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Every Irish Race Live On RacingTV Handicap Hurdle Race
Class 4, 2m (2m47y), Hurdle, 3yo+, Rated 0-120, £4,753, 9 runners
- Going
- GOOD TO SOFT, Soft in places (GoingStick: 5.1)
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Tap Tap Shamie heads our ratings on 123, four pounds better than Star of Guiting and Double Oban on 119, which is a modest but real edge in a Class 4 over two miles on good to soft ground. Star of Guiting and Double Oban are the obvious dangers, with Marty McFly a further 4 lb back on 115 and still capable of making the frame if the principals falter. The margin is not wide and confidence is low, but nothing else in the field has a stronger rating, so our selection is Tap Tap Shamie.
Runners
Sean Bowen
Olly Murphy 3/19
Won last time out and a second two and three starts back, with a win four starts back, so he arrives with two victories in his last four and has run over today's trip and going before. A 159-day break is the one reservation, but our top-rated runner looks the one to beat.
- Sire
- Shirocco (GER)
- Dam
- Witness Express (IRE) by Witness Box
- Owner
- Mrs R J Skan
- Foaled
- 9 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Wilmcote, Warks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 19 runs (16%)
- Trainer running to form
- 45%
- Ratings
- Perf 123
Craig Nichol
Ewan Whillans 2/11
Star of Guiting won five starts back and has run over today's trip and going before, while carrying 167 lb off an official mark of 119 keeps him on the radar as the second-top-rated of nine by our rating. The main risk is a 159-day absence after a seventh last time out and an eighth before that.
- Sire
- Vadamos (FR)
- Dam
- Innisfree Dawn (IRE) by Yeats
- Owner
- Racing On Together Club
- Foaled
- 2 May 2021
- Stable
- Hawick, Scottish Borders
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 11 runs (18%)
- Trainer running to form
- 19%
- Ratings
- Perf 119
- Wind surgery
- w 1
Kevin Brogan
Olly Murphy 3/19
Double Oban won three starts back and was second four starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before, while our rating has him third of nine. The main risk is a 154-day absence, with two fifths since that win and 166 lb to carry.
- Sire
- Territories (IRE)
- Dam
- Zaaneh (IRE) by Aqlaam
- Owner
- Dydb Marketing Briton International
- Foaled
- 30 Mar 2020
- Stable
- Wilmcote, Warks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 3 wins from 19 runs (16%)
- Trainer running to form
- 45%
- Ratings
- Perf 119
Dominic Hislop (7)
N. W. Alexander 0/0
Lightly raced and unexposed, Shooting was pulled up last time out after a third two starts back and a ninth three starts back, and he returns from 349 days off carrying 161 lb off an official mark of 114, so there could be more to come.
- Sire
- Chachnak (FR)
- Dam
- Shutka (FR) by Holy Roman Emperor
- Owner
- Dr J Walker Kinneston Racing
- Foaled
- 10 May 2022
- Stable
- Leslie, Fife
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 0 runs (None%)
- Trainer running to form
- 46%
Brian Hughes
Sandy Thomson 0/4
Four wins in his last five starts is a strong body of form, and he has run over today's trip and going before, with our rating of 115 ranking him fourth of nine. The risk is a pulled-up last time out and 181 days off, with 160 lb to carry.
- Sire
- Getaway (GER)
- Dam
- Barbalicious (IRE) by Indian Danehill
- Owner
- Mrs Wilma Duffus
- Foaled
- 15 Apr 2018
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 4 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 40%
- Ratings
- Perf 115
Joshua Thompson (5)
Micky Hammond 0/5
Magnolia has been consistent, finishing third last time out and a fourth two starts back, and she has run over today's trip and going, but she is yet to win in her last five starts. Carrying 156 lb off 108 is a stiff ask, and our rating of 114 ranks her only sixth of nine.
- Sire
- Spider Flight (FR)
- Dam
- Ivresse Du Berlais (FR) by Poliglote
- Owner
- The Magnolia Partnership
- Foaled
- 17 Mar 2019
- Stable
- Middleham, N Yorks
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 5 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 49%
- Ratings
- Perf 114
181 days
5yo, 11-1, OR 107 U4722-
J: Patrick Wadge · T: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore
Patrick Wadge
Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore 4/15
Back-to-back seconds in his last two starts show Linalene is in good heart, and he has run over today's trip and going before, but he's yet to win in recent form and returns after 181 days off under 155 lb. Our rating of 115 ranks him fifth of nine.
- Sire
- Rail Link (GB)
- Dam
- Quristine (FR) by April Night
- Owner
- Celtic Connections
- Foaled
- 20 Apr 2021
- Stable
- Milnathort, Perth & Kinross
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 15 runs (27%)
- Trainer running to form
- 35%
- Ratings
- Perf 115
- Wind surgery
- w 1
Callum Bewley
Daragh Bourke 0/4
Matching Energy was beaten into second last time out, but a fifth and an eighth before that, a faller four starts back and a 194-day break make him hard to fancy, while 151 lb is a lot to carry. In his favour, he has run over today's trip and going before, and he won five starts back.
- Sire
- Telescope (IRE)
- Dam
- Miliair (GB) by Muhtathir
- Owner
- Scott Lowther
- Foaled
- 7 May 2021
- Stable
- Waterbeck, Dumfries & G'way
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 4 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 36%
- Ratings
- Perf 113
185 days
6yo, 10-8, OR 100 34132-
J: Derek Fox · T: Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore
Derek Fox
Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore 4/15
She's Notjoeking has bright recent form, with a second last time out, a third two starts back and a winner three starts back, and she has run over today's trip and going. But 185 days off is a long absence, she carries 148 lb, and our figures rank her eighth of nine.
- Sire
- Milan (GB)
- Dam
- Miss Joeking (IRE) by Alkaadhem
- Owner
- The Jokers
- Foaled
- 23 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Milnathort, Perth & Kinross
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 15 runs (27%)
- Trainer running to form
- 35%
- Ratings
- Perf 101
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.