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16:05 Tipperary - 4 July 2023 - Racecard - Horse Racing - Sporting Life
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16:05 Tipperary

Tuesday 4 July 2023

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Packie Downey Memorial Rated Novice Chase

  • 4YO plus  |   2m 3f 114y  |   Yielding (Good in places)  |   7 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:05  |   Winning time: 4m 54.02s
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Horse silk
Desert Friend25
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-9| J: D Meyler| T: D Hogan| OR:  120
4/1
Promising type. Career best when winning 7-runner maiden chase at Clonmel (16.3f, good, 11/2) 25 days ago, well on top finish. Open to further progress and leading claims.
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Mr Saxobeat25
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-9| J: D J O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| D
11/4
Fairly useful hurdler. 13/8, winning start over fences in 4-runner maiden at Clonmel (20f, good) 25 days ago, pushed out. Should progress.
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Sphagnump,t17
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-9| J: S D Torrens| T: J P Broderick| OR:  116| D
11/1
Fairly useful effort when winning 6-runner maiden at Downpatrick (23.5f, good to soft, 7/1) 17 days ago, keeping on well. Has good chance on form.
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Too Brightt15
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-9| J: L A McKenna(5)| T: N Meade| OR:  120| D
15/2
Fairly useful chaser. Won maiden at Kilbeggan in June. Respectable third of 6 in handicap (11/4) at Kilbeggan (19.4f, good) 15 days ago.
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Horse silk
Dovlator34
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-5| J: J J Slevin| T: D A McLoughlin| D
17/2
Fairly useful hurdler. Third of 5 in minor event hurdle (5/1) at Wexford (24f, good to soft) 34 days ago, having run of race. Makes chase debut.
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Hamundarsonp1,t36
Age: 8|  Weight: 11-5| J: J W Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR:  118
13/2
Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. 28/1, sixth of 8 in novice chase at Ballinrobe (17f, good) 36 days ago. Bounce back needed in 1st time cheekpieces.
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Horse silk
Railway Hurricaneb,t32
Age: 8|  Weight: 11-5| J: D E Mullins| T: G P Cromwell| OR:  119| C
7/2
Fairly useful hurdler/chaser. Twenty three runs since last win in 2020. Fourth of 7 in handicap chase (9/1) at Tramore (15.2f, good) 32 days ago. Back up in trip.
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Forecasts

Mr Saxobeat (11/4), Railway Hurricane (7/2), Desert Friend (4/1), Hamundarson (13/2), Too Bright (15/2), Dovlator (17/2), Sphagnum (11/1)

16:05 Tipperary - 4 July 2023 - Racecard - Horse Racing - Sporting Life

There should be more to come from DESERT FRIEND on the back of his smooth Clonmel maiden success and he could prove the answer to this rated novice. Mr Saxobeat and Sphagnum also arrive on the back of maiden chase wins last month and might give Denis Hogan's charge most to do.

Previous Winners

2022
Upping The Anti
Weight: 11-9  |Age: 6
11/8

Prize Money

1st: €9,000.002nd: €3,000.003rd: €1,500.004th: €750.005th: €450.006th: €299.00

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