Jimmy Shanahan Memorial Handicap Hurdle

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
—	1	—	Icare D'aubrelle (G) Pulled Up P 20/1, respectable fourth of 8 in minor event hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy) 21 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut.	1-9P4P4	Eoin Staples T Cooper	8	75.3kg	9 8/1
—	2	—	Luminous Light (G) Unreliable sort. Latest win in chase at Punchestown in November. Bit below form fifth of 10 in handicap chase (25/1) at Newbury (16.4f, good to soft) 33 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.	119-215	Sean Flanagan A McCann	7	74.4kg	6.50 11/2
1st	3	—	Captain Ryan Matt (G) FAV C&D maiden winner in August. Creditable third of 9 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.9f, soft, 11/2) 39 days ago, better placed than most. Stable in good form but tad more needed to defy mark.	2-15631	Darragh O'Keeffe H De Bromhead	6	73.5kg	2.63 13/8
3rd	4	—	Jupiter Du Gite (G) T 11/4, pulled up in handicap chase at Sandown (20f, good to soft), blundered next. Off 10 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving Gary & Josh Moore. Headstrong sort.	P/3046-2	Cian Quirke T Hogan	7	73.5kg	9.50 17/2
5th	5	—	Fighting Fit (G) PT 11/1, below form tenth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Navan (21f, heavy) 46 days ago. Cheekpieces back on and he's well weighted over hurdles if bouncing back.	8505PP/	Luke Dempsey J P Dempsey	11	73kg	12 11/1
8th	6	—	Black Soul (G) Blinkered for 1st time, twenty second of 23 in handicap at Navan (14f, soft, 16/1) 71 days ago. Winner over hurdles at Down Royal in May and now back over timber for new yard.	72/750-0	Mr S P Queally Conor Houlihan	7	72.1kg	41 40/1
6th	7	—	Kentucky Beach (G) FAV 3/1, good second of 18 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) 19 days ago. Expected to be bang there having pulled clear with an improver.	25-2263	Tiernan Power Roche P J Rothwell	6	71.7kg	2.63 13/8
7th	8	—	My Gaffer (G) Latest win in chase at Kilbeggan in August. Eighth of 11 in handicap hurdle (9/1) at Thurles (16.1f, good to soft) 12 days ago.	50871-4	Michael Kenneally J P Ryan	8	71.7kg	13 12/1
—	9	—	Toofareastiswest (G) Pulled Up Pulled up in handicap chase at Limerick (24.7f, soft, 10/1), pulled up 2 out. Off 9 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut.	3PP-P0P	John Aherne A O'Grady	10	69.4kg	81 80/1
4th	10	—	Duke Otto (G) Course winner. 10/1, creditable fourth of 11 in handicap at Dundalk (16f) 36 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Pulled up on last hurdle run.	368P40-	Gary Noonan P J Flynn	8	68.5kg	26 25/1
—	11	—	Ellaat (G) 40/1, respectable fourth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Cork (15.9f, soft) 39 days ago. Enters calculations on the back of that more promising effort.	130/80-0	Danny Mullins Ian O'Connor	10	68kg	17 16/1
2nd	12	—	Beautiful Chaos (M) Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 11f on Flat. 12/1, respectable fifth of 15 in handicap at Listowel (14.2f, soft), merely passing beaten rivals. Switches from Flat to hurdles.	44490/2	Danny Gilligan R O'Sullivan	8	66.2kg	23 22/1

Betting forecast: Captain Ryan Matt (13/8), Kentucky Beach (13/8), Luminous Light (11/2), Icare D'aubrelle (8/1), Jupiter Du Gite (17/2), Fighting Fit (11/1), My Gaffer (12/1), Ellaat (16/1), Beautiful Chaos (22/1), Duke Otto (25/1), Black Soul (40/1), Toofareastiswest (80/1)