16:10 Sligo

Friday 21 October 2022

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 6m 54.6s

Badgerisland^h²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: T Shanahan

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 150/1, ninth of 16 in novice hurdle at Gowran (20f, soft) 20 days ago. Up in trip with work to do.

Form: FP09

Blue Motion^p1²²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: D Duggan| OR: 87

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, ninth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (24.2f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 1/P0-809

Hardwired^t¹⁵⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: T M Walsh| OR: 100

12/1

Fair hurdler. Pulled up in novice hurdle (14/1) at Tipperary (24f, good to soft) 155 days ago, behind when pulled up before 2 out. Remains a maiden after 10 hurdle runs.

Form: 94577-P

Riaan²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott| OR: 116| BF

6/4

Promising individual. 9/4, second of 16 in novice hurdle at Gowran (20f, soft) 20 days ago. Up in trip. Stands out on form.

Form: 422

Rolly Bowley Boy^h¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy

15/2

Thrice-raced maiden. 16/1, third of 9 in novice hurdle at Galway (19.1f, soft) 17 days ago, having run of race. Significantly up in trip and no forlorn hope.

Form: P-743

Suain Na Draoicht¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Philip Byrnes⁽⁷⁾| T: C Byrnes

5/4

Fair hurdler. Creditable fourth of 20 in novice hurdle (5/1) at Punchestown (20.7f, good) 10 days ago. Up in trip. Trainer going well. Should improve.

Form: 5622-74

Will It Be You¹⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: R Deegan| T: L P Cusack

66/1

Once-raced maiden. Eleventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (22f, good to soft, 80/1) on NH debut 143 days ago.

Form: 0

Saint Bernadette¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: N T Prendergast⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 94

10/1

Modest hurdler. Respectable third of 7 in handicap hurdle (15/2) at Tipperary (24f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Respected.

Form: 004033

Forecasts

Suain Na Draoicht (5/4), Riaan (6/4), Rolly Bowley Boy (15/2), Saint Bernadette (10/1), Hardwired (12/1), Blue Motion (50/1), Will It Be You (66/1), Badgerisland (100/1)

RIAAN possesses much the best form and is confidently expected to open his account after two runner-up efforts. Suain Na Draoicht can chase home Gordon Elliott's 5-y-o ahead of Rolly Bowley Boy.