17:05 Gowran Park

Saturday 24 June 2017

All13:4514:1514:5015:2515:5516:3517:0517:40

AD Test Centre & Auto Garage Jack Duggan Memorial Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:06 | Winning time: 5m 39.9s

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Selected odds by:

Sadler's Risk^p1²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: A E Lynch| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 137| D

14/1

Finished third of six over 2m5f at Punchestown (good) three weeks ago. Had previously finished fourth in a conditions hurdle and races off a mark 8lb lower than when last tackling a handicap hurdle.

Form: 22144-3

Shanpallas³⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: M P Walsh| T: C Byrnes| OR: 132| D

7/1

Successful over 2m4f at Ballinrobe (good) in May last year. Lightly raced since and returning to hurdles having finishing fourth over fences in a 2m event at Punchestown (good) last time.

Form: 51445-4

Miss Me Now⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Ruby Walsh| T: W P Mullins| OR: 127

10/1

Victorious over an extended 2m at Clonmel (yielding) in November last year. pulled up twice since including on her return from over five months off at Killarney (soft) last time and others look more reliable.

Form: 41P/1P-P

Just Cause^p⁹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: J J Slevin⁽⁵⁾| T: M F Morris| OR: 124| D

16/1

Well held in five starts since finishing runner-up over fences at Galway (yielding) last October. Returns to hurdles for the first time in over a year here.

Form: 270666-

Polar Present^p²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-4| J: Donagh Meyler⁽³⁾| T: S Fahey| OR: 117

5/1

Wearing first time cheekpieces when beaten a short-head over 2m4f at Ballinrobe (good) three weeks ago. Appeared to appreciate the return to good ground on that occasion and likely to run well again here with similar ground forecast.

Form: F343F-2

Gunner Mcgregor^t³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: Brian Hayes| T: R Donohoe| OR: 116

33/1

Recorded a double for his previous yard when winning a Clonmel (good) bumper and Limerick (good) maiden hurdle this time last year. Beaten 43L on debut for this yard and first run of 2017 at Wexford last time.

Form: 0/7119-9

Courtncatcher¹⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-1| J: C D Timmons⁽³⁾| T: P J Duffy| OR: 114| C| D

14/1

Finished runner-up over an extended 3m at Punchestown (good) over fences last month and subsequently finished fourth behind Travertine at Listowel (yielding) a fortnight ago. Interesting runner here.

Form: 089-824

Coolfighter^p²²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: D E Splaine| T: N Dooly| OR: 113| C

16/1

Finished fifth in a seven runner contest at Tramore over 2m on good ground last time out. Rated 1lb lower than for his most recent hurdles success but others make more appeal here.

Form: 1800-55

Garri Rua^h¹⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: P Townend| T: G J Power| OR: 113| D

6/1

Three time winner over hurdles but held when sixth behind Travertine at Listowel (yielding) last time out and has a bit to do to reverse form with a couple of today's rivals.

Form: 1530-86

Icantsay¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-10| J: D E Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 109| D

9/2

Winner over fences off this mark at Punchestown (good) last month and subsequently finished runner-up to today's rival Travertine at Listowel (yielding) off a 3lb lower mark than he races off here. Interesting from 1lb out of the handicap.

Form: 39FP-12

Thats Mypresenting²²

Age: 9| Weight: 9-10| J: D Robinson⁽⁵⁾| T: J R Barry| OR: 109

7/1

Off the mark over fences when winning over an extended 2m5f at Tramore (good-to-firm) earlier this month. Best hurdles effort came when third at Clonmel (yielding) last November and steps up in trip racing from 2lb out of the handicap today.

Form: 74035-1

Sir Jack Yeats^b¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: J M Moore| T: Miss Ellmarie Holden| OR: 109

5/1

Victorious over an extended 2m4f at Wexford (soft) when wearing blinkers (retained) for the first time earlier this month. Had previously finished runner-up over 2m5f at Tramore (good) and races from 4lb out of the handicap here.

Form: 866-621

Non-Runners

Ballela Boy⁵⁴

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: G Elliott J: B J Cooper

Art Of Synergy⁴³

Weight: 10-7| Age: 6

T: N Meade J: Sean Flanagan

Theophilus¹¹

Weight: 10-7| Age: 6

T: D McDonogh J: B R Dalton

The Winkler¹⁷

Weight: 10-4| Age: 8

T: E Doyle J: A Ring

Weather Watch⁷

Weight: 10-3| Age: 7

T: Mrs J Harrington J: M J Bolger

Travertine¹⁹

Weight: 10-2| Age: 7

T: N Madden J: M P Walsh

Na Trachtalai Abu¹¹

Weight: 9-11| Age: 7

T: J Motherway J: M A Enright

Amaulino¹⁷

Weight: 9-10| Age: 4

T: C Bowe J: Rachael Blackmore

Aunt Alice¹⁷

Weight: 9-10| Age: 7

T: M J Bowe J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Icantsay (9/2), Polar Present (5/1), Sir Jack Yeats (5/1), Garri Rua (6/1), Shanpallas (7/1), Thats Mypresenting (7/1), Ballela Boy (10/1), Art Of Synergy (10/1), Miss Me Now (10/1), Travertine (12/1), Amaulino (12/1), Aunt Alice (12/1), Na Trachtalai Abu (12/1), Courtncatcher (14/1), Sadler's Risk (14/1), Just Cause (16/1), Coolfighter (16/1), Weather Watch (20/1), The Winkler (25/1), Gunner Mcgregor (33/1), Theophilus (33/1)

AMAULINO appeared to appreciate the step up in trip when finishing runner-up at Wexford last time and has raced exclusively on softer surfaces since joining this yard. The selection had some good form on a sounder surface in France and he is taken to get the better of Travertine who was successful at Listowel last time with Sir Jack Yeats and Icantsay others likely to play a hand in the finish in what looks a hot handicap hurdle.