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Saturday 31 December 2022

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Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 4m 28.1s

Little Mixup⁴^{(ex 7)}

Age: 5| Weight: 12-6| J: T N Brett| T: D Hogan| OR: 94| D

3/1

1 win from 3 runs this season. Career best when winning 18-runner handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy, 50/1) 4 days ago. Carries penalty. Not an obvious type to follow up.

Form: F33-001

Plusthevat³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: C P O'Shea⁽⁴⁾| T: P A Fahy| OR: 92

33/1

80/1, sixteenth of 17 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) 35 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 59/064-0

Bavarian Girl^t⁵³³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: Derek McGrath⁽²⁾| T: M Winters| OR: 90

28/1

Good fifth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (17f, good, 25/1). Off 17 months. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 24898/5-

Thefaithfulindian^h,t³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: J P Shinnick| T: A A Howard| OR: 89

10/1

13/2, below form eighth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (15.9f, good to soft) 30 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 60/7-228

Molly Kaye³⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: N T Prendergast⁽²⁾| T: S M Duffy| OR: 88| D

16/1

6/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Thurles (15.9f, good to soft) 30 days ago, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out.

Form: F/0072-P

Aliunde^t³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Conor Smithers⁽²⁾| T: M M McNiff| OR: 87

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 125/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, eighteenth of 21 in novice hurdle at this course (16.3f, good to soft) 32 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: R4-8000

Gold Haven^t1²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: C McGivern| T: M Mulvany| OR: 87

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. 200/1, below form eleventh of 18 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) 28 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 5-090

Up She Flew²⁰³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽²⁾| T: L P Cusack| OR: 87

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Sixth of 14 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Downpatrick (18.8f, good to soft). Off 6 months. First run for yard after leaving J. P. Dempsey. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 006

Will It Be You³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Adam Ellis⁽²⁾| T: L P Cusack| OR: 87

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 200/1, tenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Thurles (16.2f, soft) 37 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 0800

Kanors Girl⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: M J Molloy⁽²⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 86

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 200/1, fourteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16.2f, heavy) 53 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 80P0

Pepperocco^t¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane O'Callaghan| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 85

6/1

First run since leaving David Harry Kelly when eighth of 25 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Naas (15.9f, soft) 11 days ago. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 590058

Ramble On Muller³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: C G O'Dwyer| T: P A Fahy| OR: 85

12/1

28/1, sixth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, heavy) 35 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Likely to improve.

Form: 0-40006

Caoimhes Pet³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Gary Noonan| T: E McCarthy| OR: 84

5/1

25/1, fourth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 39 days ago.

Form: 000984

Duhallow Rainbow^b²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Niall Moore| T: E O'Grady| OR: 84

40/1

125/1 and blinkered for 1st time, nineteenth of 24 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, soft) 20 days ago.

Form: 000P90

Maggie Walsh¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Cian Quirke| T: M J Bowe| OR: 84

17/2

250/1, third of 4 in minor event hurdle at this C&D (soft) 12 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: U36093

Eltico^t²⁶⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: J G Gilligan| T: J H Black| OR: 83

16/1

20/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, seventh of 18 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, good to soft). Off 8 months. Down in trip.

Form: 00/P007-

Blossom De Mai^p1⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Shane Fenelon| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 82

12/1

Below form eleventh of 22 in handicap hurdle at this course (24.6f, good to soft, 40/1) 42 days ago. Significantly back down in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 0P0570

Dixon Line^b¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: A M King⁽²⁾| T: A Sexton| OR: 81

28/1

Eighteenth of 25 in handicap hurdle (28/1) at Naas (15.9f, soft) 11 days ago. Blinkers on for 1st time in this code.

Form: P8PP70

Fair Minded^h³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Aidan Kelly| T: D McDonogh| OR: 80

10/1

One win from 25 NH runs. Fifteen runs since last win in 2020. Tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Thurles (15.9f, good to soft) 30 days ago. Hood back on. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 00-9640

Hide Out^p,t⁵³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: C Owens⁽⁴⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 80

33/1

Remains a maiden after 18 NH runs. 25/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy) 53 days ago, beaten before 3 out.

Form: 0/3PFP-P

Ringhill Lady³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Liam McKenna| T: J J Lambe| OR: 80

40/1

28/1, fifteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, heavy) 35 days ago.

Form: 150-P90

Wee Small Hours^t⁹²

Age: 13| Weight: 10-13| J: Dillon Maxwell| T: M Rice| OR: 80

25/1

Two wins from 55 NH runs. Thirty-two runs since last win in 2018. Below form ninth of 16 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Gowran (16f, soft) 92 days ago.

Form: 3246-79

Non-Runners

Listenheretomejack²⁰

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: E Doyle J: Reserve 1

War Thunder¹¹

Weight: 11-2| Age: 4

T: D J Ryan J: Reserve 2

Beeverstown Bullet¹¹

Weight: 11-11| Age: 8

T: M A Cahill J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Little Mixup (3/1), Caoimhes Pet (5/1), Pepperocco (6/1), Maggie Walsh (17/2), Thefaithfulindian (10/1), Fair Minded (10/1), Beeverstown Bullet (10/1), Ramble On Muller (12/1), Blossom De Mai (12/1), Molly Kaye (16/1), Eltico (16/1), Gold Haven (22/1), Wee Small Hours (25/1), Dixon Line (28/1), Bavarian Girl (28/1), Hide Out (33/1), Will It Be You (33/1), Plusthevat (33/1), Ringhill Lady (40/1), Duhallow Rainbow (40/1), Aliunde (50/1), Kanors Girl (50/1), Up She Flew (50/1), Listenheretomejack (50/1), War Thunder (50/1)

It may be worth chancing MAGGIE WALSH, who didn't disgrace herself in a C&D novice event recently and was a good third off this mark at Fairyhouse in October. Pepperocco is entitled to come on for her reappearance spin at Naas and is worth a second look, while the likes of Ramble On Muller and Up She Flew could improve now pitched into handicap company. Little Mixup won well at Limerick the other day but is not an obvious type to follow up.