15:45 Limerick

Wednesday 28 December 2022

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Woodlands House Hotel Adare Flat Race

Off time: 15:45 | Winning time: 4m 51.09s

Baltray

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr Darragh Allen⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hassett

100/1

Milan gelding. Half-brother to point bumper winner. Dam unraced. Others more persuasive.

Form:

Castle Field Boy^t1

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr H C Swan⁽⁷⁾| T: P T Foley

40/1

Scorpion gelding. Half-brother to modest hurdler/fair chaser Out The Glen. Dam (h99) placed over hurdles. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Chosen Witness³²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Miss J Townend⁽³⁾| T: W P Mullins

5/6

Well Chosen gelding. Dam (b87) bumper winner. Dead-heated for first sole start in points (Feb 2022). Makes plenty of appeal on first Rules outing.

Form: 1-

Dysart Dasher

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr S E Cahill⁽⁷⁾| T: W P Mullins

9/2

Flemensfirth gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner/useful hurdler Dysart Diamond and unbeaten useful bumper/hurdle winner Dysart Dynamo. Highly respected on debut.

Form:

Fermoyle⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr Pat Taaffe⁽⁷⁾| T: N Meade

10/1

Twice-raced maiden. Third of 6 in bumper (5/2) at Navan (16f, soft) 45 days ago. Needs improvement if he's to open his account.

Form: 23

Max Time³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D M Russell⁽⁷⁾| T: I Madden

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 100/1, eighth of 9 in bumper at Punchestown (16.1f, good to soft) 39 days ago. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 70878

Rex Gloriae^t1

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr M K Tobin⁽⁷⁾| T: D Duggan

250/1

Gregorian gelding. Dam, ran once on Flat, half-sister to fairly useful 2m hurdle winner Duty. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Soldante⁶⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: Ciaran Murphy

7/2

Twice-raced maiden. Second of 8 in bumper (4/1) at Galway (16.4f, heavy) 60 days ago. Makes most appeal of those with bumper experience.

Form: 32

Talk In The Park

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr T Hamilton| T: Ms M Mullins

9/2

Walk In The Park gelding. Dam (h121), bumper winner, closely related to winning hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 2½m) Down In Neworleans and half-sister to smart hurdler Chomba Womba (winner up to 21f).

Form:

Westwind Star²⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Ms E J Fitzgerald⁽⁷⁾| T: B Mortell

200/1

€5,000 3-y-o, Arcadio gelding. Dam unraced out of useful hurdler/fairly useful chase winner (stayed 21f) Golden Sunbird.

Form: PF-

Spoken Story

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Miss A B O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: A Leahy

150/1

Ask filly. Dam dual bumper winner. Not an obvious sort on paper.

Form:

Non-Runners

Sophus

Weight: 12-0| Age: 4

T: J Halley J: Mr D N O'Brien

Tuffliketiger²⁷⁶

Weight: 12-0| Age: 4

T: P G Kelly J: Mr C J Costello

Forecasts

Chosen Witness (5/6), Soldante (7/2), Talk In The Park (9/2), Dysart Dasher (9/2), Fermoyle (10/1), Tuffliketiger (14/1), Sophus (33/1), Castle Field Boy (40/1), Baltray (100/1), Spoken Story (150/1), Max Time (200/1), Westwind Star (200/1), Rex Gloriae (250/1)

CHOSEN WITNESS, having dead-heated in a point, is the obvious one to go for on Rules debut, with stablemate Dysart Dasher also making plenty of appeal on paper. Soldante is the clear pick of those with bumper experience.