16:40 Thurles

Thursday 7 October 2021

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Horse & Jockey Maiden

Off time: 16:41 | Winning time: 3m 30.7s

Ardla^t⁸³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford

80/1

Making GB/IRE Flat debut. Tongue strap on for 1st time, fourth of 14 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good, 13/2) on hurdles bow 83 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code.

Form:

Casamari Abbey^t⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: Rory Cleary| T: P A Fahy| OR: 90

150/1

Making GB/IRE Flat debut. 14/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Killarney (23f, soft) 4 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code.

Form:

Duffle Coat³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| D

11/4

Useful winner at 17f over hurdles who has posted solid efforts both starts in this sphere, latest when second in Roscommon maiden (11.9f, good) 38 days ago. Remains open to improvement.

Form: 62

Granny Knot^t¹⁹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Nathan Crosse⁽³⁾| T: P F McEnery| C

200/1

Making GB/IRE Flat debut. 25/1, sixth of 15 in novice chase at Clonmel (16.2f, soft), going with enthusiasm. Off 6 months. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code.

Form:

Hearts Are Trumps¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: D McDonogh| D

25/1

Once-raced gelding on Flat. Useful winner at 17f over hurdles. 40/1, fourteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (16f, good) 13 days ago. Fair on the Flat, 4/13 on last Flat outing.

Form: 4-

Jesse Evans⁷⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| BF| D

7/4

Twice-raced gelding on Flat. Useful winner at 17f over hurdles. 25/1, fourth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16f, good) 70 days ago. Fairly useful on the Flat, below form on last Flat outing.

Form: 2-4

Joyce's Lilt¹⁵⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: D J Hickey⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Michael W O'Meara

250/1

Making GB/IRE Flat debut. Ninth of 13 in bumper at Down Royal (16.4f, soft, 40/1) on NH debut 157 days ago. Off 157 days.

Form:

Merlin Giant¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Danny Mullins| T: E Mullins| D

4/1

Promising sort who won Ballinrobe bumper last month and posted fair third of 15 in maiden at Listowel (12f, good) on flat debut since. Should be more to come with step up in trip a likely plus.

Form: 3

Sin A Bhfuil^t¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Ben Coen| T: E Mullins

40/1

Fair effort sole start on Flat. Fairly useful winner at 17f in bumpers. 5/1, seventh of 18 in novice hurdle at Listowel (20f, good) on hurdles bow 13 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 4

Snugsborough Hall^h⁴⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 10-2| J: W J Lee| T: L P Cusack| D

28/1

Fairly useful winner at 22f over hurdles. 15/2, ninth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (22f, good) 47 days ago. Fair on the Flat, 3rd of 11on last Flat run.

Form: 3

Dani Barcelona¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: S Foley| T: W P Mullins| D

28/1

Twice-raced mare on Flat. Fair winner at 16f in bumpers. Seventh of 15 in maiden at Listowel (12f, good, 12/1) 14 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 27

Dashing Shirocco⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: A J Slattery| T: A Slattery| BF| D

66/1

Making GB/IRE Flat debut. Fourth of 7 in minor event hurdle (2/1) at Bellewstown (20.3f, good) 43 days ago.

Form:

Lord Of The Manor^b,t⁶¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 81

22/1

Lightly-raced colt. Blinkered for 1st time, below form sixth of 15 in maiden (16/1) at Cork (12f, soft) 61 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Stable having good spell. Others preferred.

Form: 3-596

Malawi^b⁸⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: J A Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 78

17/2

Lightly-raced colt. Creditable third of 10 in maiden (9/4) at Dundalk (10.7f) 87 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Stable in good form. Should go well again.

Form: 2223

Rekero^b¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 81

7/1

Fairly useful form all 3 starts to date, latest when second of 15 in maiden at Listowel (12f, good) 14 days ago, hampered. Worth a try at this longer trip.

Form: 422

Non-Runners

Titan Jack¹³⁸

Weight: 10-2| Age: 13

T: Gearoid Brouder J: Reserve 1

Mollys Glory⁶

Weight: 9-11| Age: 6

T: M C Grassick J: Reserve 2

Drop The Anchor¹⁵⁹

Weight: 10-2| Age: 7

T: P A Fahy J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Jesse Evans (7/4), Duffle Coat (11/4), Merlin Giant (4/1), Rekero (7/1), Drop The Anchor (8/1), Malawi (17/2), Mollys Glory (20/1), Lord Of The Manor (22/1), Hearts Are Trumps (25/1), Dani Barcelona (28/1), Snugsborough Hall (28/1), Sin A Bhfuil (40/1), Dashing Shirocco (66/1), Ardla (80/1), Casamari Abbey (150/1), Titan Jack (150/1), Granny Knot (200/1), Joyce's Lilt (250/1)

Preference is for MERLIN GIANT, who acquitted himself well over a shorter trip on his Flat debut a fortnight ago. Duffle Coat and Rekero head the list of dangers.