19:10 Sligo

Thursday 10 August 2017

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Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 19:11 | Winning time: 5m 4.2s

Baltimore Buzz^t1¹⁵³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: B Browne⁽⁴⁾| T: N C Kelly| OR: 115| D

14/1

Winner of a bumper at Roscommon (good-to-yielding) in July last year and ran well on heavy ground here on hurdles debut the following month. Pulled up on debut for this yard in a handicap hurdle at Ayr (heavy) over 2m in March.

Form: 5/7126P-

Tommy Welsh^t³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: S A Shortall| T: J P O'Brien

13/2

Twice a winner on the AW at Dundalk and a fair effort when 8L fifth of 17 on debut in this sphere at Roscommon (good-to-yielding) over an extended 2m4f last month. Interesting runner in this contest.

Form: 8-5

Successor¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 109

6/5

Maiden winner on the Flat at Killarney (good-to-yielding) last year and sets the standard here having finished 15L seventh off a mark of 109 at Galway (yielding) last week.

Form: 086-7

Internal Transfer³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: P D Kennedy| T: A Fleming

20/1

Beaten 22L when making his debut over an extended 2m4f at Roscommon (good-to-yielding) last month. Probably best watched in this contest.

Form: 0

Polymath²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: C D Meehan⁽⁴⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 105| BF

7/1

Point-to-point winner in March 2015 but disappointing in the main under rules. Placed twice at Downpatrick in maiden hurdles on good ground this year but well held there last time and a bit to prove at present.

Form: 85-2337

Pound A Stroke^h¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: B J Foley⁽⁴⁾| T: E McCarthy

66/1

Ran well when finishing fourth in a bumper at Killarney (soft) in June. Disappointed twice since including when last of 14 over hurdles last time and others make more appeal here.

Form: 0P490

Ri An Rian²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: A W Short⁽⁴⁾| T: Miss E Doyle

6/1

Decent effort on bumper debut and ran well when finishing 8L sixth of 12 over an extended 2m on good ground here on hurdling debut last month. Interesting to see how he fares on softer ground today.

Form: 496

Kitty B^t²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: T N Brett⁽⁴⁾| T: J P Ryan

16/1

Best effort in two starts over hurdles came when 11L fifth over 2m on good good ground here last month. Tongue tie worn on that occasion is retained here and interesting to see if she can build on that here.

Form: 534-05

Nellie Pledge⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Mr L P Gilligan⁽⁴⁾| T: B Cawley

8/1

Point-to-point winner on yielding-to-soft ground in March but beaten 28L at Kilbeggan (2m4f, good) on her sole placed effort under rules so far and held sixth at Galway (good) last week.

Form: 612-B36

Just Another Lady⁷²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: S J Gray| T: V T O'Brien

50/1

Beaten 116L when finishing last of nine on debut in a Ballinrobe bumper over an extended 2m on good ground in May. Probably best watched on hurdling debut.

Form: 9

Non-Runners

Raising Cain²⁷

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: Miss K Brown J: R P Treacy

Cloudy Day⁷⁵

Weight: 10-11| Age: 6

T: N Lee J: A Ring

Forecasts

Successor (6/5), Ri An Rian (6/1), Tommy Welsh (13/2), Polymath (7/1), Nellie Pledge (8/1), Cloudy Day (14/1), Baltimore Buzz (14/1), Kitty B (16/1), Internal Transfer (20/1), Just Another Lady (50/1), Raising Cain (50/1), Pound A Stroke (66/1)

TOMMY WELSH ran well when finishing fifth on his debut over hurdles at Roscommon last month and he can get off the mark at the second time of asking in this sphere for trainer Joseph O'Brien. Successor, a stablemate of the selection can claim second here having run at Galway last week while point-to-point winner Polymath can take third.