15:40 Listowel

Sunday 18 September 2022

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Dairygold Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 5m 53.50s

Battle Of Mirbat³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: K Purcell

9/1

Thrice-raced maiden in bumpers. Has placed on his last 2 starts, third of 14 at Killarney (17f, good to soft, 8/1) 30 days ago. Should benefit from the step up to 3m on his hurdling bow.

Form: UPF-823

Ned The Smith^t1⁶⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan| OR: 84

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 33/1, pulled up before 2 out in handicap hurdle at Killarney (20f, good) 66 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Looks to be up against it.

Form: P8-08P

Run For Pat^b³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 109| BF

11/4

Fair maiden hurdler who has had 8 starts over timber. 5/2, again below best when second of 11 in maiden hurdle at Kilbeggan (25f, good) 30 days ago. Proving expensive to follow but sets the standard.

Form: 36-4242

Sir Daniel⁴⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: M Kennedy

66/1

Fared no better than on debut when fifteenth of 19 in maiden hurdle (200/1) at Cork (18.8f, good to soft) 48 days ago. Step up in trip is not enough to tempt.

Form: P0

What Path⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

1/2

Fairly useful bumper performer. 5/2, improved when winning 20-runner event at Galway (18.3f, good) 52 days ago, readily. Major player on hurdles debut for leading connections.

Form: 53-21

Who's Houdini²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Mullins| T: J J Hanlon

7/1

9/1, improved again when third of 10 in maiden hurdle at Downpatrick (21.7f, good) 20 days ago, outpaced between last 2. Likely to improve with the longer distance to suit.

Form: RF-0043

Glenstan¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D H Kelly

50/1

150/1, always behind when eighth of 11 in maiden hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good) on NH debut 16 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: 8

Saint Bernadette¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: N T Prendergast⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 94

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Upped further in trip, 9/1, failed to repeat previous effort when eleventh of 12 in mares' maiden hurdle at Wexford (24f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 0040

Twolittlegirls³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: J J Slevin| T: G J Power

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. Still in need of experience when eighth of 12 in bumper (80/1) at Tramore (16f, good) 35 days ago. Best watched making her hurdles debut over 3m.

Form: 88

Wee Birl

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Kieren Buckley⁽⁵⁾| T: R P Cody

28/1

Doyen mare. Dam (c116/h76) 4¼m cross-country chase winner. Faces a tough task on debut.

Form:

Non-Runners

Alpesh Amin¹¹⁵

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: E McNamara J: C P McNamara

Tipp For Mac¹⁵⁷

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: T Cooper J: B J Cooper

Forecasts

What Path (1/2), Run For Pat (11/4), Who's Houdini (7/1), Battle Of Mirbat (9/1), Alpesh Amin (20/1), Wee Birl (28/1), Saint Bernadette (40/1), Glenstan (50/1), Sir Daniel (66/1), Ned The Smith (66/1), Twolittlegirls (100/1), Tipp For Mac (100/1)

WHAT PATH ran to a fairly useful level when winning a bumper at the Galway Festival and can make a successful start over hurdles for Willie Mullins, who has landed this prize in 2 of the last 3 years. The Gordon Elliott-trained Run For Pat sets the standard and can get involved once again, with Who's Houdini completing the shortlist.