15:30 Galway

Sunday 30 October 2022

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Glenlo Abbey Hotel & Estate Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 5m 31.1s

Arcland^p¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H Rogers

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, excellent third of 20 in novice hurdle (33/1) at Punchestown (20.7f, good) 19 days ago. Each-way player again with a repeat.

Form: 30/43

Boulon Trou¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D F O'Regan| T: G Elliott

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 12/1, ninth of 20 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.7f, good) 19 days ago, never better than midfield. Low-grade handicaps likely to be more his bag moving forward.

Form: 35-79

Chainofconsequence⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jamie Hayes⁽⁷⁾| T: Aengus King

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Bit below form sixth of 10 in bumper at Limerick (16f, soft, 33/1) 7 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Significantly up in trip.

Form: P-S7436

Cool Cookie Claude^t1¹⁹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Aaron Anderson⁽⁷⁾| T: P G Kelly

100/1

Cokoriko gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 2¼m) Stone Hard and fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser (best up to 2¾m) The Doorman. Unplaced completed start in points, pulled up last time (Apr 17).

Form: 5P-

Limekiln Rock^t²⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Ricky Doyle| T: M F Morris

125/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Fifteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.2f, good to soft, 50/1). Off 9 months.

Form: 0/000-

Monbeg Park¹⁸⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mark Walsh| T: S Doyle

5/2

Fairly useful winner at 19f in bumpers. Matched previous best when hird of 11 in bumper (33/1) at Punchestown (16.2f) in April. Type to make his mark in this sphere.

Form: 1213-

Rusty River⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: C A Landers| T: Michael E Hallinan

250/1

Rule of Law gelding. Pulled up both starts in points and offered little when eleventh of 13 in bumper at Sligo (18f, soft) on NH debut 9 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: PP-0

Sam's Choice^b1²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| BF

5/2

Fairly useful hurdler. Creditable second of 8 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (21.5f, good to soft, 9/4) 23 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time and he has to rate a serious player once more.

Form: 4222P-2

Sixty Seconds⁴⁰⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara

25/1

Once-raced maiden. Fifth of 17 in bumper (40/1) at Listowel (16f, good to soft) on NH debut. Off 13 months. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 5-

Winter Carnival²⁰⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: J Neilan

20/1

Promising type. Fourth of 18 in novice hurdle at Limerick (21f, good to soft, 12/1), unsuited by drop in trip. Off 6 months. Should have more to offer in this sphere.

Form: 6/24234-

Affordale Fury²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: B J Cooper| T: N Meade| C

11/8

Affinisea gelding. Won 11-runner bumper (5/2) at this course (16.7f, soft) on NH debut 26 days ago, keeping on well final 1f. Interesting hurdles debutant.

Form: 1-1

Plough On⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Phillip Enright| T: P J Gilligan

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, thirteenth of 16 in maiden at the Curragh (9f, heavy, 150/1) 7 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 00-0

Henry's Girlie⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: G Bourke⁽⁷⁾| T: F Feeney

250/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Last of 6 in minor event hurdle at Sligo (17.5f, soft, 200/1) 9 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: PP-P096

No Risk No Story⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: P J Carberry| T: B McMahon

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. 250/1, ninth of 16 in minor event hurdle at Listowel (20f, good) 41 days ago.

Form: U9

Forecasts

Affordale Fury (11/8), Monbeg Park (5/2), Sam's Choice (5/2), Arcland (16/1), Winter Carnival (20/1), Sixty Seconds (25/1), Boulon Trou (50/1), Chainofconsequence (50/1), Cool Cookie Claude (100/1), Limekiln Rock (125/1), Plough On (150/1), No Risk No Story (200/1), Henry's Girlie (250/1), Rusty River (250/1)

SAM'S CHOICE has showed more than enough to think a race of this nature is within reach and he could be the way to go equipped with first-time blinkers. Affordable Fury and Monbeg Park who both impressed in bumpers may well emerge as the pair to give Gordon Elliott's charge most to think about.