BoyleSports Sporting Limerick Hurdle (Grade 2)

Off time: 13:30 | Winning time: 4m 25.4s

Quilixios⁵³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 150| BF| D

11/4

Smart hurdler. 6/4, possibly in need of run when 12 lengths second of 5 to Teahupoo in Fishery Lane Hurdle at Naas (16f, good to soft) 53 days ago. Can be expected to come forward from that.

Form: 11117-2

Teahupoo⁵³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott| OR: 149| D

8/15

Smart hurdler. 2/1, career best when winning 5-runner Fishery Lane Hurdle at Naas (16f, good to soft) 53 days ago by 12 lengths from Quilixios. Serious player once more.

Form: 1112-1

In From The Cold¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: R Deegan| T: M Mulvany| D

40/1

Useful Flat winner who made perfect start over hurdles when landing a Wexford maiden (16.5f) in October. Creditable efforts in defeat under both codes since but this demands another jump forward.

Form: 13

Slip Of The Tongue³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Mark Walsh| T: P Roche| OR: 133| D

11/2

Twice-raced winner over hurdles. 3/1, second of 7 in minor event hurdle at Gowran (16f, good to soft) 39 days ago, flattered by proximity. Should have more to offer.

Form: 12

Varna Gold¹⁰⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: J G Gilligan| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 117

125/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 14/1, running respectably when brought down in handicap hurdle at Listowel (16f, good to soft) in September. Another who needs to find improvement at this higher level.

Form: 43-232B

Rose Of Borris³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon

250/1

Once-raced maiden. 100/1, fifteenth of 17 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.8f, good to soft) on NH debut 34 days ago. Easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: 0

Forecasts

Teahupoo (8/15), Quilixios (11/4), Slip Of The Tongue (11/2), In From The Cold (40/1), Varna Gold (125/1), Rose Of Borris (250/1)

TEAHUPOO meets Quilixios on 2 lb worse terms than when the pair met at Naas in November, yet the former was a ready 12-length winner on that occasion and may well be up to confirming the placings here. Slip of The Tongue remains with plenty of untapped potential and shouldn't be dismissed lightly either.