18:00 Clonmel

Thursday 20 September 2018

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New Inn Opportunity Rated Novice Hurdle

Off time: 18:00 | Winning time: 4m 47.20s

1^st

Brex Drago

611-8

11/4

T: G P CromwellJ: J B Kane (2)

Waited with behind leaders, closed up on outer after 3 out, challenged next where slight mistake, gained narrow lead from before last where bad mistake, kept on well under pressure run-in op 9/4 tchd 3/1

2^nd

Stacks Mountain

510-12

4/1

T: H De BromheadJ: D Robinson

Led, joined approaching 5th, led again next, mistake 8th, strongly pressed 2 out, narrowly headed from before last, kept on without quite matching winner run-in op 8/1 tchd 9/1

3^rd

Paris Texas

511-8

3/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: E T Daly (4)

Tracked leader, hit 4th, on terms approaching 5th, headed and slight mistake next, bad mistake 3 out, dropped to 3rd 2 out and not fluent, kept on without matching front pair run-in op 5/2

4^th

6 ½

Irish Lass

511-3

2/1f

T: W P MullinsJ: N M Kelly (2)

Soon raced in 3rd, dropped to 4th before straight, no extra from before 2 out and one pace op 9/4 tchd 5/2

5^th

1 ½

Licklighter

711-4

18/1

T: D HoganJ: S A Mulcahy (4)

Waited with behind leaders, not fluent 8th, pushed along in 5th approaching straight, no extra from before 2 out and one pace op 16/1

6^th

4 ½

First Class Ticket

511-0

14/1

T: A McNamaraJ: Dillon Maxwell (4)

Waited with behind leaders, slight mistake 3 out, soon pushed along and dropped to last, no extra from before 2 out and one pace op 12/1

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Non-Runners

Im Waiting⁶⁹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 5

T: A McCann J: A W Short

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€3.60Pl:€1.70, €1.30EX:€12.90Trifecta:€49.50SF:€14.94

Forecasts

Irish Lass (2/1), Brex Drago (11/4), Paris Texas (3/1), Stacks Mountain (4/1), First Class Ticket (14/1), Licklighter (18/1), Im Waiting (25/1)

The recent form of BREX DRAGO is hard to resist and the in form six-year-old can continue his improvement here at the expense of the Willie Mullins-trained Irish Lass, who return from a two month break and the J P McManus-owned Paris Texas who got off the mark at the eighth time of asking at Downpatrick last month.