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Clonmel Oil Steeplechase (Grade 2)
Grade 2, Class 1, 2m5f (2m4f171y), Chase, 4yo+, €42,000, 3 runners
- Going
- GOOD TO YIELDING
- Surface
- Turf
- Weather
- Dry & Cloudy
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Paul Townend · W. P. Mullins
✓ Top rated ✓ Course & distance winner ✓ Trainer in form (5/22, 14 days)
Il Etait Temps is the clear choice in this four-runner Class 1 contest over 21 furlongs at Clonmel, topping our ratings on 178, a full 29 lb better than his nearest rival and a margin that should count for plenty on good ground. Kappa Jy Pyke, on 149, is the main danger and the one most likely to make a race of it if our selection underperforms. Blaze The Way (139) and Herja (116) look to have a lot to find on these terms. Il Etait Temps is the selection.
Runners
Il Etait Temps t Tip CD
191 days, Non-runner
8yo, 11-12, OR 174 11F11-
J: Paul Townend · T: W. P. Mullins
Paul Townend
W. P. Mullins 5/22
Four wins in his last five starts, including last time out and two starts back, make Il Etait Temps the one to beat, and he has run over today's trip and going before. The 191-day absence and 166 lb are the only reservations, though our rating of 178 still puts him top of the four.
- Sire
- Jukebox Jury (IRE)
- Dam
- Une Des Sources (FR) by Dom Alco
- Owner
- Hollywood Racing Barnane Stud
- Foaled
- 28 Mar 2018
- Stable
- Muine Bheag, Co Carlow
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 22 runs (23%)
- Trainer running to form
- 51%
- Ratings
- Perf 178
Paul Townend
W. P. Mullins 5/22
Kappa Jy Pyke counts two wins in his last four starts, a winner four starts back and again three starts back, then a second two starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. The main risk is a 191-day absence after a seventh last time out, with 156 lb to carry.
- Sire
- Masked Marvel (GB)
- Dam
- Callie Tueuse (FR) by Irish Wells
- Owner
- Richard Michele Varmen
- Foaled
- 2 Apr 2020
- Stable
- Muine Bheag, Co Carlow
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 22 runs (23%)
- Trainer running to form
- 51%
- Ratings
- Perf 149
Danny Mullins
Ms Margaret Mullins 0/2
Blaze The Way has run over today's trip and on the going, and he won five starts back, while carrying 153 lb off an official mark of 138; our rating of 139 backs him as a leading threat. The risk is a poor run lately, unplaced last time and pulled up two starts back.
- Sire
- Getaway (GER)
- Dam
- Enniscoffey (IRE) by Old Vic
- Owner
- Molly Willis Paul Willis Brian Groarke Tom Groarke
- Foaled
- 4 May 2018
- Stable
- Goresbridge, Co. Kilkenny
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 2 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 64%
- Ratings
- Perf 139
Harry Sexton
Patrick Griffin 0/1
Herja arrives in cracking nick, third last time out just five days ago and a winner two starts back, with five top-three finishes in her last six; she has run over today's trip and going, but 146 lb is a hefty burden and her rating of 116 ranks fourth of four.
- Sire
- Policy Maker (IRE)
- Dam
- Crofton Trail (IRE) by Heron Island
- Owner
- Gerry Mcgladery
- Foaled
- 24 May 2020
- Stable
- Oldtown, Co Dublin
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 1 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 35%
- Ratings
- Perf 116
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.