15:50 Cork

Sunday 5 November 2023

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Buy Tickets At www.corkracecourse.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 5m 18.3s

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From The Ashes²²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: R P Treacy| T: C Byrnes| OR: 109| D

33/1

Winner in chase at Gowran in February. Fifth of 7 in handicap chase at Limerick (19.6f, soft, 5/1). Off 7 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. Others preferred.

Form: 5U2515-

Gorgeous Suspect^h¹⁰¹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: M P Walsh| T: A A Howard| OR: 109

11/4

11/8, didn't need to improve to win 15-runner novice hurdle at Limerick (22f, soft) 101 days ago. Type to do better still and makes plenty of appeal.

Form: 2/764-81

Criminal Mischief¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Maite Sarah Laubies⁽⁷⁾| T: Steve Jones| OR: 107

80/1

40/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Limerick (24f, heavy) 14 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 8015-0P

Como Park^b,t²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 107

5/1

useful winner at 13f on flat. 13/2 and blinkers on for 1st time in this code, creditable third of 17 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20f, good to soft) 25 days ago. Respected.

Form: 4-433

Ena Baie³⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁵⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 106

12/1

18/1, creditable fourth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.8f, heavy) 38 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Not dismissed.

Form: 555-6B4

Fill The Tank^p⁴¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: M M McDonagh⁽³⁾| T: Aengus King| OR: 106

20/1

2 wins from 5 runs this season. Career best when winning 6-runner handicap hurdle at Roscommon (24.5f, soft, 5/2) 41 days ago, all out. Should go well again.

Form: P-09121

Money Heist³⁹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: K M Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 103| BF

12/1

Winner in hurdle at Galway in October 2022. 4/7, below form fifth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (21.5f, good to soft). Off 13 months. Worth monitoring in the betting.

Form: 0056/15-

Puntastic^b1¹⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: C D Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 104

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 14 in handicap (33/1) at Listowel (16.2f, good). Switches from Flat to hurdles. Up in trip. Blinkers on 1st time. Creditable on last hurdle outing.

Form: 7796-

Dr Val¹⁹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: S W Flanagan| T: E Sheehy| OR: 102

22/1

8/1 and blinkered for 1st time, bit below form sixth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (23.3f, good to soft). Off 6 months.

Form: 2P1546-

Great Island³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: E M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: E Griffin| OR: 102| D

11/2

Career best when winning 19-runner handicap hurdle (12/1) at Gowran (20.2f, heavy) 36 days ago, forging clear.

Form: 069B-51

Knockraha Lass¹⁸³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: B Hayes| T: Brendan Walsh| OR: 100

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 22/1, below form sixth of 16 in novice hurdle at this course (24.8f, good to soft). Off 6 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Others preferred.

Form: 2/5P24-6

Temptationinmilan¹⁹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: P Byrnes⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 100| D

10/1

Latest win in chase at Navan in February. 11/2, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap chase at Ayr (24.1f, good). Off 6 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. Respected.

Form: 22U134-

Joy Of Life^p¹⁸⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: S Neville| OR: 99| CD

20/1

Winner in chase here in January. Pulled up in handicap chase at Down Royal (26.2f, good to soft, 20/1), soon beaten. Off 6 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. Back down in trip.

Form: 12PP7-P

Hazran^t²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: E M O'Sullivan| OR: 98

33/1

Latest win in chase at Worcester in June 2022. Twelfth of 14 in handicap (50/1) at the Curragh (10f, soft) 24 days ago, very slowly away. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Poor on last hurdle run.

Form: 02/1400-

Tomjackwilliam³¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: G B Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 98

8/1

Career best when winning 16-runner handicap hurdle (3/1) at Limerick (21f, heavy), always holding on. Off 10 months. Should progress further if he's tuned up for this return.

Form: 80/0231-

Chapel Street²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: D King⁽³⁾| T: Joseph Hennessy| OR: 97| C| D

7/1

7/1, career best when winning 17-runner handicap hurdle at this course (19f, good to soft) 21 days ago, pushed out. Enters calculations.

Form: 31-3691

He Picked Us^p1³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Sam Ewing| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 98

80/1

Last of 11 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (17f, good to soft, 14/1) 35 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Uphill task.

Form: 50P0-80

Non-Runners

Bents Hollow²⁵⁹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 6

T: Eamon Courtney J: P J O'Hanlon

Early Arrival²⁶

Weight: 11-0| Age: 8

T: J Barcoe J: Reserve 1

Simply Shabra³⁰

Weight: 10-11| Age: 8

T: A McCann J: Reserve 2

Moonlight Getaway²⁰¹

Weight: 10-7| Age: 7

T: D Hassett J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Gorgeous Suspect (11/4), Como Park (5/1), Great Island (11/2), Chapel Street (7/1), Tomjackwilliam (8/1), Temptationinmilan (10/1), Bents Hollow (10/1), Money Heist (12/1), Ena Baie (12/1), Fill The Tank (20/1), Joy Of Life (20/1), Dr Val (22/1), Knockraha Lass (25/1), From The Ashes (33/1), Simply Shabra (33/1), Hazran (33/1), Puntastic (33/1), Moonlight Getaway (50/1), Early Arrival (66/1), He Picked Us (80/1), Criminal Mischief (80/1)

GREAT ISLAND left previous form well behind when making a winning handicap debut at Gowran last time and, with the scope for another improved showing, he's marginally preferred to Gorgeous Suspect, who also remains with potential. Fill The Tank, another last-time-out winner, is also worthy of consideration.