15:40 Wexford

Friday 17 March 2017

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Barry Ennis Memorial Novice Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 15:42 | Winning time: 4m 22.9s

1^st

Jefferson Davis

410-10

14/1

T: E DoyleJ: B T O'Connell

Soon chased leaders, 5th from 4th, progress 6th into 3rd, closed up into 2nd travelling smoothly into straight, on terms from before 2 out, soon led, stayed on well run-in op 12/1

2^nd

2 ½

Killahara Castle

610-5

9/2

T: J M BurkeJ: M P Burke (7)

Soon chased leaders, 6th from 4th, went 3rd travelling smoothly into straight, on terms 2 out, soon headed, kept on without matching winner run-in

3^rd

2 ¾

Tethra

611-4

9/1

T: D A McLoughlinJ: C D Maxwell

Held up, 7th from 4th, went 4th travelling smoothly into straight, kept on same pace under pressure from last op 10/1

4^th

3 ¾

Like A Demon

711-0

3/1f

T: N SlevinJ: R Loughran

Led, jumped right 3rd and 4th, under pressure into straight, joined from before 2 out, soon headed, no extra and slight mistake last op 10/3

5^th

1 ¾

Auntie Chloe

410-5

8/1

T: G P CromwellJ: J B Kane (5)

Tracked leaders, 3rd from 4th, 5th and under pressure into straight, soon one pace

6^th

Palmabad

611-12

5/1

T: J QueallyJ: Brian Hayes

Towards rear, mistake 4th, some progress into 8th into straight, no impression when not fluent at last, one pace

7^th

Peculiar Genius

410-8

4/1

T: P NolanJ: L P Dempsey

Towards rear, slight mistake 2nd, pushed along to go 7th into straight, soon no impression tchd 9/2

8^th

Baron Von Chill

511-4

33/1

T: P J RothwellJ: A Ring (3)

Prominent, soon 2nd, pushed along from 3 out, dropped to 6th and under pressure into straight, weakened

9^th

Half Moon Street

511-8

14/1

T: E P HartyJ: J S McGarvey

Tracked leaders, 4th from 4th, under pressure and lost place from 3 out, soon weakened

Also Ran

Tropical Express

610-8

22/1

T: S FaheyJ: R P Treacy (5)

Held up, 8th from 4th, tight for room briefly after 6th, under pressure and weakened approaching straight, pulled up before 2 out op 25/1

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Non-Runners

Whitango¹²

Weight: 10-12| Age: 5

T: P Nolan J: G N Fox

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€12.70Pl:€6.50, €1.60, €3.60EX:€129.30Trifecta:€1,121.60Tricast:€618.73SF:€80.32

Forecasts

Like A Demon (3/1), Peculiar Genius (4/1), Killahara Castle (9/2), Palmabad (5/1), Auntie Chloe (8/1), Tethra (9/1), Jefferson Davis (14/1), Half Moon Street (14/1), Whitango (16/1), Tropical Express (22/1), Baron Von Chill (33/1)

Like A Demon was unlucky when not quite staying the trip when going close at Navan last time, while Tethra impressed in a competitive Punchestown handicap over Christmas, making him one of the only previous winners in the field. Preference, though, is for PECULIAR GENIUS, who ran a nice race last time out despite having going up in the weights, and it looks as if there could be even more improvement in him in first time blinkers.

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