15:55 Cork

Sunday 2 November 2025

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Daniel And Orma O'Keeffe Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 5m 12.00s

Arctic Gale²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-1| J: Miss M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: E Mullins| OR: 113| D

5/1

Latest win in chase at Tipperary in July. Blinkered for 1st time, bit below form fourth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (24f, soft, 10/3) 29 days ago.

Form: 413724

Cafe Con Leche^p⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr A D Bustin⁽⁷⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 112| C

12/1

Course winner. Below par over hurdles of late but was a good second on the Flat at Galway on Monday. Given a chance by the handicapper in this sphere.

Form: 2-9P004

Onlymammycanloveme²¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: S Neville| OR: 112

11/1

Winner in hurdle at Clonmel in February. 6/1, fell in novice hurdle at Wexford (24.5f, soft). Off 7 months.

Form: 34314F-

His Nibs³⁰⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 109| BF

7/2

Creditable fifth of 23 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (19.8f, good, 5/1). Off 10 months. Climas if fully tuned.

Form: 3/30755-

West Cork Wildway³⁷

Age: 11| Weight: 11-11| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: P O'Flynn| OR: 109| D

9/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. Creditable fourth of 16 in handicap hurdle (10/1) at Listowel (18f, good to soft) 37 days ago, inadequate test

Form: 224-704

Flemens Intrest³⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: John Shinnick⁽³⁾| T: David Barry| OR: 107

20/1

Won a pair of Limerick handicaps in April but pulled up on return at Listowel (18f, good to soft) 37 days ago.

Form: 600/11-P

Burru^h¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Jordan Gainford| T: L Kenny| OR: 106| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Bit below form eighth of 17 in handicap hurdle (9/1) at Punchestown (23.1f, good to soft) 19 days ago, unsuited by step up in trip.

Form: 203638

Plunkett Street¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Daniel King| T: Michael W O'Meara| OR: 106| C

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Up in trip. Creditable on last hurdle outing. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 68/537-

Front Door Famous¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Eoin Staples⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 105

40/1

9/1, last of 7 in novice hurdle at Thurles (20f, good to soft) 17 days ago, needing stiffer test. Early days but needs improvement.

Form: 323767

Lucky Viv²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Mike O'Connor| T: Michael Barry| OR: 105

100/1

25/1, last of 7 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (23.3f, soft) on reappearance 27 days ago. Needs to leave that well behind.

Form: 75137-7

Our Boy Rocky³³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: R Deegan| T: L P Cusack| OR: 102| D

28/1

Maiden hurdle win in early 2024 but struggled in handicaps next 2 starts and also tailed off in maiden chase when last seen 11 months ago.

Form: 6510/80-

Liberated Light¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr J L Gleeson| T: J & T Kiely| OR: 101

50/1

Fourteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle (28/1) at Punchestown (16.2f, good to soft) on reappearance 19 days ago. Back up in trip. Needs to have come on a lot in a short time.

Form: 78147-0

Ahead Of The Posse^p,t³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Alix Balfe⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 100

16/1

Latest win in hurdle at Roscommon in July. Fifth of 7 in claiming hurdle at Clonmel (20.2f, good to soft, 4/1) 31 days ago, badly hampered 2 out. Can make presence felt back in handicap.

Form: 616485

Inchidaly Copper^b¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-11| J: Luke Burke Ott⁽⁷⁾| T: A Ott| OR: 95

6/1

Latest win in hurdle at Killarney in October. 7/1, good third of 16 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, soft) 15 days ago. Should give another good account.

Form: P92613

Hidalgo Des Mottes^b,t¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: Calum Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: E Griffin| OR: 90

7/1

Modest maiden hurdler but only midfield in Navan handicap in September. Not disgraced in the face of stiff tasks on the Flat since.

Form: 0-34048

Forecasts

His Nibs (7/2), Arctic Gale (5/1), Inchidaly Copper (6/1), Hidalgo Des Mottes (7/1), Burru (7/1), West Cork Wildway (9/1), Plunkett Street (11/1), Onlymammycanloveme (11/1), Cafe Con Leche (12/1), Ahead Of The Posse (16/1), Flemens Intrest (20/1), Our Boy Rocky (28/1), Front Door Famous (40/1), Liberated Light (50/1), Lucky Viv (100/1)

INCHIDALY COPPER has enjoyed a good spell over hurdles of late and might prove the answer to this finale. Ahead of The Posse is a bit better than recent form figures might suggest and is starting to look well treated. Cafe Con Leche took a step back in the right direction on the Flat at Galway at the beginning of the week and is also on a good mark if able to translate that to hurdles.