15:50 Listowel

Sunday 10 September 2017

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Low Low Irish EBF Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 15:51 | Winning time: 5m 27.40s

Kilganer Queen^t¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: Miss D O'Shea| OR: 104

13/2

Won her last two starts possibly due to the application of a tongue-tie on it's own rather than a selection of other headgear. Now 11lb higher than first win in August.

Form: 974P11

Open To The World^p⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: B J Foley⁽⁷⁾| T: C Roche| OR: 104

12/1

Off the mark at the 11th time of asking in a maiden hurdle over an extended 2m6f at Killarney on good ground in July. Third of six well beaten 17L in Sligo handicap hurdle when last seen over timber and still 2lb higher than last win.

Form: 2-24130

Shes Flat Tothemat¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Brian Hayes| T: M Winters| OR: 107

16/1

Well beaten and not much to shout about on two seasonal starts so far at Cork and Ballinrobe. Will be looking to get back to the form she was showing in March.

Form: 0410-08

Touch Of Gold^h¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: P D Kennedy⁽³⁾| T: M Kennedy| OR: 106

9/1

Beaten on the Flat last time out. Won at the Tramore festival last month when beating 11 rivals on soft ground in a 2m handicap hurdle. Winning jockey back on board with the filly 6lb higher than last win.

Form: 526101

Pat's Pearl^p,t²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 98| D

12/1

Consistent form figures over hurdles and fully deserved to get her head in front at Bangor over an extended 2m3f. Dropped away last time out at Downpatrick over 2m6f on good ground.

Form: 222214

Gold Smoke^p¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: C A Landers⁽⁷⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan| OR: 95| D

7/1

Cheekpieces worn for the first time when runner-up at Cork on good ground over 2m4f going on to win at Tipperary next time out. The cheekpieces were missing last time out when third of 17 but are back on again today.

Form: 6-U9213

Una's Pleasure³⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 95| C

15/2

Has disappointed in four starts this season including beaten 31L last time out at Cork. Vast improvement needed to figure here.

Form: 00-4906

Courtin Bb¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: A E Lynch| T: P J Duffy| OR: 88| BF

10/1

Off the mark at the 21st time of asking over 2m5f at Tramore on good ground but has been beaten three time over hurdles since including beaten favourite last time out. Still 6lb higher than last win.

Form: 8-51545

Slainte And Thanks¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: Paul Townend| T: G Ahern| OR: 88

25/1

Well beaten and no impression on four maiden hurdle starts since June. Vast improvement needed and others make more appeal.

Form: 450607

Christening Spoon^h²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-6| J: J J Slevin⁽³⁾| T: L Young| OR: 86

20/1

Tongue-tie removed on seasonal and stable debut when a below par seventh of 10 at Tramore on yielding ground last month. Finished third of 11 on soft ground last June.

Form: 34456-7

Mileys Dream²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: Danny Mullins| T: J Long| OR: 83| CD

8/1

Well beaten and no impression on her five starts this season. CD win at this meeting last season seems a long time ago and others preferred here.

Form: 0-00908

Queen Khaleesi^t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-3| J: A W Short⁽⁷⁾| T: P Neville| OR: 83

11/2

Much improved performance when second of 17 beaten ½L behind Oskar High at Killarney recently. Raised 3lb for that run but could improve again.

Form: 0-00892

Crack On Corrie²¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-1| J: Jack Kennedy| T: W J Austin| OR: 81

12/1

Belated seasonal debut. Last seen in February at Fairyhouse when beaten 131L tailed off in novice handicap hurdle over 2m4f. Nothing in the book to begin to make a case for the mare here.

Form: 0P0720-

Meadow Blaze^p²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: A Ring⁽³⁾| T: W Hayes| OR: 81

50/1

Yet to start lower than 66/1 in five maiden hurdle starts this season. Beaten a total of 63L on her last two starts at Ballinrobe and others make more appeal here.

Form: 9-P0086

Flemish Maid¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: J M Moore| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 80

25/1

Second-rate on all four starts in handicap company including a 26L defeat last time out at Ballinrobe over 3m1f on seasonal debut.

Form: 8790B-7

Silver Planeur¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: C D Meehan⁽⁷⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 80

14/1

Well beaten and no impression on five seasonal starts including 21L and 19L defeats on last two starts. Big improvement needed here to stake a claim.

Form: 0-90696

Non-Runners

Swift²⁴

Weight: 10-6| Age: 6

T: J W Nicholson J: M A Enright

Wild Desire⁴⁴

Weight: 9-12| Age: 4

T: P Nolan J: Donagh Meyler

Miss Mcilroy¹²

Weight: 10-0| Age: 5

T: G T Lynch J: Robbie Colgan

Forecasts

Queen Khaleesi (11/2), Kilganer Queen (13/2), Gold Smoke (7/1), Una's Pleasure (15/2), Mileys Dream (8/1), Touch Of Gold (9/1), Courtin Bb (10/1), Open To The World (12/1), Crack On Corrie (12/1), Pat's Pearl (12/1), Silver Planeur (14/1), Swift (14/1), Shes Flat Tothemat (16/1), Miss Mcilroy (16/1), Christening Spoon (20/1), Flemish Maid (25/1), Slainte And Thanks (25/1), Wild Desire (33/1), Meadow Blaze (50/1)

Bottom weight Miss McIlroy and Pat's Pearl could cut out the running here. Kilganer Queen is in fine form at the moment winning her last two starts, along with C&D winner Swift who improved last time out but preference is for the nicely weighted GOLD SMOKE who has her favoured cheek-pieces back on today and can get back to winning ways.