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Sunday 10 March 2024

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Bar One Racing 'Price Boosts All 28 Favourites At Cheltenham' Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 1)

Off time: 14:17 | Winning time: 4m 16.0s

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Selected odds by:

Red Glory¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: M P O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 102

18/1

Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 12f on flat. 33/1, seventh of 16 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.7f, heavy) 18 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to improvement.

Form: 8-67

Ricky Bobby⁵⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 102| D

5/1

Not seen to best effect under a patient ride when fourth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.2f, soft, 9/2) 55 days ago. Has to be taken seriously eased 1 lb.

Form: 74F-224

Crecora Hills⁵⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: M P Walsh| T: R Tyner| OR: 98

9/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 22 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.7f, soft, 100/1) 56 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to progress.

Form: 405

Hillsdale^h1⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Keith Donoghue| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 94

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Below form eighth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy, 8/1) 46 days ago. Back down in trip. Hood on 1st time. Looks competitive on form if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: UU538

Verbal Sparring²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: D McDonogh| OR: 94

10/3

Creditable second of 10 in handicap hurdle at this course (15.8f, heavy, 11/2) 29 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 650282

Ebony Jade⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 92

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Twelfth of 25 in novice hurdle at this course (16f, soft, 250/1) 58 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Likely to improve.

Form: 4000

Macinamillion^h1¹²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: A Balfe⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 102

22/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eighth of 11 in juvenile hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy, 80/1) 124 days ago. Yard in good form. Hood on 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Should have more to offer.

Form: 878

One And Only^t²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: O McKiernan| OR: 92

22/1

Below form eleventh of 18 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (22.4f, soft, 22/1) 26 days ago. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 9F7U00

Ragmans Corner³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: S Fitzgerald| T: G Keane| OR: 92

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 100/1, respectable sixth of 13 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.7f, soft) 34 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to improvement.

Form: U006

Missy Mu³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S Crawley| OR: 91

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 7 in novice hurdle (50/1) at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) 32 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Should improve.

Form: 005

Royal Time^t⁵⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean Flanagan| T: S Crawley| OR: 91

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, nineteenth of 25 in novice hurdle at this course (16f, soft) 58 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 000

Astrophysicist^b,t³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: G Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 89

9/1

Remains a maiden after 19 NH runs. 28/1, good fifth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Musselburgh (15.6f, good to soft) 36 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 0-00005

Cristiano Marealdo^p⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: C Owens⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 89| CD

14/1

C&D winner in December. Respectable eighth of 21 in handicap hurdle (8/1) at this course (16f, soft) 58 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 099-P18

Dream Once More^h,t1¹⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁵⁾| T: D Queally| OR: 88

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 125/1, twelfth of 18 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 140 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut. May well do better.

Form: 090

Boston Bongo^h1⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: J S McGarvey| T: Barry J Fitzgerald| OR: 87

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eleventh of 12 in novice hurdle (250/1) at Punchestown (16.1f, heavy) 41 days ago. Hooded for 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 0U00

Divilabother⁷⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: B W Harvey| T: Thomas Coyle| OR: 87

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, nineteenth of 23 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) 75 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 000

Queensteel¹⁷

Age: 12| Weight: 10-13| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: L Whitmore| OR: 87

100/1

28/1, last of 14 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16.4f, soft) 17 days ago.

Form: 57150/0

Ivane^p⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Ms C Skerry⁽⁷⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 86

13/2

Unreliable type. Winner in hurdle at Galway in October. Below form eighth of 18 in handicap hurdle (11/1) at Leopardstown (16f, soft) 7 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 186768

Tom Red^t1⁹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: R P Treacy| T: M M McNiff| OR: 95

50/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Thrice-raced maiden. 66/1, seventh of 10 in juvenile hurdle at Cork (16.8f, heavy) 91 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 607

Non-Runners

Rightfolksplease³³⁷

Weight: 10-11| Age: 6

T: P W Flynn J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Verbal Sparring (10/3), Ricky Bobby (5/1), Hillsdale (11/2), Ivane (13/2), Crecora Hills (9/1), Astrophysicist (9/1), Cristiano Marealdo (14/1), Red Glory (18/1), Ragmans Corner (18/1), Macinamillion (22/1), One And Only (22/1), Ebony Jade (25/1), Royal Time (33/1), Missy Mu (33/1), Rightfolksplease (33/1), Boston Bongo (40/1), Divilabother (40/1), Tom Red (50/1), Dream Once More (50/1), Queensteel (100/1)

Plenty of these are open to progress but RICKY BOBBY didn't enjoy the rub of the green when fourth in a big-field Punchestown handicap last time so can take advantage of a handy-looking mark now. Macinamillion could emerge as the chief threat of those making their handicap debuts, while Astrophysicist is another weighted to have a say in a very open contest.