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Thursday 7 April 2022

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Newcastlewest Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)

Off time: 16:46 | Winning time: 5m 25.9s

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Holiday In Kerry²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara| OR: 93| C

5/2

Promising sort. Career best when winning 16-runner handicap hurdle at this course (22f, heavy, 9/1) 25 days ago, comfortably. Enters calculations.

Form: 000751

Shantou Sisu⁴⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-11| J: D J McInerney| T: W J Lanigan| OR: 92| D

14/1

Respectable fourth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (18.9f, heavy, 17/2) 49 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 609394

Mamaslittlestar¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: S D Torrens| T: James Andrew Fahey| OR: 91

28/1

Well-beaten last of 6 to Lifetime Ambition in Gr 3 chase (300/1) at this course (24.6f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Others more persuasive.

Form: 6P03P6

Crack On Corrie^b²⁶

Age: 12| Weight: 11-9| J: Daniel Joseph Hand⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Austin| OR: 90

40/1

Latest win in hurdle at Fairyhouse in November. Thirteenth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (19.8f, heavy, 25/1) 26 days ago. Must bounce back.

Form: 314040

Gaelic Des Chastys¹¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: S Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: A Donoghue| OR: 89

7/1

Fourteenth of 19 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Navan (20f, good to soft) 110 days ago, no extra been last 2. Others arrive with more pressing claims.

Form: P04300

We'llhavewan^p,t²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Miss J Townend⁽⁵⁾| T: T Townend| OR: 89

10/1

40/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time cheekpieces on for 1st time, career best when winning 14-runner handicap hurdle at Thurles (16.4f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Needs to back that up now.

Form: 67P-0P1

Four Horsemen^p¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: D E Mullins| T: T J Nagle-Jr| OR: 88

3/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, good second of 20 in handicap hurdle (8/1) at Cork (20f, good to soft) 14 days ago, sticking to task. Can make presence felt.

Form: 4-38P12

Getaway Abbey^h1²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: I J Power| T: Shane O'Brien| OR: 88

15/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, third of 18 in handicap hurdle at this course (22f, heavy) 25 days ago, finishing well. One of the least exposed and one to bear in mind. Hood on 1st time.

Form: 7083

Appian Way^p1¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: B J Cooper| T: C O'Brien| OR: 87

12/1

20/1, bit below form twelfth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, good to soft) 14 days ago. That effort came on back of 5 months off but exploits over hurdles are more miss than hit in any case.

Form: 6-P9200

Good Bye Milan¹⁷⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: M P O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: S Braddish| OR: 87

25/1

200/1, sixth of 16 in novice hurdle at this course (16f, soft) 179 days ago, not knocked about. Significantly back up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: P00076

Annie Iraya⁶⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: D Robinson| T: P Breen| OR: 80

66/1

Eleventh of 14 in handicap hurdle at this course (16f, soft, 100/1) 65 days ago, beaten long way out. Signficantly up in trip.

Form: 00/00-00

Johnnys Girl^p,t²⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| J: R P Geoghegan⁽⁷⁾| T: N Lee| OR: 80| C

66/1

One win from 21 NH runs. 66/1, fifth of 9 in handicap chase at this course (24.6f, heavy) 25 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Hard to recommend.

Form: 60P865

Lilly Banner⁴⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: J S McGarvey| T: N C Kelly| OR: 80

100/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (100/1) at Navan (21f, heavy) 44 days ago, losing touch before 4 out. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 080/00P

Golden Glen^p,t³⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 86

11/1

SOle success from 26 NH runs came back in 2019. 12/1, below form eighth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (24f, heavy) 35 days ago, never better than midfield. Reserve 1.

Form: F06358

Roccorionach⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: N T Prendergast⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss E McCutcheon| OR: 83

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Eighth of 18 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Thurles (23f, good to soft) 56 days ago. May need further respite from the handicapper. Reserve 3.

Form: 80008

Non-Runners

Huckleberry Rock⁴⁴

Weight: 11-11| Age: 5

T: S Crawley J: K C Sexton

Danny The Fence³¹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 5

T: K Thornton J: Donagh Meyler

Tomjackwilliam⁵⁶

Weight: 11-8| Age: 5

T: E McCarthy J: R Deegan

We'llgowats¹⁵

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: Liam G O'brien J: Sean Flanagan

Command Chain⁴³

Weight: 11-3| Age: 7

T: J C McConnell J: Brian Hayes

Rosfoyle²⁵

Weight: 10-13| Age: 10

T: B O'Keeffe J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Holiday In Kerry (5/2), Four Horsemen (3/1), Command Chain (9/2), Rosfoyle (11/2), Gaelic Des Chastys (7/1), Getaway Abbey (15/2), We'llhavewan (10/1), Golden Glen (11/1), Appian Way (12/1), Danny The Fence (12/1), Huckleberry Rock (12/1), Shantou Sisu (14/1), Roccorionach (16/1), We'llgowats (20/1), Tomjackwilliam (25/1), Good Bye Milan (25/1), Mamaslittlestar (28/1), Crack On Corrie (40/1), Annie Iraya (66/1), Johnnys Girl (66/1), Lilly Banner (100/1)

HOLIDAY IN KERRY confirmed the promise of his previous run when scoring comfortably here (22f) 25 days ago and, with potrntial for better still, he's fancied to defy a 9 lb higher mark and come out on top again. Getaway Abbey remains low-mileage and is feared, along with Command Chain and Four Horsemen.