16:00 Clonmel

Thursday 18 April 2024

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Nire Valley Claiming Hurdle

Off time: 16:00 | Winning time: 5m 13.1s

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Selected odds by:

Little Hero¹¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: B W Harvey| T: Paul Mulligan

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 250/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, heavy) 112 days ago, tailing off some way out.

Form: 0-0FP

Cloudy Tuesday⁵⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr Turlough O'connor⁽⁷⁾| T: T O'Connor

11/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Tailed-off last of 6 to Largy Hill in Michael Purcell Memorial Novices' Hurdle at Thurles (20.8f, soft, 200/1) on hurdles bow 56 days ago.

Form: 1-54246

Intersky Sunset^t⁴⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr J M Fennell⁽⁷⁾| T: D Queally| OR: 98

9/2

Fair hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Gowran in November. Pulled up in handicap chase (9/2) at Navan (20.4f, heavy) 47 days ago, dropping away early in straight. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 11433P

Action Motion⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D King| T: D Hogan| OR: 111

11/1

Fair hurdler. Sixth of 7 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy, 18/1) 84 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Respected.

Form: 0P-85F6

Boothen Boy³⁹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: E Walsh| T: C Collins| OR: 120| D

4/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Second of 14 in claiming hurdle at this course (18.5f, heavy, 12/1). Off 13 months. First run for yard after leaving Gordon Elliott. Form pick.

Form: 51F/902-

Cerberus^p²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: C P McNamara| T: A Leahy| OR: 106

3/1

Fairly useful chaser. Twenty seven runs since last win in 2019. 50/1, respectable fifth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Cork (24.3f, heavy) 28 days ago. Down in trip. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 986565

It Could Be You^b,t³⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: T Mullins| OR: 104| C

11/4

Modest hurdler. Course winner. Pulled up in handicap chase (15/2) at Limerick (22.6f, heavy) 39 days ago, losing touch around 4 out. Switches from chase to hurdles. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 6F-0P7P

Glenmorefiftyfour^t⁸⁸⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: R Hackett

100/1

Once-raced maiden. 50/1 and tongue strap on, tenth of 13 in bumper at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) on NH debut. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving P. J. F. Hassett.

Form: 0P/

Dromineer Smurphy^t1

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: C P Millar⁽⁷⁾| T: C Collins

10/1

Libertarian gelding. Dam unraced. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Jupiter Rock³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan

50/1

Twice-raced maiden. Blinkered for 1st time, twelfth of 14 in claimer (66/1) at Dundalk (10.7f) 34 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Up in trip. Poor on last hurdle outing.

Form: 60

Forecasts

It Could Be You (11/4), Cerberus (3/1), Boothen Boy (4/1), Intersky Sunset (9/2), Dromineer Smurphy (10/1), Action Motion (11/1), Cloudy Tuesday (11/1), Jupiter Rock (50/1), Glenmorefiftyfour (100/1), Little Hero (200/1)

BOOTHEN BOY has an absence to overcome starting out for a new yard but he might get away with it in this company. Action Motion is next best ahead of Cerberus.