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16:45 Sligo

Wednesday 2 October 2024

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Cleveragh Handicap Chase (0-95)

Off time: 16:47 | Winning time: 7m 3.5s

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Tullyhogue Fort⁵⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P J O'Neill⁽⁷⁾| T: John F O'Neill| OR: 95

7/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2023. Respectable 7½ lengths fifth of 16 to Le Grand Vert in handicap chase at Roscommon (25f, soft, 9/1) 57 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 64-3935

Le Grand Vert^p,t³⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: K M Donoghue| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 90| BF

5/1

Cosy winner on return/stable debut over fences at Roscommon (25f) in August. Respectable effort next time but found his run of good form coming to a halt when pulled up in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22.4f, soft, 3/1) 37 days ago. Returns to chasing now.

Form: 223-14P

Stormy Master^b³³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: D J O'Keeffe| T: R Hackett| OR: 89

16/1

22/1, returned to form from out of the blue when winning 15-runner handicap chase at Wexford (25f, good to soft) 33 days ago, just needing to be shaken up to assert. Overall record suggests he's not sure to be in same form here.

Form: P1-7771

Ballagh Star^p,t²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: D King| T: Mrs Y Dunleavy| OR: 87

9/2

5/1, respectable fourth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (22.4f, good to soft) 23 days ago, possibly overdoing forcing tactics. Interesting if the market spoke in his favour now chasing from career-low mark.

Form: 2P-6644

Bearwithmenow^p,t³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: H Morgan| T: J P Flavin| OR: 86

12/1

One win from 22 NH runs. Below best when 17½ lengths eighth of 15 to Stormy Master in handicap chase at Wexford (25f, good to soft, 11/1) 33 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: F-4P028

Bondi Boy Blue⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: D E Mullins| T: Ms M Mullins| OR: 86

7/2

10/1, produced best effort to date without being seen to best effect when fifth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (21f, good to soft) 47 days ago, finishing with running left. Up in trip for chase debut and likely he has a bigger effort in his locker.

Form: 900-765

Deal Again²⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| J: G B Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: V T O'Brien| OR: 80

100/1

Thirteenth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (19f, soft, 200/1) 28 days ago. That was his first start for 2 years but his overall record is anything but inspiring. Significantly up in trip for chase debut.

Form: 00000/0

Ocodango Boy^p¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: G Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: P McCreery| OR: 79

6/1

Remains a maiden after 16 NH runs. Creditable fourth of 11 in handicap chase (7/1) at Tramore (22.8f, good) 14 days ago, staying on latter stages. Step back up in trip in his favour on evidence of that run.

Form: 1-44U64

Repeat That^b,t²³

Age: 11| Weight: 10-5| J: C M Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: D H Kelly| OR: 72

15/2

Veteran who stepped up markedly on his comeback run when winning over hurdles at Kilbeggan (24.5f) last month. Not in same form after 3 days off when twelfth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Galway (22.4f) 23 days ago but bounce back not ruled out returning to larger obstacles.

Form: 679-810

Fr Gilligansvoyge^t,v¹⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: C Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: John G Carr| OR: 67

12/1

One win from 56 NH runs. Second of 15 in handicap chase (50/1) at Ballinrobe (23.4f, good to soft) 19 days ago, well positioned. Overall record suggests he's no sure thing to be in same form here.

Form: 4PP952

Non-Runners

Agirlcalledchloe¹⁹

Weight: 10-6| Age: 7

T: P J Rothwell J: S D Torrens

Forecasts

Bondi Boy Blue (7/2), Ballagh Star (9/2), Le Grand Vert (5/1), Ocodango Boy (6/1), Tullyhogue Fort (7/1), Agirlcalledchloe (7/1), Repeat That (15/2), Bearwithmenow (12/1), Fr Gilligansvoyge (12/1), Stormy Master (16/1), Deal Again (100/1)

Not a strong handicap by any means and with that in mind it could be worth siding with chase debutant BONDI BOY BLUE. Noted finishing with running left when fifth over hurdles at Tramore (21f) 7 weeks ago, he wouldn't have to step up a great deal to make his mark here. Repeat That is a danger judged on his penultimate hurdles victory last month, with Wexford scorer Stormy Master and Ballagh Star others to note.