17:55 Tramore

Monday 14 April 2025

All16:2516:5517:2517:5518:2518:5519:25

Anne Valley Walk Handicap Hurdle (0-100)

Off time: 17:56 | Winning time: 5m 28.20s

James The Brave¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: Padraig Butler| OR: 98

7/2

6/1, good fourth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (19f, good) 13 days ago. Expected to be bang there eased 1 lb despite unexposed profile.

Form: 674684

Bossofthebus¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: John Shinnick⁽⁵⁾| T: T O'Brien| OR: 96| BF

5/1

Winner in hurdle at Clonmel in January. Held at the time when unseated rider in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (18.7f, good to soft, 7/2) 18 days ago.

Form: 00-717U

Yorkshire Escape^v1⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr D L Queally| T: D Queally| OR: 91

10/1

12/1, creditable sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at this course (21f, heavy) 139 days ago, left poorly placed. Visor on 1st time.

Form: 6RU4R5

Blue In The West²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Mike O'Connor| T: E F Gallagher| OR: 90

14/1

12/1, seventh of 11 in handicap chase at Wexford (19.4f, good to soft) on debut over fences 28 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 3-0P277

Ilbdare¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: M M McNiff| OR: 89

7/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, shaped better than the result when sixth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (21.8f, good to soft, 15/2) 15 days ago. Looks competitive on form with headgear left off.

Form: 035876

Mother Ship¹⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Miss A B O'Connor| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 88

12/1

12/1, good fifth of 18 in novice hurdle at Limerick (21f, good to soft) 177 days ago. Yard having good spell and she has more of a chance back in a low-grade handicap here.

Form: 948405

Our Zebo^b¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: N C Kelly| OR: 88

7/2

14/1 and blinkered for 1st time, good second of 14 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (21.8f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Likely to be plugging on kept to this trip.

Form: 3576P2

Set The Tone^p1,t¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D M O'Brien| OR: 95

17/2

Tongue strap on for 1st time, sixth of 7 in juvenile hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft, 22/1) 51 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Engaged 3.50 Tramore Sunday.

Form: 436064

I See Fog¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Sean Allen| OR: 84

25/1

150/1, first run since leaving Daniel G. Murphy when eleventh of 14 in novice hurdle at Limerick (24f, good) 13 days ago. Booking of O'Keeffe a plus for handicap debut.

Form: 88-20

Tiny Angel²⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Danny Gilligan| T: N C Kelly| OR: 82

22/1

Sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (21.8f, good, 33/1). Off 8 months.

Form: 60P-5P6

Rebelle Chaud^h,t⁸⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-10| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: A Donoghue| OR: 80

12/1

Remains a maiden after 18 NH runs. 8/1, sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, soft) 88 days ago. Enters calculations if jumping with more fluency this time.

Form: 09/P-236

Non-Runners

Letters To Juliet²

Weight: 12-1| Age: 7

T: P Downey J: Patrick M O'Brien

Stumblin In¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: P M J Doyle J: J J Doyle

Close Enough¹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 9

T: B J Hallahan J: Philip Donovan

Forecasts

Letters To Juliet (11/4), Our Zebo (7/2), James The Brave (7/2), Bossofthebus (5/1), Ilbdare (7/1), Stumblin In (7/1), Set The Tone (17/2), Yorkshire Escape (10/1), Mother Ship (12/1), Rebelle Chaud (12/1), Blue In The West (14/1), Tiny Angel (22/1), I See Fog (25/1), Close Enough (33/1)

JAMES THE BRAVE gave a good account of himself when fifth in a reasonable race for the grade at Limerick a fortnight ago, and eased 1 lb, he looks the way to go. Drying ground is in Ilbdare's favour so he's a threat, along with Our Zebo.