14:00 Roscommon

Monday 13 July 2020

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Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 3m 42.30s

Ballycloven Beat^h,t1¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: C Brassil⁽²⁾| T: M Brassil

20/1

Slowly improved in bumpers for two different trainers; pulled up on debut over hurdles last December and well beaten at Kilbeggan late last month in similar contest; unlikely winner.

Form: 755P-5

Be My Hero¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: D Robinson| T: H De Bromhead

66/1

Gelding by Aizavoski. Well held and no impression on all three racecourse appearances including twice over hurdles; trainer tends to be patient so no surprise if improved effort here.

Form: 90-0

Earl Of Desmond¹⁶⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁴⁾| T: Peter Fahey

3/1

Cost €80,000 as a three-year-old; will have disappointed connections with a maiden hurdle defeat at Leopardstown over Christmas but much better effort at Naas the following month; fair chance if fit after break.

Form: 0/95-

Hardy Man^t¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁴⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 105

4/1

Solid and consistent in three point-to-point starts without managing to get his head in front in 2018; well held on all four hurdles outings to date including on handicap debut last month at this track.

Form: 32/880-8

Samba Dancer¹⁹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: C P McNamara⁽²⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 105

7/1

Improvement needed based on his first three starts over hurdles; best effort last time at Tipperary but still beaten over 20 lengths.

Form: 3P/656-

Subset¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: J R Wildman⁽⁴⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 87

33/1

Yet to be placed on ten starts over hurdles and tailed off on most recent racecourse performance on the Flat at Navan; best effort over hurdles did come at the end of June so no forlorn hope.

Form: 0FU70-5

The Rocking Chair¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: K Brogan⁽⁴⁾| T: G Elliott

28/1

Not unbacked in a couple of starts in bumpers at Clonmel and Tramore in October last year.; plenty of mistakes on hurdles debut earlier this month at Tipperary; can improve and not without a chance.

Form: 46-0

The Wonky Tonk^p1⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: H Morgan⁽⁴⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 104

2/1

Showed some ability in maiden hurdles last year and put in his best effort on handicap debut last time at Bellewstown; more needed to win this but going in the right direction.

Form: 570-4

Jess's Corner^h⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽²⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 99

17/2

Took a while to get the hang of things over hurdles but his last two runs have been full of promise and if continuing on that upward curve has every chance at this level.

Form: 905-5

Eversosaucy⁴¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Ricky Doyle| T: C O'Dwyer

14/1

Showed enough ability over hurdles on her last two starts in May 2019 to suggest she will be capable of winning races; long absence is a huge concern however.

Form: 60/44-

Lauderdale Lady⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: T N Brett⁽⁴⁾| T: J P Ryan

22/1

Well held in a couple of starts over hurdles including a run at Limerick last month. but improved vastly when last seen at Bellewstown earlier this month when finishing 4th of 14; can improve again and probably one for the shortlist in poor contest.

Form: 0/78-04

Sea Reef¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: T Ryan⁽²⁾| T: S Ryan

250/1

Not particularly well bred but is related to some winning hurdlers; beaten 44L over 2m at Thurles on hurdling introduction in November and even further on seasonal reappearance at this track in June.

Form: 00-0

Cosmic Jazz¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: C D Timmons| T: G P Cromwell

80/1

Failed to show much on the Flat for Sheila Lavery, and has struggled over hurdles for new connections; others preferred.

Form: 00-0

Beeverstown Bullet²³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: D P Holden⁽⁴⁾| T: M A Cahill

25/1

Reserve 2 Showed a degree of promise on first two bumper starts but regressed on final run of last season; difficult to assess on hurdles debut.

Form: 749-

Non-Runners

Siberian Star¹⁴

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: P J Rothwell J: J P O'Sullivan

Long March⁹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: G P Cromwell J: Reserve 1

Dave And Bernie⁹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: Michael Barry J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

The Wonky Tonk (2/1), Earl Of Desmond (3/1), Hardy Man (4/1), Samba Dancer (7/1), Jess's Corner (17/2), Siberian Star (10/1), Eversosaucy (14/1), Ballycloven Beat (20/1), Lauderdale Lady (22/1), Beeverstown Bullet (25/1), The Rocking Chair (28/1), Subset (33/1), Long March (33/1), Be My Hero (66/1), Dave And Bernie (66/1), Cosmic Jazz (80/1), Sea Reef (250/1)

A difficult race to pick an obvious winner and a tentative nod goes to HARDY MAN who had some fair point-to-point form earlier in his career and his hurdling has generally been sound. One of his better efforts came last time out when not beaten too far in a handicap at this course. Subset is still looking for his first place finish after 10 starts over hurdles. Hardly inspiring stuff but his best effort did come recently at Kilbeggan when not beaten far in a handicap. Be My Hero is respected given his trainer though his racecourse form is even below what is probably needed to win this.