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Tuesday 21 March 2017

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Vee Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 14:57 | Winning time: 5m 7.6s

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Zipporah^t¹⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-10| J: Brian Hayes| T: Miss D O'Shea| OR: 105

7/2

Scored over 2m here last month and not beaten far in follow-up attempt 19 days ago. Needs a career-best to score off new rating but should be in the mix.

Form: 30P812

Love On Top^p,t¹⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: Raymond McCurtin| OR: 104

20/1

Continues to slip down the weights following five defeats for this yard. Needs to return to form here and hasn't tasted success since November 2014. Recent efforts are very tame.

Form: 1806/30-

Stay With It²⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-9| J: D P Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: A McNamara| OR: 104

9/2

Long time without a win but was only just foiled last month at Punchestown. Raised 4lb for that effort but, down in trip, looks an obvious contender if repeating the trick.

Form: 3P4747

Wilms Warrior¹⁸²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 104

10/1

First run since September but showed enough in four maiden hurdles to merit respect for handicap debut.

Form: 412237-

So Sorry Sarah⁴⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin⁽⁵⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 99

7/2

Mostly flattered to deceive in maiden hurdles, worth a check in the market for handicap bow however.

Form: 875454

Fridaynightlights³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Paul Townend| T: T Cooper| OR: 95

5/1

Held in pair of handicap hurdles so far, though not all that far off the pace and booking of Townend looks a plus here.

Form: 882114

Pack Your Bags¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: R Tyner| OR: 86

4/1

Won a point-to-point but has carried very little threat in ten starts under rules, including six previous attempts over flights. Beaten 26L at Thurles earlier this month off 2lb higher mark.

Form: 75-0068

Loughderg Princess²⁶¹

Age: 10| Weight: 9-13| J: D E Mullins| T: F Costello| OR: 80

50/1

Beaten out of sight in two runs last year, latest over fences at Limerick in July. Plenty to prove on comeback.

Form: 00/0088-

Non-Runners

One Can Cally¹⁹

Weight: 11-1| Age: 6

T: Miss E Doyle J: A W Short

Forecasts

So Sorry Sarah (7/2), Zipporah (7/2), Pack Your Bags (4/1), Stay With It (9/2), Fridaynightlights (5/1), Wilms Warrior (10/1), One Can Cally (12/1), Love On Top (20/1), Loughderg Princess (50/1)

Last month's runner-up finish at Punchestown was a return to form for STAY WITH IT and, from a 4lb higher mark, he's fancied to go on better now dropped back in trip today. Zipporah has been in consistent form of late and looks certain to give his running but the handicapper may have foiled him for now. Off a break, Wilms Warrior is one to note in the betting on handicap bow while Fridaynightlights is not out of things and has a jockey in a rich vein of form for company now.