16:20 Naas

Sunday 10 March 2019

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Naas Supporters Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 4m 33.2s

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Selected odds by:

Sandymount Duke^p¹²⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-10| J: R M Power| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 138

33/1

Not spotted since falling in Down Royal Grade 1 over fences in November, can run from a much lower rating over hurdles but hard to be confident.

Form: 50-023F

Sayar³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: P Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 136

12/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles, was poor recently at Leopardstown but couldn't be ruled out with any certainty if bouncing back.

Form: 117-0

High School Days³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 131

20/1

Won three times on spin in 2017 but she has been struggling more recently. 50-1 when finishing down the field at Leopardstown latest.

Form: 0-53U08

Dromore Lad⁶⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: A W Short⁽³⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 127

20/1

Some encouragement from return to action at Navan but that was wiped out with poor effort next at Cork (2m4f, soft). More questions than answers at the moment.

Form: 1118-30

Jimmy Breekie^t³⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: P E Corbett⁽³⁾| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 127

10/1

Good third over 3m at Leopardstown last time, drops in distance here and entitled to be on the premises with a repeat showing.

Form: 65-0433

Mary Frances⁶⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: D E Mullins| T: M Hassett| OR: 127

16/1

Mare has plenty form in the book to suggest she can play a hand in this, including latest third of 18 in Cork handicap (2m4f, soft). Likes to get her toe in.

Form: P541P-3

Spades Are Trumps³¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: J S McGarvey| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 127

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden hurdle winner, potentially has plenty to offer in this sphere and worth a betting check on first start since last spring.

Form: 312P0-

Count Simon^b⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 126

16/1

Novice hurdle winner last summer at Downpatrick (2m1½f, good) and has been running well since the turn of the year without scoring. Interesting now tackling a handicap.

Form: 253223

Gran Geste¹⁹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: L P Dempsey| T: Miss E Doyle| OR: 125

33/1

Winner of a maiden hurdle at Navan two years ago but not really able to build any consistency since. Back from a break now and probably easier to be cautious.

Form: 1550-P4

Laverteen⁶⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-9| J: S W Flanagan| T: N Meade| OR: 123| BF

20/1

Maiden hurdle winner at Cork in November (2m, yielding), since a disappointing favourite back there on soft-ground in January. Remains with potential for better, yard in form.

Form: 2402-15

West Coast Time^t²²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 123

4/1

Was returning from over a year off when catching the eye with staying-on second over 2m4f (yielding to soft) at Gowran Park last month. Form boosted since and well worth an interest now.

Form: 15024-2

Golden Jewel¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-7| J: B Hayes| T: E Cawley| OR: 121| C

20/1

Course winner, ran fair race last time at Fairyhouse in sixth spot, could go well back here with conditions/track to suit.

Form: 032086

Torcello^p¹⁸⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: B J Cooper| T: A McNamara| OR: 121

40/1

Smart Flat performer, only beaten 4¼L in valuable Listowel handicap (2m, yielding to soft) when last spotted. Mark unchanged if fit enough to do justice on first run since September.

Form: 3-3U125

Hareth^p⁵⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 10-4| J: P T Enright| T: C Byrnes| OR: 118| D

20/1

Five-time winner over hurdles, will relish any rain that arrives and could be on a decent mark if putting his best foot forward. Not shown it for a while however.

Form: 2-00887

Masterstonemason^p⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-3| J: P D Kennedy| T: F Costello| OR: 117

66/1

100-1 and no surprise to see him struggling last time a Limerick in a Grade 3 over 2m on soft. More realistic mission now, albeit career-best is needed.

Form: 12-0704

The Big Lense^t¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: M P Walsh| T: G Elliott| OR: 117

8/1

Caught the eye when landing his maiden in a Bellewstown contest in August. Not strictly built on that in two starts since but potentially still has plenty more to offer for top connections.

Form: 63-8164

Mount Pelier⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: D Meyler| T: A Fleming| OR: 116

4/1

Second last week on handicap debut at Navan (2m4f, soft), should have more to offer having gone up 3lb for that promising run.

Form: 24-D762

Ilikedwayurthinkin⁸⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: N P Madden| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 111| BF

7/1

Appeared to have more to offer when beaten 3L in Fairyhouse handicap in December (2m, good to yielding) having done best work late in the piece. Up 3lb and could have a major say.

Form: 62-35

Spider Web¹⁰⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-11| J: M A Enright| T: T Mullins| OR: 111| BF

12/1

Has made his money over fences typically, reverts to hurdling off dramatically lower mark but likely going to find a few of these too good.

Form: 61-2F1P

Forecasts

Mount Pelier (4/1), West Coast Time (4/1), Ilikedwayurthinkin (7/1), The Big Lense (8/1), Jimmy Breekie (10/1), Spider Web (12/1), Sayar (12/1), Count Simon (16/1), Mary Frances (16/1), Golden Jewel (20/1), Laverteen (20/1), High School Days (20/1), Dromore Lad (20/1), Hareth (20/1), Spades Are Trumps (25/1), Sandymount Duke (33/1), Gran Geste (33/1), Torcello (40/1), Masterstonemason (66/1)

He was entitled to need the run at Gowran Park last time and WEST COAST TIME was given plenty to do before finishing nicely in second spot. That form was franked when the winner defied an 8lb rise to score at Thurles this week and Joseph O'Brien's charge should have strong claims in this competitive affair having gone up just 4lb himself. There are a hatful of potential dangers, with Jimmy Breekie, Mary Frances and Mount Pelier firmly amongst them. Ilikedwayurthinkin and The Big Lense are likely improvers while smart Flat performer Torcello ran well at Listowel in the autumn and could have a say if ready to fire from an unchanged mark.