14:15 Limerick

Friday 1 December 2017

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Annual Membership Only 120 At Limerick Racecourse Rated Novice Hurdle

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 4m 19.30s

Bluegrass Princess¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: E O'Connell⁽⁷⁾| T: E O'Connell| OR: 109| D

5/1

Won a bumper at Naas in March but not made Much headway in maidens since then. Did finish a respectable sixth of twenty at Fairyhouse last time out but wasn't helped by erratic jumping at times, so needs to sharpen her act on these terms.

Form: 813-456

Cluan Dara¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 107

11/2

Suited by the likely conditions but recent form seems to have hit the buffers and needs to get things back on track pretty quickly. The drop in trip may help, so worth a betting check.

Form: 442266

Golden Poet^p1²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: A McNamara| OR: 106| D

8/1

Cheekpieces on for the first time, which may help him focus, and he holds fair claims on the pick of his form - his recent second at Wexford being the best of his recent efforts. Not so good latest, so risks attached.

Form: 5-06025

Pat's Oscar⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 105

6/1

Holding his form well of late and ought to find the conditions to his liking. This trip does seem is on the sharp side for her and there has to be a suspcion that another half mile would have been more beneficial.

Form: 8P2124

Stole The Show²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Kevin Sexton| T: P Nolan| OR: 102

14/1

Not made much progress so far and has only once started a race at odds bellow 33/1. He did, however, run a tad above expectations last time but not enough to engender maximum confidence here.

Form: 0U9F5-8

Charlotte Wells^p1⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: D F O'Regan| T: J Neilan| OR: 86

33/1

Three starts over hurdles have been nothing above average at best and she comes here with plenty to find. The drop in trip is also a cause for concern.

Form: 658689

Fluspar^b³²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-12| J: A W Short⁽⁷⁾| T: D Howard| OR: 99

16/1

Won a chase at Tramore last December but has been well out of sorts since then. 0-18 over hurdles and hard to envisage he can alter the stats with a win on recent evidence.

Form: 1446-70

Lockeen Girl^h⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: D J Mullins| T: T Mullins| OR: 98| D

10/1

Running consistently of late and seems versatile regarding track preference. However, she was disappointing on her only previous visit to Limerick, so needs to put the record straight on that score. decent claims if that run is forgiven.

Form: 292423

Alfred Eile¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: C A Landers⁽⁷⁾| T: J Nash

33/1

Not much to take from what has been a busy first year in racing for the four-year-old. Best effort came at Roscommon on similar going to today's predicted ground but he's been well below that three times since and has plenty to prove now.

Form: 074P00

Wait Here^t⁵⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Mark Walsh| T: A Leahy| OR: 98| D

6/5

Lightly raced but the penny really dropped at Tramore in October, when the gelding motored home to win by 9l in a maiden hurdle. That was easily his best effort and, given this doesn't look any stronger, this may well be within his current grasp.

Form: 4-PF1

Forecasts

Wait Here (6/5), Bluegrass Princess (5/1), Cluan Dara (11/2), Pat's Oscar (6/1), Golden Poet (8/1), Lockeen Girl (10/1), Stole The Show (14/1), Fluspar (16/1), Charlotte Wells (33/1), Alfred Eile (33/1)

It took WAIT HERE four attempts to get it right, but the gelding looked a transformed character last time out and could take the beating if he can take another step forward here. Lockeen Girl has some sound pieces of form to her name and comes in the reckoning as a player if she can adapt to racing here, while Pat's Oscar is another to bear in mind, as she'll be the main beneficiary if this turns into a stamina sapping slog for the line.