19:20 Ballinrobe

Tuesday 2 May 2017

All16:4517:2017:5018:2018:5019:2019:5020:20

Breaffy House Resort Handicap Chase

Off time: 19:20 | Winning time: 4m 6.70s

1^st

Hello Sweetie

810-13

4/1

T: P E CollinsJ: J J Slevin (5)

Settled 5th, 3rd after 2nd, progress to 2nd after 4 out, led after 3 out, asserted before last, kept on well, comfortably

2^nd

Eight Till Late

910-13

10/3f

T: P CaseyJ: A Ring (3)

Rear, 6th at 5th, headway to 3rd 3 out, progress to 2nd 2 out, no impression, not fluent at last, kept on same pace

3^rd

Afatcat

910-13

12/1

T: S J MahonJ: D F O'Regan

In rear, headway to 5th 3 out, improved to 3rd after 2 out, no impression on winner, kept on same pace op 11/1

4^th

Gentleman Duke

911-10

20/1

T: A L T MooreJ: Mark Walsh

Towards rear, 8th at 5th, 7th 3 out, some headway to 5th 2 out where not fluent, no impression, kept on run-in to 4th op 14/1

5^th

The Shepherd King

139-13

20/1

T: R K WatsonJ: M A Enright

Led, under pressure and headed after 3 out, dropped to 4th before last, no extra before last, dropped to 5th close home op 22/1

6^th

Killer Crow

811-8

10/1

T: G ElliottJ: C Brassil (5)

Raced 3rd, 4th after 2nd, dropped to 6th 3 out, 7th 2 out, no extra op 9/1

7^th

The Mooch

911-4

5/1

T: P NolanJ: E O'Connell (7)

Tracked leader in 2nd, not fluent at 5th, dropped to 4th 3 out,weakened, eased after 2 out op 13/2

8^th

8 ½

William Du Berlais

610-6

7/2

T: E BolgerJ: J S McGarvey

Towards rear, 7th at 5th, 8th 3 out, trailing 2 out, no extra op 4/1

Also Ran

Ballyfinboy

1110-8

8/1

T: J R FinnJ: F O'Toole (5)

Ran 4th, 5th after 2nd, 6th and unseated at 7th op 9/1

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Non-Runners

Oighear Dubh⁹¹

Weight: 10-3| Age: 6

T: A J Martin J: Phillip Enright

Rufino²³

Weight: 9-10| Age: 7

T: P J Rothwell J: Danny Mullins

Definite Earl¹⁴

Weight: 11-4| Age: 9

T: D Broad J: Robbie Colgan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€5.50Pl:€1.50, €1.30, €3.10EX:€19.40Trifecta:€285.10Tricast:€145.07SF:€19.12

Forecasts

Eight Till Late (10/3), William Du Berlais (7/2), Hello Sweetie (4/1), Rufino (4/1), The Mooch (5/1), Oighear Dubh (6/1), Ballyfinboy (8/1), Killer Crow (10/1), Definite Earl (10/1), Afatcat (12/1), Gentleman Duke (20/1), The Shepherd King (20/1)

Rufino ended a long run without a win by scoring at Tramore last time out, but that was a weak contest and the 8lb penalty should be enough to ground his progress. Gentleman Duke has a year's absence to defy here but would take beating in this line-up if able to produce his best stuff on the back of the layoff. The Mooch has been suggesting he'll throw in a notable performance lately and is helped by a claim here while handicap debutant Definite Earl is another worth considering. EIGHT TILL LATE however is rated 5lb lower than when he narrowly failed to open his account over fences at this track over a longer trip in September. He ran a fair race on reappearance at Limerick and might be able to breakthrough now back at this venue.