17:30 Clonmel

Thursday 20 September 2018

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Handicap Hurdle (80-116)

Off time: 17:31 | Winning time: 4m 45.20s

1^st

Glamorous Nellie

59-10

20/1

T: Miss E DoyleJ: Darragh O'Keeffe (7)

Led and clear of remainder with 2nd, headed approaching 5th, chased clear leader before 7th, dropped to 5th and under pressure early straight, rallied from 2 out, stayed on well run-in to lead near line op 14/1

2^nd

Ingleby Mackenzie

411-9

6/1

T: E DoyleJ: Brian Hayes

Soon prominent in chasing group and well off pace, closed 3 out, led from 2 out, soon went on, reduced lead and kept on run-in, headed near line op 7/2

3^rd

2 ¾

King's War

911-5

5/1

T: P MooneyJ: M F Mooney

In rear and soon behind, some headway before 2 out and not fluent, went 5th from before last, kept on well without threatening run-in into 3rd closing stages op 4/1

4^th

1 ½

Apparition

411-6

9/2

T: J P O'BrienJ: E T Daly (7)

Tracked leader and clear of remainder, led approaching 5th, went on from before 7th, reduced lead 3 out, headed approaching straight, slight mistake 2 out, no extra and kept on same pace run-in op 5/1

5^th

3 ½

You Can't Catch Me

911-12

9/2

T: K PurcellJ: Mr J C Barry (5)

Waited with, soon raced in remote 5th, closed up when hit 3 out, soon prominent and almost on terms on outer, no extra and one pace from last tchd 4/1 and 5/1

6^th

Boris Grishenko

511-1

9/4f

T: G ElliottJ: Liam McKenna (7)

Soon prominent in chasing group and well off pace, some slight mistakes, closed 3 out, led approaching straight, bad mistake 2 out and headed and lost place, dropped to rear and mistake last, no extra op 7/2

Also Ran

Pumbaa

1011-7

11/1

T: J M BurkeJ: Ricky Doyle (5)

Waited with well off pace, slight mistake 2nd, moderate 6th when fell 3 out op 12/1

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Non-Runners

Maple Lawn¹¹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 5

T: Mrs J Harrington J: P D Kennedy

Authorative⁷⁵

Weight: 9-10| Age: 8

T: A McCann J: Shane O'Callaghan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€22.30Pl:€4.20, €2.40EX:€179.40Trifecta:€230.50Tricast:€682.58SF:€123.36

Forecasts

Boris Grishenko (9/4), Apparition (9/2), You Can't Catch Me (9/2), King's War (5/1), Ingleby Mackenzie (6/1), Pumbaa (11/1), Authorative (12/1), Maple Lawn (16/1), Glamorous Nellie (20/1)

It is hard to look past the compelling consistency of the gallant INGLEBY MACKENZIE who has won three of his last four handicap hurdle starts and it may take a lot more than a 10lb rise in the weights to stop him in his current vein of form. The Gordon Elliott-trained Boris Grishenko appears to be finally improving and can pose the biggest danger while You Can't Catch Me and Kings War are more than capable of hitting the frame.