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13:45 Leopardstown

Thursday 26 December 2024

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Dornan Careers Novice Handicap Hurdle

4YO plus | 2m | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 19 Runners | Turf

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Addragoole⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: K M Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 123| BF

10/3

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 11/10 and hooded for 1st time, creditable second of 14 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, good to soft) 47 days ago. Into handicaps now and seems likely to go well again.

Form: 22-222

Irish Panther⁹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: K E Buckley| T: E & P Harty| OR: 118

22/1

5/2, eighth of 16 in novice hurdle at Listowel (18f, soft) 90 days ago, broke blood vessel when. First run for yard after leaving E. J. O'Grady. Has been handed a stiff-looking mark.

Form: 32/23-28

Banana Three⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: S D Torrens| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 116

25/1

Fairly useful winner at 12f on Flat. 15/2, creditable third of 12 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (15.5f, good to soft) 41 days ago, keeping on run-in.

Form: 32473

Itsalladream⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 116

28/1

15/2, lost action when pulled up in novice hurdle at Galway (20.7f, heavy) 60 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 5-3314P

Cloonainra⁶²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: D A Kidd⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 114

40/1

18/1, fourth of 8 in novice hurdle at Cheltenham (19.9f, good) 62 days ago, making effort earlier than ideal. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: F1-134

Johnny Blue¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: D E Mullins| T: W P Mullins| OR: 111| D

7/2

Bumper winner who shaped well on first run since leaving Nicky Henderson when good fourth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, soft) 18 days ago. Remains open to improvement.

Form: 1262-4

Shraheen³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: P Fenton| OR: 111| D

8/1

Showed a good attitude when winning 15-runner handicap hurdle at Tipperary (20.4f, soft, 11/2) 34 days ago. Respected back down in trip.

Form: 048-711

Lygon Lad¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| OR: 110

14/1

Showed improved form when very good second of 13 in handicap hurdle at Navan (16f, good to soft) 11 days ago, albeit no match for winner. Likely to give another good account.

Form: 7352

Kimy⁹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Mr J H Williamson⁽⁷⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 109

28/1

Winner at Tramore in September but was pulled up in handicap hurdle at Listowel (16f, soft) 91 days ago.

Form: 40631P

Kingdom Calling^t⁵⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: R Deegan| T: E McCarthy| OR: 109| D

28/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Last of 8 in novice hurdle (25/1) at Wexford (16.4f, heavy) 59 days ago. Tongue strap back on for handicap debut.

Form: 7-0918

Miss Maxfort⁵⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: N Stokes| OR: 109| D

11/1

Improved on hurdling debut form when winning 14-runner maiden at Wexford (16.4f, heavy, 16/1) 59 days ago, running on. Opening mark looks fair and must enter the reckoning.

Form: 21

Dumb Love⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: Gerard O'Leary| OR: 107

28/1

Fair Flat winner who didn't need to improve to win on last hurdle outing. Makes handicap debut in this sphere.

Form: 4-331

Duke Silver³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 106

11/1

Creditable eighth of 23 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Navan (22.4f, good to soft) 39 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 950218

Love Me³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: M P O'Connor| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 105| D

17/2

Progressed again switched to handicap company when winning 23-runner event at Navan (16f, good to soft) 39 days ago. Will go on improving.

Form: 4-531

Arch Enemy¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: J Kearney⁽³⁾| T: P Magee| OR: 104| C| D

13/2

Career best when winning 12-runner handicap hurdle (15/2) at Fairyhouse (16.5f, good to soft) 12 days ago, always holding on. Respected up 8 lb.

Form: 3445/61

Aine's Lad^h,t¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: D J Gilligan| T: M J Smith| OR: 103

28/1

Eighth of 13 in handicap hurdle (28/1) at Navan (16f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 443408

Scott Lang^p⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: B P Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 102

33/1

7/2, creditable second of 9 in handicap at Dundalk (12f) 41 days ago, no match for winner. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Below form on last hurdle run.

Form: 369F3-0

Depalma³³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-4| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁵⁾| T: Colm Murphy| OR: 101

22/1

9/1, failed to repeat last effort when eleventh of 19 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (19.4f, soft) 33 days ago. Bounce back needed.

Form: 68-4420

San Aer^h,t²³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-4| J: J Coen⁽³⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 101

28/1

15/2, good sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16.4f, soft) 23 days ago.

Form: 76-7036

Non-Runners

Belgoprince⁴¹

Weight: 10-5| Age: 7

T: A J Martin J: D King

Forecasts

Addragoole (5/1), Johnny Blue (13/2), Love Me (8/1), Shraheen (8/1), Lygon Lad (10/1), Arch Enemy (10/1), Miss Maxfort (12/1), Kimy (12/1), Dumb Love (12/1), Duke Silver (14/1), Banana Three (14/1), Irish Panther (14/1), Belgoprince (16/1), Depalma (16/1), Cloonainra (20/1), San Aer (20/1), Itsalladream (25/1), Kingdom Calling (25/1), Scott Lang (25/1), Aine's Lad (33/1)

LOVE ME took a sizeable step forward when landing a big-field handicap at Navan last month and, with the performance supported by the timefigure, she's taken to defy an 8 lb rise and follow up. Johnny Blue shaped encouragingly on his recent stable debut at Cork and is second choice, with Addragoole another to consider having been handed a fair-looking opening mark.