15:10 Gowran Park

Saturday 11 March 2023

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BoyleSports Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 5m 33.2s

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Selected odds by:

Harvard Guy⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: M P Walsh| T: E & P Harty| OR: 109

13/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 17/2, excellent second of 14 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.4f, soft) 42 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to progress.

Form: 0952

Quite Incredible³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 109

13/2

Promising sort. 8/1, very good second of 16 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (19.8f, good to soft) 31 days ago. In fine heart at present and limit may not have been reached.

Form: 3/P-6342

Broken Bond⁸²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 107

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Twelfth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (23.4f, soft, 22/1) 82 days ago.

Form: F3F-00

Ardera Ru^p,t²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: S O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 105

14/1

Winner in hurdle at Tramore in January. 9/1, good third of 19 in handicap hurdle at this course (20.1f, heavy) 21 days ago. Likely to give it another good go.

Form: 365213

Garcon Doux²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: P Fenton| OR: 105

7/1

33/1, creditable fourth of 19 in handicap hurdle at this course (20.1f, heavy) 21 days ago.

Form: 270904

Rolly Bowley Boy^p⁵³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 105| D

9/1

Career best when winning 15-runner handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.8f, heavy, 11/2) 53 days ago, digging deep. Can make presence felt.

Form: 743651

Capture The Action^b⁵⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-9| J: M P O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Mangan| OR: 104| C

40/1

Course winner. 7/1, fifteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy) 54 days ago. Back up in trip. Needs to cast that run aside.

Form: 9P5210

Derridae^p⁴⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: J C Gainford| T: M McCabe| OR: 103

10/1

1 win from 3 runs this season. 8/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, good second of 20 in handicap hurdle at this course (16f, heavy) 44 days ago. Up in trip. Has good chance on form up 4 lb.

Form: 1P0-122

The Niffler^h¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: E O'Connell⁽⁵⁾| T: E O'Connell| OR: 103| D

22/1

Tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (24.4f, good to soft, 14/1) 17 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 33-0080

American Money¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: R A Doyle| T: E & P Harty| OR: 102| BF| D

8/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Winner in hurdle at Punchestown in January. Creditable fifth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (24.4f, good to soft, 10/3) 17 days ago. Enters calculations back in distance.

Form: U-07615

Doyouthinkso^t⁹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: H Morgan⁽³⁾| T: J P Flavin| OR: 101

66/1

1 win from 3 runs this season. Winner in hurdle at Tramore in October. 11/2, seventh of 12 in novice chase at Tramore (21.4f, soft) on debut over fences 95 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 30/2-017

Drumderry Harlem^h,t²³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr T Power Roche⁽⁷⁾| T: Mark J Scallan| OR: 100

14/1

Very good second of 15 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (18.9f, heavy, 25/1) 23 days ago.

Form: 476422

Joeswayornoway^b³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Danny Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: E Sheehy| OR: 98

40/1

Latest win in chase at Killarney in October. Pulled up in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Limerick (21f, soft) 39 days ago, tailing off over circuit out. Blinkers back on.

Form: 13554P

A Mere Bagatelle^p³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 97

28/1

One win from 22 NH runs. 17/2, below form tenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (19.8f, good to soft) 31 days ago.

Form: 352520

Positive Thinker⁹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 97| BF

3/1

Promising type. Good second of 24 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, soft, 4/1) 90 days ago. Should progress, particularly if improving his jumping.

Form: 84B322

No Bodder²³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Donagh Meyler| T: A Mullins| OR: 95

66/1

40/1, thirteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16f, heavy) 23 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Likely to improve on what we have seen over obstacles.

Form: 9PP050

Chainofconsequence¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Aengus King| OR: 93

33/1

28/1, fourteenth of 25 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.1f, good to soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 670020

Cool Legacy^p¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: K Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: C Motherway| OR: 92

50/1

50/1, good sixth of 14 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (22.1f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 6P7036

Spring Street⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Phillip Enright| T: J P Flavin| OR: 90

100/1

20/1, tailed-off seventeenth of 22 to American Money in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20.3f, heavy) 40 days ago. Uphill task. RESERVE.

Form: 0F5800

Early Arrival¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: J J Slevin| T: J Barcoe| OR: 88

20/1

Remains a maiden after 17 NH runs. Good fourth of 25 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.1f, good to soft, 50/1) 14 days ago, running on. Others more persuasive. RESERVE.

Form: 434084

Non-Runners

Housemartin⁷²

Weight: 11-1| Age: 6

T: E J O'Grady J: Phillip Enright

Toor Moment¹⁶

Weight: 10-11| Age: 8

T: Ms M Flynn J: L Quinlan

Elle Dorado Rock⁶⁹

Weight: 10-7| Age: 5

T: A J Martin J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Positive Thinker (3/1), Harvard Guy (13/2), Quite Incredible (13/2), Garcon Doux (7/1), American Money (8/1), Rolly Bowley Boy (9/1), Derridae (10/1), Ardera Ru (14/1), Drumderry Harlem (14/1), Early Arrival (20/1), The Niffler (22/1), Housemartin (25/1), A Mere Bagatelle (28/1), Chainofconsequence (33/1), Toor Moment (33/1), Broken Bond (33/1), Joeswayornoway (40/1), Capture The Action (40/1), Cool Legacy (50/1), Doyouthinkso (66/1), No Bodder (66/1), Spring Street (100/1)

As the field size indicates, this is competitive with POSITIVE THINKER just about the most persuasive option on the back of a trio of placed efforts given he possesses the scope to rate higher if improving in the jumping department. Harvard Guy and Quite Incredible head the opposition, though Derridae is also a major threat if she sees out this trip.