17:10 Listowel

Thursday 23 September 2021

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Behans Horseshoe Bar, Restaurant & Townhouse Maiden

Off time: 17:11 | Winning time: 2m 40.78s

(16)

Merlin Giant¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Ronan Whelan| T: E Mullins

5/1

Making GB/IRE Flat debut. Won 9-runner bumper at Ballinrobe (16f, good to soft, 4/9) 13 days ago, pushed out.

Form:

(17)

Silverstrand⁷⁰⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Mr C McConnell⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 64

150/1

Last of 12 in maiden at Senonnes-Pouance (14.9f, good). Off 23 months. First run for yard after leaving H-F. Devin.

Form: 63040/

(6)

Dani Barcelona²²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: W J Lee| T: W P Mullins

12/1

Once-raced mare on Flat. Fair winner at 16f in bumpers. Second of 6 in maiden (3/1) at Gowran (13.8f, good) on flat debut 22 days ago, clear of rest.

Form: 2

(18)

Miss Polly Shelby¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: M A Enright| T: R McNally

300/1

Lightly-raced filly. Tenth of 14 in maiden at Galway (12.2f, good, 300/1) 16 days ago.

Form: 0000-0

(15)

Drury Lane¹⁷⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Robbie Colgan| T: C Byrnes| OR: 49

300/1

Thrice-raced gelding. Last of 8 in maiden at Chelmsford City (10f, 200/1). Off 174 days. First run for yard after leaving Sylvester Kirk.

Form: 058

(3)

Mankhool^t1

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J M Sheridan⁽³⁾| T: D Hogan

80/1

Wears tongue strap on debut. Probably best watched.

Form:

(14)

Mcpherson^t,v1⁷⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 76

5/1

Fairly useful gelding. Respectable third of 9 in maiden at Leopardstown (9f, good, 3/1) 70 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Visor on 1st time.

Form: 42-4333

(13)

Rekero^b²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien

15/2

Twice-raced colt. Blinkered for 1st time, second of 13 in maiden at Gowran (9.5f, good, 4/1) 22 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 42

(5)

Scrum Half¹³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Chris Hayes| T: N Meade| OR: 73

40/1

Thrice-raced gelding. Last of 4 in minor event (6/1) at Roscommon (10.2f, good to soft). Off 135 days.

Form: 4-34

(8)

Breffni Girl¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger

33/1

Twice-raced filly. Fourth of 14 in maiden at Galway (12.2f, good, 25/1) 16 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 94

(4)

Catch¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien

66/1

Once-raced filly. Twelfth of 14 in maiden at Galway (12.2f, good, 15/2) on debut 16 days ago. Flora appears to be the stable first-string.

Form: 0

(12)

Ellie Tom^t1⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Gary Carroll| T: E M O'Sullivan

400/1

Lightly-raced filly. Last of 17 in maiden at Gowran (9.4f, good to soft, 250/1) 5 days ago. Back up in trip. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 89-00

(7)

Empyrea²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Colin Keane| T: D K Weld

9/2

Promising individual. 25/1, third of 13 in maiden at Gowran (9.5f, good) 22 days ago, never nearer. Up in trip. May well do better.

Form: 03

(2)

Flora¹⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: J A Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien| BF

5/4

Promising type. Fourth of 14 in maiden (11/8) at Naas (10f, good) on debut, needing stiffer test. Off 150 days. Yard in good form. Should improve.

Form: 4

(1)

The Fallen Madonna⁵³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: C D Maxwell| T: P Martin

200/1

Once-raced filly. Fourteenth of 15 in maiden (150/1) at Galway (11.8f, good to firm) on debut 53 days ago, missing break. First run for yard after leaving Brendan Duke. RESERVE.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

(11)

Ricky Bobby⁷⁶

Weight: 10-0| Age: 6

T: J J Walsh J: G M Ryan

(9)

Rock Crusher¹⁴⁵⁰

Weight: 10-0| Age: 6

T: L Comer J: Reserve 1

(10)

Kujuku³⁴⁸

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: S M Duffy J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Flora (5/4), Empyrea (9/2), Merlin Giant (5/1), Mcpherson (5/1), Rekero (15/2), Dani Barcelona (12/1), Ricky Bobby (25/1), Breffni Girl (33/1), Scrum Half (40/1), Kujuku (50/1), Catch (66/1), Mankhool (80/1), Rock Crusher (100/1), Silverstrand (150/1), The Fallen Madonna (200/1), Miss Polly Shelby (300/1), Drury Lane (300/1), Ellie Tom (400/1)

MERLIN GIANT made it third time lucky in bumpers when landing the odds at Ballinrobe recently and he is taken to make a winning debut in this sphere. Next on the list is Flora, who made an encouraging start to her career when fourth at Naas and promises to be suited by this step up in trip. Empyrea is likely to benefit from this stiffer test, too, and she is also shortlisted, along with Rekero.