16:10 Listowel

Tuesday 11 September 2018

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Handicap Hurdle (80-116)

Off time: 16:11 | Winning time: 4m 58.9s

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Fearachain³³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: D E Mullins| T: A Mullins| OR: 116| C| D

25/1

Well beaten when down the field in a Sligo handicap hurdle over this trip last month and this looks a tall order here.

Form: 842/628

Slippery Serpent⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: P T Enright| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 114

13/2

Sixth of 15 in a competitive novice handicap hurdle at Leopardstown in December. Market to be informative on return over timber.

Form: 116546-

Back Bar^p⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: C J Orr⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 112

12/1

Got off the mark for leading connections at ninth time of asking winning a Clonmel handicap hurdle off an 8lb lower mark. Beaten since and will need to improve to figure.

Form: 43319-P

Highway Royal¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: S J Mahon| OR: 112

33/1

Big prices last four starts and recent form has taken a major turn for the worse. Makes little appeal at present.

Form: 48/0U0-9

Ronava¹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-7| J: A E Lynch| T: R A Cotter| OR: 111| D

33/1

Distance winner but has appeared a little rusty since returning to action in May. Others hold stronger profiles.

Form: 40F8-70

Brex Drago^p⁴^{(ex 6)}

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: J B Kane⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 103| D

3/1

Landed the odds when not unbacked in a Kilbeggan handicap hurdle on Friday off a 6lb lower mark registering his first hurdle win in six starts. More progress possible.

Form: 000871

Sweet Home Chicago²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: B J Cooper| T: C Bowe| OR: 109

11/1

Won 3m maiden hurdle at Wexford in June 2017 but has generally disappointed in a couple of seasonal starts at Galway and Sligo last month. Vast improvement needed to figure.

Form: 6173-F4

Internal Transfer¹²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: R M Power| T: E McNamara| OR: 108

7/2

Won a Limerick handicap hurdle beating 11 rivals when eased home to win by 20L in April over 2m5f, duly raised 16lb and unable to sustain a challenge at Killarney a month later on good ground. Off since and point to prove for now.

Form: 06121-0

Arctic Light³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: M P Walsh| T: T Mullins| OR: 106

4/1

Good effort in finishing fourth over an extended 2m at Clonmel on seasonal debut in May before landing a Sligo 2m handicap hurdle off a 6lb lower mark last month. One for the shortlist in this company.

Form: P0U0-41

Minnie Dahill²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: P Townend| T: T M Walsh| OR: 111

8/1

Recently viewed on the Flat following a third of 12 beaten 6L in a 2m3f Downpatrick handicap hurdle in June. Can't be completely ruled out.

Form: 153F7-3

Patsio²³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-2| J: B J Geraghty| T: J R Barry| OR: 106| D

25/1

Distance winner finished sixth of 15 beaten over 13L in a Tramore handicap hurdle before only getting as far as the first in a handicap chase at the same venue last month.

Form: 615-06F

Olive D'Haguenet^t³³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: A W Short| T: I Madden| OR: 88

50/1

Third Reserve: Beaten a total of 181L on last couple of starts over hurdles and little hope of any improvement here.

Form: P075

Non-Runners

Powersbomb¹⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 8

T: B McMahon J: D F O'Regan

Castlehume³³

Weight: 11-9| Age: 6

T: N Meade J: A W Short

Linger¹⁸

Weight: 11-9| Age: 5

T: J J Hanlon J: B Hayes

Play The Part⁴⁶

Weight: 11-5| Age: 7

T: W M Roper J: C A Landers

Coolmill⁶⁵

Weight: 11-1| Age: 11

T: D O'Shea J: R P Treacy

Statistical²⁶

Weight: 10-12| Age: 6

T: H De Bromhead J: Rachael Blackmore

Wade Harper⁴

Weight: 10-12| Age: 8

T: P J Rothwell J: C D Maxwell

Dunloe Lady²¹

Weight: 10-7| Age: 5

T: Peter Fahey J: Reserve 1

Rancher Lass³⁵

Weight: 10-2| Age: 7

T: K Thornton J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Brex Drago (3/1), Internal Transfer (7/2), Arctic Light (4/1), Castlehume (9/2), Slippery Serpent (13/2), Minnie Dahill (8/1), Play The Part (8/1), Statistical (8/1), Powersbomb (10/1), Sweet Home Chicago (11/1), Back Bar (12/1), Linger (20/1), Fearachain (25/1), Patsio (25/1), Ronava (33/1), Highway Royal (33/1), Wade Harper (33/1), Coolmill (33/1), Olive D'Haguenet (50/1)

The cheekpieces worked the oracle for five-race maiden hurdler BREX DRAGO to get off the mark at the sixth time of asking for connections when landing a Kilbeggan handicap on Friday. The clearly improving six-year-old can follow that win up here taking the scalps of Noel Meade's, Castlehulme, exciting Iffraaj gelding, Arctic Light and Emmet McNamara's Internal Transfer.