15:10 Thurles

Thursday 20 November 2025

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Racing Again On The 27th November Handicap Hurdle (0-100)

Off time: 15:09 | Winning time: 3m 59.9s

No Big Deal^t²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Eoin Staples⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Brien| OR: 99

9/2

Career best when winning 12-runner handicap hurdle (10/11) at Clonmel (16.9f, good) 28 days ago, just holding on. Consistent and can go well again.

Form: 7/40-321

Answering^t1²¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 98| CD

40/1

C&D winner. 40/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at this course (15.7f, good to soft) 21 days ago won by Destivelle, pulled up 2 out. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: F-098UP

Struck Oil^t1²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 95

85/40

Lightly-raced maiden. Good 12¼ lengths seventh of 18 to Destivelle in handicap hurdle at this course (15.7f, good to soft, 28/1) 21 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 70-007

Freddie Robdal^t¹⁰²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 93| D

12/1

Latest win in chase at Kilbeggan in April. Respectable sixth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (17.8f, good to firm, 13/2) 102 days ago.

Form: 071-546

Moulane West^t²⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Slevin| T: M M McNiff| OR: 93

50/1

Latest win in hurdle at Sligo in May. 17/2, ninth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (20f, good to soft) 27 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 185479

Hillstar Blues⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S Aherne| OR: 92

25/1

40/1, thirteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (16f, good to soft) 55 days ago. Mark looks stiff.

Form: 98-0540

Bowgate Street^t²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Danny Gilligan| T: M Flannery| OR: 87

11/1

Creditable fifth of 13 in handicap hurdle (9/2) at Sligo (17.5f, good to soft) 27 days ago.

Form: 760355

Bringsty⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Conor Stone-Walsh| T: N C Kelly| OR: 87

16/1

Creditable fifth of 9 in handicap hurdle (5/1) at Downpatrick (17.3f, good to soft) 41 days ago.

Form: 8-70635

Centaq³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁵⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 84

8/1

Only ninth of 18 in handicap hurdle at this course (15.8f, good to soft, 5/1) 35 days ago. Had been in good form at Downpatrick before that.

Form: 674229

Getaway Henry^b²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Donagh Meyler| T: Daniel O'leary| OR: 83

7/1

13/2 and blinkered for 1st time, good 6 lengths second of 18 to Destivelle in handicap hurdle at this course (15.7f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 460542

Destivelle^v,t²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Simon Torrens| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 82| CD

5/1

11/2 and visored for 1st time, much improved when winning 18-runner handicap hurdle at this course (15.7f, good to soft) 21 days ago by 6 lengths from Getaway Henry, well on top finish. Good shout again.

Form: 40-0031

Chesterbaylad²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Harry Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: Ms H P Markham| OR: 80

25/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle at this course (15.7f, good to soft, 25/1) 21 days ago won by Destivelle, tailed off when pulled up after 3 out.

Form: 0-5098P

Chemdawg^b1²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Phillip Enright| T: O McKiernan| OR: 79

25/1

Thirteenth of 16 in handicap at Galway (11.8f, heavy, 66/1) 24 days ago, slowly away. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Blinkers on 1st time. Creditable on last hurdle run.

Form: 7/0074-3

Mayo For Sam⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: Cian Quirke| T: M Flannery| OR: 78

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Tenth of 11 in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Galway (16.6f, soft) 44 days ago.

Form: 009-00

Dontdooddson⁵⁷

Age: 12| Weight: 10-3| J: Philip Donovan⁽³⁾| T: D Collins| OR: 75

25/1

Latest win in hurdle at Wexford in July. 12/1, respectable ninth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (18f, good to soft) 57 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 501479

Slea Head¹⁰¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: P Maher| OR: 72

50/1

50/1, thirteenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (16.5f, good) 101 days ago.

Form: 000580

Royal Time^t¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: James Smith⁽⁵⁾| T: S Crawley| OR: 94| D

33/1

Fourteenth of 16 in handicap chase (40/1) at Clonmel (17.2f, soft) 14 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. RESERVE.

Form: 1280-30

Non-Runners

Spring Evening⁵⁹

Weight: 11-11| Age: 5

T: Yvonne Latta J: Michael Kenneally

Glory Sky³⁵

Weight: 10-6| Age: 5

T: R Hackett J: Liam Quinlan

La Tulipe Noire¹⁸

Weight: 10-12| Age: 5

T: Aengus King J: Reserve 2

Nobody¹⁹⁰

Weight: 10-11| Age: 4

T: Brendan Walsh J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Struck Oil (85/40), No Big Deal (9/2), Destivelle (5/1), Getaway Henry (7/1), Centaq (8/1), La Tulipe Noire (10/1), Bowgate Street (11/1), Freddie Robdal (12/1), Bringsty (16/1), Hillstar Blues (25/1), Chemdawg (25/1), Dontdooddson (25/1), Chesterbaylad (25/1), Spring Evening (25/1), Royal Time (33/1), Glory Sky (33/1), Answering (40/1), Moulane West (50/1), Slea Head (50/1), Mayo For Sam (66/1), Nobody (66/1)

DESTIVELLE goes well at Thurles and opened her account in good style here 3 weeks ago. She can win again. Old rival Getaway Henry won't be far away once more, while Clonmel winner No Big Deal looks set to be in the fray also.

Previous Winners

2024

Romella

Weight: 10-8 |Age: 10

J: Darragh O'Keeffe | T: Brendan Walsh

9/4

Prize Money

1st: €6,000.002nd: €2,000.003rd: €999.004th: €500.005th: €300.006th: €200.00