1)

NEXT STOP PARIS is in good hands and looks the type to progress now switched to handicapping. He makes fair appeal in the finale. Doyen Flyer and Southgate Avenue rate the principal dangers.