Ballinrobe 7.55 - SP2A | Speculate 2 Accumulate

Sean / Placespotter -: Ballinrobe 7.55 - Handicap Hurdle - 2 miles 7 furlongs - 16 run - Good Good

The yardage suggests they are taking the slightly wider loop here down the back as the 2 miles 7 furlongs is just shy of that trip as opposed to the inner route that is a few yards over 2 miles and 6 furlongs.

The Holmeister is up a total of 13lbs for wins off 83 and 90 and I'm happy to oppose it off a mark of 96 and I frankly cant work out the early price for Gronzi.

Its Time Again is in decent nick but the handicapper may still be in charge of that one, Junior Bee has to prove stamina for this trip as does Florey Spud. Robindevidastar ran eye catchingly well last time and will pose a threat but has let me down a few too many times under this scenario and I'll oppose it tonight for that reason alone. Final Orders is one I put in the Tracker a while back , it's had 2 Flat runs to try to freshen it up after a couple of very disappointing Hurdle runs, if it works it's got serious chances but at the price I can't see much value.

I tipped up THE ABBEY last time when upped in trip and it was badly hampered before finishing well enough to suggest the trip is within range. Gordon Elliott may have placed it nicely here and with luck in running I'll be VERY disappointed if it's not in the place money at least.

KILASHEE was a Course and Distance winner off 87 (inner Course) last August and then went in again off a mark of 94 and placed off a mark north of 100, it's dropping back down to a very appealing mark now and off 95 here looks too well handicapped to ignore and if not tonight its chance will surely come again soon.

At bigger odds I also think ILUVYOUNOW is very tempting, its shown more than a few glimmers of form that left it perhaps with a harsh initial opening mark, its dropped to around a mark it can surely work off and the slight drop in trip could be the move that triggers a very big run. I'd be quietly confident of this one running significantly better tonight.

TIP - The Abbey / Tracker - Kilashee / shrapnel - Iloveyounow (with 16 runners and 3 reserves plenty of enhanced place options