19:00 Clonmel

Thursday 17 April 2025

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Thank You To Dr. John Downey Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 19:00 | Winning time: 4m 11.50s

Party Dress¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Ricky Doyle| T: W McCreery| OR: 109| D

8/1

Thrice-raced winner over hurdles. Fair winner at 9f on the Flat. 12/1, fifth of 18 in handicap at the Curragh (12f, soft) 19 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Open to improvement on handicap debut in this sphere.

Form: 251

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Ballycashin⁶³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: Donagh Meyler| T: A Mullins| OR: 108| C| D

15/2

Course winner. Pulled up in handicap chase at this course (16.7f, soft, 10/1) 63 days ago, pulled up next. Switches from chase to hurdles. Merits consideration.

Form: 04306P

Pahlavi¹⁸⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Paddy Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 107

11/1

12/1, last of 13 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, good). Off 6 months and others make more appeal.

Form: 389430

Takarengo^p⁴⁹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽³⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 107| CD

25/1

One win from 34 NH runs. Twenty-one runs since last win in 2021. 14/1, seventh of 8 in novice chase at this course (16.8f, heavy). Off 16 months. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 633057-

Quint Major²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: L A McKenna⁽⁵⁾| T: M A Molloy| OR: 106| CD

10/3

Bumper winner here in October. Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, good to soft, 10/1) 28 days. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 13596P

Story Rory^t¹⁷⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Phillip Enright| T: Brendan Walsh| OR: 105

66/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Sligo (25.7f, soft) 174 days ago, dropping away quickly. Significantly down in trip. First run for yard after leaving T. Gibney.

Form: 01-80FP

Elusive Prince¹⁷¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 102| BF

9/2

16/5, sixth of 8 in novice hurdle at Wexford (16.4f, heavy) 171 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: U-24026

Party President^h¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Adam Leahy⁽⁷⁾| T: A Mullins| OR: 101| D

9/2

Promising sort. 16/1, career best when winning 18-runner handicap hurdle at Naas (16f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 5-58001

Mister Persistence¹⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Mark McDonagh| T: S O O'Brien| OR: 95

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 19 in handicap hurdle (50/1) at Punchestown (19.4f, soft) 145 days ago. First run for yard after leaving E. J. O'Grady. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0600

La Tulipe Noire³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: Cian Quirke⁽³⁾| T: Aengus King| OR: 88

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Pulled up in handicap hurdle (66/1) at Wexford (16f, good to soft) 31 days ago, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out.

Form: 00-00P

Old Kenmare²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: Kevin A Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: Eamon Courtney| OR: 86

4/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Third of 13 in handicap hurdle at this course (18.7f, good to soft, 16/1) 21 days ago, refusing to settle. Open to improvement.

Form: 7803

Non-Runners

Duke Otto²⁰

Weight: 11-11| Age: 7

T: P J Flynn J: Gary Noonan

Forecasts

Quint Major (10/3), Old Kenmare (4/1), Party President (9/2), Elusive Prince (9/2), Duke Otto (9/2), Ballycashin (15/2), Party Dress (8/1), Pahlavi (11/1), Mister Persistence (22/1), Takarengo (25/1), La Tulipe Noire (50/1), Story Rory (66/1)

Party is the word here, with PARTY PRESIDENT and Party Dress expected to come to the fore. Both are open to improvement and marginal preference is for the former, who made a winning handicap debut under this rider at Naas earlier this month and a 7 lb rise is unlikely to stop him in his tracks. Old Kenmare took a small step forward on his handicap debut here three weeks ago and, if settling better this time, he may well build on that and emerge as a threat.