14:57 Leopardstown

Sunday 2 March 2025

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Cancer Fund For Children Charity Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 14:58 | Winning time: 3m 58.08s

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Master Otis¹¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁵⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 109

12/1

Winner at Cork in May. Pulled up in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Cork (16.3f, good to soft) 119 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 25-10PP

Down Around^b⁶⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: T Power Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 108

13/2

Winner at Thurles in November. 12/1, good fourth of 23 in handicap hurdle at this course (19.8f, good) 64 days ago. Blinkers back on and he's an each-way candidate.

Form: 690214

Serienmond^h1⁹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: K M Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 107

6/1

Eighteenth of 24 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.2f, good, 12/1) 92 days ago. Back down in trip on this debut for new yard and hood on 1st time.

Form: 740240

Miss Maxfort^h⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: P T Enright| T: N Stokes| OR: 106| D

12/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Hooded for 1st time, bit below form sixth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16.9f, soft, 9/2) 44 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 2106

Swelltime⁶⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: P Byrnes| T: W J O'Doherty| OR: 105| D

66/1

Latest win in hurdle at Killarney in August. Eighteenth of 23 in handicap hurdle at this course (19.8f, good, 50/1) 64 days ago. Readily passed over.

Form: 084100

Gamigin^p,t⁵⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: J S McGarvey| T: N C Kelly| OR: 102| D

11/1

Latest win at Kilbeggan in August. Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Naas (18.9f, heavy, 20/1) 56 days ago, pulled up before 2 out. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 901P9P

Saffronandblue³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: R A Doyle| T: M Brassil| OR: 102| C

9/1

Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 11f on the Flat. 80/1, ninth of 16 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.2f, heavy) 34 days ago. Open to improvement on handicap debut in this sphere.

Form: 079

Baltinglass Hill^b²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: S D Torrens| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 100| D

50/1

Running below form when unseated rider in handicap chase at Thurles (16f, good, 17/2) 24 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Looks vulnerable for win purposes.

Form: 24P46U

Caulaincourt³⁶⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: D J Gilligan| T: P Flood| OR: 99

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 12f on the Flat. 28/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (16f). Off 12 months ahead of this handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 006-

High Honour⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: J P Shinnick⁽⁵⁾| T: D Kinsella| OR: 97

33/1

Winner at Sligo in August. 50/1, eleventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20.1f, heavy) 6 days ago. Back down in trip. Others have achieved more.

Form: 710000

Oakley⁷⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: D E Mullins| T: A Mullins| OR: 97| BF

17/2

Eighth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (16.5f, good to soft, 3/1) 78 days ago. Good second at Thurles on penultimate start and reproduction of that form would give him a chance.

Form: 007-528

Royal Time^t⁴⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: S F O'Keeffe| T: S Crawley| OR: 95| D

9/2

Winner at Naas in December. 11/2, creditable second of 9 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.4f, soft) 48 days ago. Needs considering.

Form: 00-8012

Smallcraftwarning^t¹⁵⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Anna McGuinness⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss E McCutcheon| OR: 95| D

25/1

12/1, creditable fourth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (16f, soft) 156 days ago, faring best of those ridden prominently. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 16-2004

Lispendense^p1¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 10-11| J: B Hayes| T: Ian Donoghue| OR: 94| D

20/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, first run since leaving Denis W. Cullen when sixth of 7 in handicap (7/1) at Dundalk (16f) 18 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 9-802P9

Kilkee Royal^t1²⁹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-7| J: P J O'Hanlon| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 90

14/1

18/1, below form eighth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Perth (20.2f, good to soft), racing closer to pace than ideal. Off 9 months. Down in trip. First run for yard after leaving Jamie Albert Sloan.

Form: 00995-8

Cher Tara²³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: J Coen⁽³⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 84

10/1

7/2, seventh of 8 in handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter (15.8f, soft), finding little. Off 7 month ahead of this debut for new yard.

Form: U9-5727

Papa Barns⁴⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: C Stone-Walsh⁽³⁾| T: Tom Dreaper| OR: 79| BF

9/1

Unreliable individual. Remains a maiden after 20 NH runs. 15/8, fourth of 7 in handicap chase at Punchestown (19.4f, heavy) 49 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 035524

Non-Runners

The Nagger Reidy²⁵

Weight: 11-11| Age: 6

T: Stephen Gerard Carey J: S W Flanagan

Forecasts

Royal Time (9/2), Serienmond (6/1), Down Around (13/2), The Nagger Reidy (8/1), Oakley (17/2), Saffronandblue (9/1), Papa Barns (9/1), Cher Tara (10/1), Gamigin (11/1), Master Otis (12/1), Miss Maxfort (12/1), Kilkee Royal (14/1), Lispendense (20/1), Smallcraftwarning (25/1), High Honour (33/1), Caulaincourt (33/1), Baltinglass Hill (50/1), Swelltime (66/1)

Successful twice on the Flat last spring, SAFFRONANDBLUE may well leave his low-key maiden hurdle efforts behind now making his handicap debut in this sphere. He shades preference ahead of The Nagger Reidy, who left the impression that this drop to the minimum trip would be a good move when fifth over 2½m at Fairyhouse last month. The lightly-raced Miss Maxfort and Oakley are others with claims.