13:35 Gowran Park

Saturday 2 October 2021

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Golf Memberships At Gowran Park Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:35 | Winning time: 4m 50.5s

Bite That¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: J B Foley⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Flynn

10/3

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. Second of 16 in novice hurdle (50/1) at Listowel (24f, good to soft) 13 days ago.

Form: 0-P2

Bust Or Bray Dee^t1¹⁶⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott

9/2

Once-raced maiden. 80/1, seventh of 18 in bumper at Leopardstown (16f, good) on NH debut. Off 6 months. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip. First run for yard after leaving Graham McKeever.

Form: 575-

Champ Royal¹⁸⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Brian Hayes| T: Colm Murphy

7/1

Promising sort. 40/1, fourth of 15 in novice hurdle at Cork (24.4f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 180 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 94-

Dontbelieveaword¹²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: M Hamill⁽³⁾| T: M Butler

250/1

Once-raced maiden. 100/1, last of 18 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.4f, good to soft) on NH debut 124 days ago.

Form: 0

Kingoftheroses¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: J A Kinsella

250/1

Ocovango gelding. Dam, 3m-27f hurdle winner, half-sister to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser (2m-3½m winner) Celioso. 150/1, twelfth in novice hurdle at this course (16f, good to soft) on Friday.

Form: P-0

Skol¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: D F O'Regan| T: N Meade

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. 25/1, final-flight faller in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, soft) 15 days ago, keeping on at the time and may have been placed had he remained on all fours.

Form: 750-F

Upping The Anti¹⁹²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| BF

6/4

Once-raced maiden. 9/4, sixth of 13 in bumper at Tipperary (19.5f, soft) on NH debut, finding little. Off 6 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 26-

Willaston¹³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: T N Brett⁽⁷⁾| T: Louise G Lyons

28/1

Morozov gelding. Dam, bumper winner/little show in maiden hurdles, half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (17f-25f winner) Too Forward.

Form: P

Dicebox⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

8/1

Winner in bumper at Killarney in July. Pulled up in novice hurdle (8/1) at Listowel (16f, good) on hurdles bow 7 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 3-5414P

Clashabreeda

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon

22/1

Westerner mare. Sister to bumper winner/fair hurdler Cockley Beck, and half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/fair chaser Moncherie, stayed 2¾m.

Form:

Bouncy

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: J M Moore| T: R K Watson

50/1

Mamool filly. Dam 23f hurdle winner. Worth a second look in the betting.

Form:

Non-Runners

Positive Thinker

Weight: 11-12| Age: 4

T: M J McDonagh J: C A Landers

Helisone

Weight: 11-5| Age: 4

T: H De Bromhead J: Aidan Coleman

Forecasts

Upping The Anti (6/4), Helisone (3/1), Bite That (10/3), Bust Or Bray Dee (9/2), Champ Royal (7/1), Dicebox (8/1), Skol (14/1), Positive Thinker (20/1), Clashabreeda (22/1), Willaston (28/1), Bouncy (50/1), Dontbelieveaword (250/1), Kingoftheroses (250/1)

This race will not take a great deal of winning and newcomer HELISONE is sufficiently appealing on paper to earn the vote. It will certainly look significant if the market speaks in her favour. Stablemate Upping The Anti is worthy of consideration, for all that he proved something of a let-down on his Rules debut. However, the main dangers appear to be Skol, Champ Royal and Bite That.