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Monday 8 October 2018

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Off time: 15:16 | Winning time: 6m 11.4s

Arch Stanton¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: M Browne⁽⁷⁾| T: N Meade| OR: 100

20/1

Beaten by a nose earlier this month in a 3m½f Roscommon handicap hurdle on good ground before a heavy defeat at the Listowel festival last month going down by 59L over this trip on soft ground. Opposable.

Form: 4P-3020

Mister Butler^b,t¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 99| BF

16/1

Beaten favourite last time out in a 2m5f Sligo handicap chase before another heavy hurdle defeat at Listowel last month. One from 12 over timber and still racing 10lb higher than last winning mark. Tough ask.

Form: 144403

Cantkidakidder^p¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: N Dooly| OR: 97

10/1

Winner at Tramore before two solid efforts finishing second on each occasion over hurdles at Killarney and Wexford. Chase run last month can be dismissed and leading player back over timber.

Form: 571220

Naturally Blond^t⁵³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: P A Gallagher⁽⁵⁾| T: Patrick Cronin| OR: 97

25/1

Two from 26 over hurdles with his last win coming in July at Wexford over 2m off a 5lb lower mark. Struggled in four starts since and best avoided here.

Form: 1FU886

Oh'herewego^p²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: C J Orr⁽⁷⁾| T: V T O'Brien| OR: 96| D

7/1

Distance winner at the Listowel festival last month beating 14 rivals 6L off an 8lb lower mark. Plenty more needed in this group.

Form: 354-191

Can't Be Done^p,t²⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: D J Mullins| T: W F Treacy| OR: 95

9/1

Beat Theatre World 1L off a 6lb lower mark at Ballinrobe in August over 3m1f before not being disgraced when fifth of 15 at the Listowel festival. Improvement needed in this company.

Form: 393515

Chosen Hour³⁶⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Brian Hayes| T: T J Nagle-Jr| OR: 92| CD

33/1

C&D winner in July of a 19-runner handicap off a 3lb lower mark. Well held beaten over 40L on each of his three starts since and hard to make a case for here.

Form: 701999-

Holy Motivation^p¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 92| D

8/1

Well held in a couple of bumpers before a number of gloomy maiden hurdle spins since June. Market likely to reveal expectations here.

Form: 657963

Silver Planeur²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: C P McNamara⁽⁷⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 88

6/1

Fourth of 16 in this contest 12-months ago off a 3lb lower mark. Promising return to the track when fourth of 15 in a Listowel handicap hurdle last month. Could be of interest.

Form: 61420-4

Cadawill^p⁵³

Age: 9| Weight: 10-11| J: A E Lynch| T: R Sweeney| OR: 86| CD

14/1

C&D winner here in July off a 5lb lower mark. Well held in his most recent hurdle starts at Wexford and Tramore. May find some spark back here.

Form: 001270

Flowery^t¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: C D Maxwell| T: G Webb| OR: 86

33/1

Well beaten and no impression in four maiden hurdles in the spring and on return to action at Navan last month. Others preferred.

Form: U670-00

Perfect Leader⁹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Danny Mullins| T: Ms M Mullins| OR: 86

3/1

14-race maiden over hurdles and has produced a couple of pitiful performances for new connections since June. Plenty more needed here.

Form: 7099-48

Alizee Javilex^t³⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: P O'Flynn| OR: 85| BF

22/1

Beaten favourite on her final start for Dan Skelton in the summer and comes in to this contest without a win in 13 hurdle starts.

Form: 064-423

Madaboy Cross⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-9| J: K J Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: T P O'Connor| OR: 84

20/1

Slowly improving with each start on the back of a three-year absence. Much better effort at Sligo before disappointing at Roscommon earlier in the month. Not ruled out but needs to improve on last run.

Form: 390/066

The Broom Squire^t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: D F O'Regan| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 83

20/1

10-race maiden hurdler in rear when falling four out at Navan last month and losing thread looks set to continue.

Form: 70P23F

Dan Gun¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: D J McInerney⁽³⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 88

33/1

Eight-race maiden hurdler who produced an improved effort when finishing fifth at Roscommon in July before disappointing at Sedgefield and Roscommon latest.

Form: 0-80500

Beneficial Society^b1³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: M A Enright| T: L Fowler| OR: 81

25/1

One from 15 over hurdles and first time blinkers unlikely to bring about the required amount of improvement needed to play a role here.

Form: 187-05P

Select Opportunity¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-6| J: Phillip Enright| T: E Cawley| OR: 81

10/1

Won a Sligo handicap chase last month over 2m5f but remains without success in 14 hurdle starts. Hard to fancy on overall form over timber.

Form: 0-05601

Divin Desir^v1¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: A W Short⁽³⁾| T: I Madden| OR: 80

40/1

Plenty of work to do based on what the disappointing gelding has shown so far and difficult to see any light at the end of the tunnel just yet in first-time visor.

Form: 68-P000

Non-Runners

Brosna George⁸⁰

Weight: 11-5| Age: 7

T: A L T Moore J: Paul Townend

Forecasts

Perfect Leader (3/1), Silver Planeur (6/1), Oh'herewego (7/1), Holy Motivation (8/1), Can't Be Done (9/1), Cantkidakidder (10/1), Select Opportunity (10/1), Brosna George (12/1), Cadawill (14/1), Mister Butler (16/1), Madaboy Cross (20/1), Arch Stanton (20/1), The Broom Squire (20/1), Alizee Javilex (22/1), Naturally Blond (25/1), Beneficial Society (25/1), Dan Gun (33/1), Flowery (33/1), Chosen Hour (33/1), Divin Desir (40/1)

C&D winner here CADAWILL can find his spark again back at this track following a couple of disappointments after his win in July off a 5lb lower mark. The Roger Sweeney-trained nine-year-old can see off the challenge of the consistent Cantkidakidder who is likely to emerge as the biggest danger. Holy Motivation from the leading trainer/jockey duo of Gordon Elliott and Davy Russell can improve on her last run to hit the frame here.