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Tuesday 20 December 2022

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John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 15:06 | Winning time: 1m 1.01s

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Copia Verborum³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 12-4| J: Anna McGuinness⁽⁴⁾| T: J J Lambe| OR: 95

40/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, thirteenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (19.8f, heavy, 100/1) 35 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 3306-80

Mastermind¹⁰⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 12-4| J: Mr Pat Taaffe| T: C O'Brien| OR: 95| CD

10/1

C&D winner. 28/1, bit below form eighth of 17 in handicap at Navan (14f, good to soft), not knocked about. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Below form on last hurdle outing. Trip might be on the sharp side.

Form: 039-909

Saga Aravis^b,t³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr R James| T: P Nolan| OR: 93| CD

8/1

C&D winner. 33/1, below form ninth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (19.8f, heavy) 35 days ago. Blinkers back on, tongue strap back on. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 324-009

Beeverstown Bullet^b1⁶⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 12-1| J: Mr D Kiely| T: M A Cahill| OR: 92

25/1

Remains a maiden after 16 NH runs. 7/1, bit below form ninth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Cork (19f, heavy) 65 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Needs headgear to perk him up.

Form: 6-P0349

Gallaside^t⁵²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-1| J: Mr D McGill⁽⁴⁾| T: C A McBratney| OR: 92

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 8f on flat. 200/1, sixteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, good to soft). Off 17 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Up against it.

Form: F47/50-

Go Gill Go^t⁴⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P Lake⁽⁴⁾| T: J Grace| OR: 91

10/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2021. 7/1, creditable fourth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 44 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 008354

Latest Model²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr A P Ryan⁽²⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 91

50/1

Below form ninth of 20 in handicap hurdle (50/1) at Gowran (20f, heavy) 24 days ago. Back down in trip. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 97-3609

Maxios Show³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr O McGill| T: Gary McGill| OR: 91

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 8/1, tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (19.8f, heavy) 35 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 6560

Pidoyne^p1²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-13| J: R A Berry⁽²⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 90

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 18/1, tenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.3f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code. Improvement required.

Form: 0-800

Ceanndana^p²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr T P Harney| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 89

9/1

13/2, creditable eighth of 22 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (21.7f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Down in trip. Holding his form lately and should be discounted.

Form: P93438

Flashthelights^t⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr C Abernethy⁽²⁾| T: S McConville| OR: 88| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Creditable seventh of 15 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy) 42 days ago. Drop back in trip should help.

Form: 514-P67

Johnny Clarke^p1¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr D M Fitzgerald⁽⁴⁾| T: W J Burke| OR: 88

16/1

Good seventh of 17 in novice hurdle (7/1) at Clonmel (16.2f, heavy) 12 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Could do better returned to handicap company.

Form: 7P6-047

Atlantic Wonder²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Ms K L Derwin⁽⁴⁾| T: A J Martin| OR: 87

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 21 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.3f, good to soft, 200/1) 21 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to improvement and worth backing if there's strength behind him in the betting.

Form: 70-00

Brehon Star¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr J Dunne| T: S Crawley| OR: 87| BF

11/1

Respectable third of 15 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (15.9f, good to soft, 5/1) 19 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 06-7543

Pepperocco^t⁹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr L P Shanahan⁽⁴⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 87

40/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, fifth of 10 in novice chase at Sligo (17.2f, good to soft, 100/1) on debut over fences 97 days ago. Needs to do more.

Form: 0-59005

War Thunder^p1⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr H C Swan| T: D J Ryan| OR: 86

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 125/1, eleventh of 23 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 44 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Hard to fancy.

Form: U07-0

Only One Plan⁸¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr B Lawless⁽²⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 85

20/1

Tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle (11/2) at Gowran (16f, soft) 81 days ago. Latest effort best excused and he's still relatively unexposed.

Form: 0F0-530

Dixon Line^p³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J C Canavan| T: A Sexton| OR: 84

28/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, seventh of 12 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16f, soft, 22/1) 30 days ago. Well treated if he can build on latest effort.

Form: 4P8PP7

Carbon King³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr M C O'Donovan| T: D Queally| OR: 83

9/4

200/1, ninth of 12 in novice chase at Fairyhouse (21f, heavy) 35 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Back down in trip. Open to improvement over hurdles.

Form: 9P00-59

Come On Sally⁴⁰¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: E Staples⁽⁴⁾| T: P M Pierce| OR: 83

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Last of 16 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Cork (16f, soft). Off 13 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 0/00-

Fourgenerations^t⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr S Cavanagh| T: A Murray| OR: 83

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 250/1, thirteenth of 20 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.9f, soft) 45 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: P00-00

Captain Cal^p,t³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr R W Barron| T: P Magee| OR: 82

40/1

25/1 and blinkered for 1st time, sixth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (18f, good). Off 14 months. Tongue strap back on, cheekpieces back on.

Form: 606-P23

Flemenora^t⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr E Mahon| T: Mrs Y Dunleavy| OR: 81

40/1

125/1, ninth of 24 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, soft) 9 days ago. Back down in trip. Hard to fancy.

Form: 0-08069

I Can't Remember⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr B Barry⁽²⁾| T: C A McBratney| OR: 80

66/1

50/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (24.1f, soft) 46 days ago. Significantly down in trip. Makes no appeal.

Form: 005F0P

O Mio Babbino¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr A Burke-Ott⁽²⁾| T: Patrick Cronin| OR: 80

12/1

Bit below form seventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (15.9f, good to soft, 7/1) 19 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 076337

Non-Runners

Gaelic Des Chastys⁴²

Weight: 11-11| Age: 6

T: A Donoghue J: Reserve 1

Pharisees³⁵

Weight: 12-4| Age: 4

T: G P Cromwell J: Reserve 2

Blossom De Mai³¹

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: P J Rothwell J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Carbon King (9/4), Saga Aravis (8/1), Ceanndana (9/1), Mastermind (10/1), Go Gill Go (10/1), Brehon Star (11/1), Gaelic Des Chastys (11/1), O Mio Babbino (12/1), Atlantic Wonder (14/1), Flashthelights (14/1), Johnny Clarke (16/1), Only One Plan (20/1), Beeverstown Bullet (25/1), Blossom De Mai (25/1), Pharisees (25/1), Maxios Show (28/1), Dixon Line (28/1), Come On Sally (33/1), Pidoyne (33/1), Captain Cal (40/1), Pepperocco (40/1), Fourgenerations (40/1), Flemenora (40/1), Copia Verborum (40/1), Latest Model (50/1), War Thunder (66/1), I Can't Remember (66/1), Gallaside (66/1)

ATLANTIC WONDER has hardly pulled up any trees in a handful of maiden hurdles but he represents a shrewd yard and will be of interest if the market speaks in his favour ahead of this handicap debut. Go Gill Go wasn't beaten far off this mark at Cork last time and a reproduction of that would give her a fighting chance, while Ceanndana and Flashthelights are others to consider in an open-looking handicap.