15:40 Listowel

Monday 21 September 2020

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Listowel Handicap Hurdle (80-116)

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 5m 6.1s

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Kilkeaskins First²⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-13| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 115| D

14/1

Good second of 10 in handicap hurdle (8/1) at Bellewstown (20.2f, heavy) 27 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 981/U-62

Rightplacerightime^p,t²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: L Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: K F O'Donnell| OR: 112

14/1

Good fourth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Bellewstown (20.2f, heavy, 11/1) 27 days ago, albeit looking a hard ride. Needs to build on that effort now.

Form: 5103-74

Thousand Tears¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: M P Burke⁽⁵⁾| T: J M Burke| OR: 112| D

9/2

Winner in hurdle at Kilbeggan in August. Good third of 11 in handicap hurdle (11/2) at Clonmel (24f, good) 18 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 5-92513

Balinaboola Steel^p¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: B J Cooper| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 111| D

8/1

2 wins from 6 runs this season. Latest win in hurdle at Wexford in September. Creditable third of 12 in handicap hurdle (11/2) at Kilbeggan (25f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Expected to go well again.

Form: P14313

Cornakill Rose²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: P Magee| OR: 107| D

33/1

Winner in hurdle at Bellewstown in July. 33/1, eleventh of 12 in handicap hurdle at Navan (16f, good) 2 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: P/31040

Fairyhill Run¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: D E Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 107

9/2

1 win from 2 runs this season. 5/2, career best when winning 11-runner novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (18.3f, good to soft) 15 days ago, keeping on well. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 2955-31

In A Pinch³¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: J J Slevin| T: S Slevin| OR: 105| D

18/1

Latest win in hurdle at Tramore in June 2019. 12/1, twelfth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16f, soft) when last seen in November. Has gone well fresh in the past though, so not one to write off.

Form: 11/1360-

Luis Van Zandt^t¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: C P McNamara⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 105| D

8/1

1 win from 3 runs this season. Winner in hurdle at Gowran in July. Below form tenth of 18 in handicap hurdle (8/1) at Punchestown (20.3f, soft) 12 days ago.

Form: 63/P-310

Cahirdown Boy^t¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: R P Treacy⁽³⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 104| BF

28/1

Last of 11 in handicap hurdle (4/1) at Clonmel (24f, good) 18 days ago, folding tameky home turn (possibly amiss). Not one to write off, particularly having caught the eye on return.

Form: 0561-F0

Smithscorner^t³⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: J W Kennedy| T: M Kennedy| OR: 104| BF| D

7/2

2 wins from 4 runs this season. Creditable sixth of 12 in handicap chase at Killarney (20.8f, soft, 10/3) 30 days ago. Much lower hurdles mark to work from

Form: 23-2116

Whereyounow^b¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: S W Flanagan| T: R Sweeney| OR: 103| BF| D

12/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20.3f, soft, 4/1) 12 days ago, shaping as if amiss. Had shaped up well when fourth on return at Cork but he does need to bounce back.

Form: 4666-4P

Siberian Star^p,t²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: A W Short| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 93

18/1

14/1, creditable fourth of 8 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (21.7f, good) 21 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Reserve 3.

Form: 66-4344

Non-Runners

De Mazzaro³⁷

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: T G McCourt J: D J O'Keeffe

Sunday At Julia's¹⁷

Weight: 11-11| Age: 5

T: P Nolan J: S F O'Keeffe

Lilshane²¹⁹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 12

T: T P O'Connor J: G B Noonan

The Wonky Tonk¹⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: H De Bromhead J: Rachael Blackmore

Finding Joy⁴

Weight: 11-1| Age: 6

T: M Hourigan J: T Ryan

Northern Love²⁶⁷

Weight: 10-8| Age: 5

T: E McNamara J: Reserve 1

Cosmic Rock³⁷³

Weight: 10-6| Age: 6

T: E McCarthy J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Smithscorner (7/2), Fairyhill Run (9/2), Thousand Tears (9/2), De Mazzaro (7/1), Balinaboola Steel (8/1), Luis Van Zandt (8/1), Whereyounow (12/1), Sunday At Julia's (12/1), Rightplacerightime (14/1), Kilkeaskins First (14/1), Northern Love (16/1), The Wonky Tonk (16/1), Cosmic Rock (16/1), In A Pinch (18/1), Siberian Star (18/1), Cahirdown Boy (28/1), Cornakill Rose (33/1), Finding Joy (33/1), Lilshane (33/1)

A winner of a Kilbeggan maiden in August, THOUSAND TEARS improved again despite meeting with defeat when third in a 3m Clonmel handicap 18 days ago, the extended run-in over the longer trip stretching him. The return to shorter rates a plus and he gets the nod. Smithscorner has improved plenty over fences of late and is feared from his lower hurdles mark, along with Fairyhill Run.