19:35 Killarney

Tuesday 16 May 2023

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Donie Broderick Plumbing Handicap (50-80)

Off time: 19:37 | Winning time: 3m 50.86s

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(1)

Rich Belief^b,t²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: J A Heffernan| T: K Thornton| OR: 80

12/1

First run since leaving Karl Thornton when 8/1, career best when winning 19-runner handicap at Navan (13f, heavy) 24 days ago, driven out. Back up in trip and has rejoined yard after leaving Shane Crawley. Player up 6 lb.

Form: 24130-1

(5)

Last Ammo⁷⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: W J Lee| T: R O'Brien| OR: 80

18/1

20/1, first run since leaving Charlie Appleby when tenth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (16f) 74 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 63255-0

(4)

Away To Sea^p1¹¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Tom Kiely Marshall⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Murphy| OR: 78

6/1

Below form tenth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy, 11/2) 110 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Claims judged on peak form in this sphere but others look stronger on balance.

Form: 38/2520-

(12)

Whirling Dervish^p,t²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: D W O'Connor| T: J F Levins| OR: 78

25/1

Sixth of 9 in handicap at Gowran (13.7f, heavy, 33/1) 28 days ago, hampered. Up in trip.

Form: 47504/6

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Takarengo^p⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: Ben Coen| T: T Mullins| OR: 77

17/2

Twelve runs since last win in 2021. 11/2, second of 10 in novice chase at Clonmel (19.9f, heavy) on debut over fences 40 days ago. Significantly back up in trip and he's a live contender off a workable mark back in this sphere.

Form: 874004-

(13)

The Jam Man⁴⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 9-13| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 77

22/1

5/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Downpatrick (28.6f, heavy) 44 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Ronan M. P. McNally. Creditable effort on latest start in this sphere and not without hope.

Form: 4850-62

(10)

Kingsofthemidlands⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Rory Cleary| T: P A Fahy| OR: 75

100/1

125/1, sixth of 10 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16f, heavy) 56 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Fairly useful on the Flat, below form on last Flat outing. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 43/2044-

(3)

Grappa Nonino¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Chris Hayes| T: D K Weld| OR: 62

11/4

Creditable second of 12 in handicap at Sligo (13.1f, soft, 10/3) 16 days ago. Likely to benefit from this stiffer test and he has to be high on the shortlist.

Form: 24064-2

(6)

Barometer⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 8-10| J: S Foley| T: J J Murphy| OR: 60

5/4

Respectable sixth of 15 in handicap (14/1) at Gowran (14f, soft) 6 days ago. Up in trip and he's one to consider.

Form: 2127-06

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Superlike^p1¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Wayne Lordan| T: Michael G Cleary| OR: 53

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden on Flat. Fifteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (16.8f, good to soft, 80/1) 15 days ago. Significantly up in trip and cheekpieces on for 1st time. Makes handicap debut in this sphere.

Form: 0/7-00

(11)

War Thunder⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: D J Ryan| OR: 53

100/1

Ninth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16.4f, heavy, 40/1) 64 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Modest on the Flat, poor on last Flat outing. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: 0/00090-

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Swelltime⁵¹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: N G McCullagh| T: W J O'Doherty| OR: 52| BF

11/1

In the process of running well when falling 2 out in a handicap hurdle at Limerick (16.2f, soft, 18/1) 51 days ago. Pretty consistent in this sphere and should give a good account.

Form: 80/3212-

Non-Runners

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Thousand Tears¹⁷²

Weight: 9-13| Age: 8

T: J M Burke J: Julie Burke

Forecasts

Barometer (5/4), Grappa Nonino (11/4), Away To Sea (6/1), Takarengo (17/2), Swelltime (11/1), Rich Belief (12/1), Last Ammo (18/1), Thousand Tears (20/1), The Jam Man (22/1), Whirling Dervish (25/1), War Thunder (100/1), Kingsofthemidlands (100/1), Superlike (150/1)

It's been a while since TAKARENGO last hit the target but he resumes in this sphere on a workable mark and is clearly in good nick judged on his solid effort over fences at Clonmel last month. The 7-y-o is marginally preferred to the Dermot Weld-trained Grappa Nonino, who was successful over hurdles in March and he put in a good shift back on the Flat at Sligo recently. Rich Belief, a winner at Navan on his reappearance, also has claims, along with Barometer and Swelltime.