15:30 Limerick

Sunday 31 March 2019

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Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 3m 54.6s

The Birdie Crowe^b1,t²³⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: N Bashford⁽⁴⁾| T: P McCreery| OR: 111| CD

33/1

Winner over C&D on her sole visit to this venue landing a maiden hurdle in the summer of 2017 when in the care of trainer Jessica Harrington. Hasn't shown enough to be of interest on return to action here.

Form: 748F-05

Veneziano Springs⁶⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr L P Gilligan| T: T O'Brien| OR: 109| BF

6/1

Second of nine beaten ½L over C&D at the Christmas meeting before pulling-up when last seen in a Gowran Park handicap hurdle as beaten favourite. Can go well here without troubling the judge.

Form: 25012P

Chosen Hour³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Liam Quinlan| T: S Aherne| OR: 108| BF| C| D

7/2

Course winner that has also won over the trip. Failed in a hat-trick bid in a Fairyhouse handicap hurdle last month when unseating when still in contention two out off a 6lb lower mark. Should go well and could hit the frame.

Form: 99-011U

Roachdale House²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: K Brogan⁽²⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 108| D

25/1

Eight-year-old who has missed a good deal of racing in recent years and has shown very little in two starts since returning to action last month. Hard to fancy and plenty to prove.

Form: 4387-F9

De Mazzaro^h,t²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Liam McKenna| T: T G McCourt| OR: 103

14/1

Not disgraced in six hurdle starts since November running well in defeat in a couple of handicap spins since the turn of the year. Will need to raise overall profile to play a role here.

Form: 567457

Derby De Thaix¹⁹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: S A Mulcahy⁽²⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 103| BF| D

20/1

Distance winner of a bumper but remains without success in 12 hurdle starts to date including suffering heavy defeats in his most recent starts in September. Form doesn't warrant support here.

Form: 320577

Mutadaffeq^t³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: C P McNamara⁽²⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 101

4/1

79-rated four time flat winner for David O'Meara, well beaten in a number of maiden hurdles over 2m but improvement discovered on handicap debut when finishing fourth of 12 beaten 4½L at Naas last month. More improvement expected.

Form: 9004

English Pale¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: J P O'Sullivan| T: S J Mahon| OR: 99

33/1

Placed twice from 11 starts over hurdles but finished well held when finishing 18th of 21 beaten 90L at Navan earlier this month. Impossible to fancy against these rivals.

Form: 304-900

Keep Standing²²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: F J Hayes| T: P Fenton| OR: 99

50/1

Poor form in Point-to-points but exceeded market expectations when fourth on hurdles bow at Tramore (2m, soft) on New Year's Day. Has failed to back that up in four starts since and others preferred.

Form: 640060

Noble Intention^t²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-8| J: T N Brett| T: A J Martin| OR: 98

16/1

58-rated handicapper on the Flat at Dundalk on the AW, running well in defeat of late. Without a place in five hurdle starts including a 20L reversal in a Leopardstown 2m handicap hurdle earlier this month. Worth a market check.

Form: 0060-6

Tashman³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽²⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 108

14/1

Career best last time out in a Naas 2m handicap hurdle last month finishing fourth of seven beaten 1¼L off a 1lb lower mark. More consistency required and others have more scope for improvement.

Form: 080094

Peace Party^h1,t⁶¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: Simon Torrens⁽²⁾| T: D McDonogh| OR: 93

12/1

Hit the frame over this trip in a couple of bumpers earlier in his career but has been well held in four maiden hurdle starts since October. Form doesn't warrant support here but worth a market check on handicap debut with first-time tongue tie.

Form: 646908

Coral Blue^t¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Gavin Brouder⁽²⁾| T: S Fahey| OR: 103

7/1

Seven-race maiden who is running in to a bit of form showing plenty of improvement in three starts since last month. one of the likely types to hit the frame.

Form: F90253

Galuppi^v¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: J R Finn| OR: 88| D

8/1

Long-standing Flat maiden, one from 13 over hurdles but has produced a couple of encouraging efforts at Thurles and Cork recently and likely to give a good account of himself here without troubling the main protagonists.

Form: 600832

Rock On Seamie²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: S E Lewis⁽⁴⁾| T: R Hackett| OR: 97

20/1

Nothing of note in three maiden hurdle starts to date and is possibly best watched on handicap debut unless any market moves suggest otherwise.

Form: 070

Non-Runners

Visioman⁹³

Weight: 11-10| Age: 6

T: H De Bromhead J: D P Holden

Princess Mahler¹⁵

Weight: 10-8| Age: 7

T: J J Walsh J: T Ryan

Brindabella⁷¹

Weight: 9-12| Age: 7

T: W J Austin J: Dillon Maxwell

Forecasts

Chosen Hour (7/2), Mutadaffeq (4/1), Veneziano Springs (6/1), Coral Blue (7/1), Galuppi (8/1), Visioman (10/1), Peace Party (12/1), Princess Mahler (12/1), De Mazzaro (14/1), Tashman (14/1), Noble Intention (16/1), Rock On Seamie (20/1), Derby De Thaix (20/1), Roachdale House (25/1), The Birdie Crowe (33/1), English Pale (33/1), Brindabella (33/1), Keep Standing (50/1)

The Sean Aherne-trained CHOSEN HOUR was still going well and in contention when 1L clear making an horrendous blunder two out to unseat luckless rider at Fairyhouse last month. The seven-year-old failed in a hat-trick bid in that contest but can back to winning ways here seeing off the attentions of Princess Mahler, Galuppi and Mutadaffeq.

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