14:05 Wexford

Monday 26 October 2020

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Dan & May Arnold Memorial Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 4m 21.2s

Crazyheart^p³⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Adam Williams⁽⁴⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 105| CD

9/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2019. 8/1, fifth of 8 in handicap chase at Listowel (17f, soft) 30 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles and likely to find a few too good.

Form: 0423-65

Handsworth²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: B Browne| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 104

6/1

Thirteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.6f, good to soft, 66/1) 27 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 08907-0

Shes Flat Tothemat^p¹⁰⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁴⁾| T: M Winters| OR: 102| C| D

6/1

Course winner. 7/2, creditable sixth of 12 in handicap chase at Tramore (21f, good to soft) 100 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles, down in trip and cheekpieces back on. Each-way shout.

Form: 1215-36

Sirjack Thomas^h¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: C P McNamara| T: A McGuinness| OR: 98

7/2

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful 1m winner on the Flat. 13/2, very good fifth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16f, soft) 12 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Not discounted.

Form: 0/009-5

Clody Valley^t³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Miss E Doyle| OR: 94

10/3

13/2, creditable fourth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16f, good) 39 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 852-P34

Justice Ears⁸⁷³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: D J Hand⁽⁴⁾| T: D P Dunne| OR: 93

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 25/1, twelfth of 14 in novice hurdle at this course (16f, good), pulling hard. Off over 2 years ahead of this handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 0050/

Final Orders²³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Simon Torrens⁽²⁾| T: G Donnelly| OR: 92

7/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good sixth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, good, 16/1) 23 days ago. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 46856

Peace Party^h¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: R P Treacy| T: D McDonogh| OR: 88

9/1

Creditable seventh of 18 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.7f, soft, 33/1) 19 days ago. Hood back on and he's not without each-way hope.

Form: 69080/7

Union Park^t¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁴⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 92

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Excellent ninth of 16 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy, 100/1) 15 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut and no great surprise were he to show some improvement.

Form: 80-09

Milalee³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: A McCurtin| T: C O'Keeffe| OR: 85

33/1

18/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Listowel (24f, soft) 31 days ago. Significantly back down in trip here and she faces an uphill task.

Form: 00-583P

Non-Runners

Breezy Bell¹²

Weight: 11-9| Age: 5

T: E Cawley J: C D Timmons

Forecasts

Breezy Bell (5/2), Clody Valley (10/3), Sirjack Thomas (7/2), Handsworth (6/1), Shes Flat Tothemat (6/1), Final Orders (7/1), Peace Party (9/1), Crazyheart (9/1), Union Park (25/1), Justice Ears (28/1), Milalee (33/1)

This sharp track will play to the strengths of four-time Flat winner SIRJACK THOMAS, who posted his best effort yet in this sphere when fifth in a Punchestown handicap last time. He makes plenty of appeal off the same mark. Breezy Bell was ahead of the selection at Punchestown but she's been raised 2 lb and, morever, the slower ground here is not ideal. Union Park is most interesting ot the rest.

SIRJACK THOMAS (IRE)
BREEZY BELL (GER)
UNION PARK (FR)

Previous Winners

2019

Shumaker

Weight: 11-10 |Age: 7

J: Darragh O'Keeffe | T: Paul Traynor

9/10

Prize Money

1st: €6,600.002nd: €2,200.003rd: €1,100.004th: €550.005th: €330.006th: €219.00