Monday 17 August · Tipperary, Eire
14:30 MansionBet Proud To Support Irish Racing Handicap Hurdle
- Distance
- 2m 4f 0y
- Going
- Soft
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 16000
- Runners
- 8
Race preview
All eyes on The Trigger here as the 11-year-old chases a remarkable six-timer in handicaps after three wins over hurdles sandwiched between a couple of wins over fences. He's obviously in the form of his life and the value of his most recent hurdles win at Galway was boosted when the runner-up Brogine bolted up at Ballinrobe. BREAD AND BUTTER is the selection, though, with Gavin Cromwell's Westerner gelding winning over this course and distance before following up at Roscommon. He's gone up sharply in the ratings but might be progressive enough to go in again. Paul Townend is an interesting booking for Humm Baby who shaped well on a comeback run at Cork, and Summer Hill comes into it as well after a good third at the Galway Festival.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happy Jacky | 3113-85 | Darragh O'Keeffe | R Hackett | 10 8 | 7-2 | |
| 2 | Ice Cold Soul | 7104-90 | E Walsh | N Meade | 10 11 | 25-1 | |
| 3 | Summer Hill | P134-F3 | Danny Mullins | J P Ryan | 10 0 | 9-2 | |
| 4 | The Trigger | 3-11111 | Mark Walsh | R McNally | 10 5 | 10-3 | |
| 5 | Gold Speed | 29/2114- | J M Moore | A Murray | 10 11 | 13-2 | |
| - | Ministerforsport | P7524-P | H Morgan | Noel O'Neill | 12 0 | 16-1 | |
| - | Call The Taxie | 3/5PPP-F | J P O'Sullivan | P J Rothwell | 11 3 | 80-1 | |
| - | Bread And Butter | 0625-11 | C P McNamara | G P Cromwell | 10 10 | 5-2 | |
| NR | Sky Marshal | 12298-6 | C A Landers | C Byrnes | 11 6 | ||
| NR | Abraham | 5419-10 | C Brassil | M Brassil | 11 3 | ||
| NR | Humm Baby | 1671F-3 | Paul Townend | M Hourigan | 11 1 | ||
| NR | Metal Man | 05817-7 | L P Dempsey | G Elliott | 10 3 | ||
| NR | Supreme Vinnie | UPR40-8 | Rachael Blackmore | Miss D O'Shea | 10 0 |