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Thursday 22 May 2025

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Treaty Plant Hire Handicap Chase (0-100)

Off time: 19:39 | Winning time: 5m 46.7s

Cloughroe¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 100

8/1

14/1, good second of 15 in handicap chase at Killarney (20.4f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 27705-2

Person Of Interest^p,t¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: P Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 100| BF

10/3

Fair form over hurdles and made a promising chasing debut when second of 8 in 2m4f handicap at Downpatrick recently. Cepable of better. Player.

Form: 05663-2

Island Mccoo²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Philip Donovan⁽³⁾| T: D Collins| OR: 96

11/1

Winner in chase at Tramore in April. Respectable sixth of 11 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (19.9f, good to soft, 9/2) 27 days ago. Can give a good account.

Form: 80P716-

Meehall¹⁴¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 96| D

17/2

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Fairyhouse (24.5f, soft) 141 days ago, tailed off when pulled up early in straight. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 27131P-

Ixigreczed⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Gavin Brouder⁽³⁾| T: E Seymour| OR: 92

22/1

7/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, eleventh of 17 in handicap hurdle at this course (19.3f, good to soft) 42 days ago. Makes her handicap chase debut.

Form: 90P060-

Stellar Symphony^t¹²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-6| J: John Shinnick⁽³⁾| T: T O'Brien| OR: 92

7/1

Good second of 16 in handicap hurdle (9/1) at Cork (24.4f, good) 12 days ago, battling well. Switches from hurdles to chase. Stable having good spell so she's in the mix.

Form: 54058-2

Tullyhogue Fort^t¹¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr P J O'Neill⁽⁷⁾| T: John F O'Neill| OR: 92

28/1

Eighteen runs since last win in 2023. Below form twelfth of 19 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (26f, soft, 28/1) 117 days ago. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 550500-

Nazine⁴¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Cian Quirke⁽³⁾| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 91

28/1

One win from 28 NH runs. Twenty six runs since last win in 2021. Seventh of 12 in handicap hurdle (11/1) at Ballinrobe (21.5f, good) 41 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 53/6B77-

Zolpharine⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: J P Ryan| OR: 89

10/1

One win from 24 NH runs. Twenty runs since last win in 2023. 4/1, sixth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.6f, good to firm) 7 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 6075F-6

Tippin And Tappin¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: E Bolger| OR: 87

11/2

9/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Roscommon (25f, soft), pulled up before last. Off 9 months.

Form: 867P2-1

Bondi Boy Blue¹⁸⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Danny Mullins| T: Ms M Mullins| OR: 86

12/1

9/1, below form seventh of 13 in handicap chase at Punchestown (24.3f, good). Off 6 months. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0/76537-

Kadys Dirha^b⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr A Burke-Ott⁽⁷⁾| T: T P O'Connor| OR: 86

11/1

Remains a maiden after 25 NH runs. 10/1, very good fifth of 15 in novice hurdle at Tipperary (25f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Considered.

Form: 0FB85-5

Arthor³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Mike O'Connor| T: J J Mangan| OR: 83| BF

18/1

Remains a maiden after 21 NH runs. Fell 6th in handicap chase at Tramore (15.5f, good to soft, 7/2) 39 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 31566F-

God Help Us^p1³⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-10| J: Simon Torrens| T: E F Gallagher| OR: 82

28/1

40/1, well-beaten seventh of 14 to Island Mccoo in handicap chase at Tramore (21.8f, good to soft) 38 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 518/P77-

Great Rainbow²³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: Phillip Enright| T: B McMahon| OR: 82

16/1

11/2, respectable sixth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (16f, good to soft) 7 months ago. Makes chase debut. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 0/38556-

Kalnoo^p²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: P Kiely| OR: 79

14/1

17/2, respectable fifth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (24.3f, good to soft) 27 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Makes handicap chase debut. Enters calculations.

Form: 003335-

Non-Runners

Pride Of Place¹⁴

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: E Bolger J: Reserve 1

Hit The Frame¹³

Weight: 10-11| Age: 6

T: J P Flavin J: Reserve 2

Milan Dollar Lady⁶³

Weight: 10-7| Age: 6

T: T Hogan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Person Of Interest (10/3), Tippin And Tappin (11/2), Stellar Symphony (7/1), Cloughroe (8/1), Meehall (17/2), Zolpharine (10/1), Kadys Dirha (11/1), Island Mccoo (11/1), Bondi Boy Blue (12/1), Kalnoo (14/1), Great Rainbow (16/1), Arthor (18/1), Ixigreczed (22/1), Tullyhogue Fort (28/1), God Help Us (28/1), Nazine (28/1)

Not nearly as competitive as the numbers suggest and PERSON OF INTEREST is fancied to build on the promise of his recent Downpatrick chasing debut second and get off the mark. Cloughroe is next on the list on the back of a good Killarney second with Kadys Dirha and Kalnoo appealing as the pick of the rest for minor honours.