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Tuesday 2 May 2023

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Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 17:18 | Winning time: 4m 12.90s

Humanitarian^t⁵⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁴⁾| T: J J Hanlon

150/1

Regressive on Flat. 100/1, first run since leaving Stuart Williams when eighth of 15 in maiden at Thurles (16.4f, heavy) on hurdle debut 50 days ago

Form: 8-

Irish Envoy³⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J P O'Sullivan| T: Liz Doyle

16/1

Twice-raced winner in bumpers. Fourteenth of 15 in bumper (7/1) at Punchestown (16.4f, good to soft). Off 12 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 10/

Pro Bono³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Donovan⁽²⁾| T: C W J Farrell

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 9/2, creditable sixth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (12f) 39 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. 2/15 on last hurdle run.

Form: 044/2-

Singing The Blues¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Mark McDonagh⁽²⁾| T: E McNamara

50/1

Once-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 16f on flat. First run since leaving Rod Millman when tenth of 12 in novice hurdle at this course (17.4f, soft, 66/1) on NH debut 18 days ago.

Form: 0-

Banntown Girl^p,t¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Philip Byrnes⁽²⁾| T: S G Carey| OR: 117| BF

8/13

Fairly useful hurdler. Remains a maiden after 7 hurdle runs. Respectable second of 13 in novice hurdle (8/11) at this course (17.4f, soft) 18 days ago, no match for winner. The one to beat.

Form: 3/42302-

Conyers Hill²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: B W Harvey⁽²⁾| T: P Nolan

5/2

Promising type. Good third of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.6f, heavy, 11/1) 26 days ago. Should progress.

Form: 4/95833-

Dotie Boy¹⁰⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J P Shinnick⁽⁴⁾| T: D Cullen

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. 250/1, twentieth of 22 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16f, heavy) 107 days ago.

Form: 00-

Leis Fein⁵⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: E Dwan⁽⁴⁾| T: V T O'Brien

125/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Thurles (21f, heavy, 66/1) 50 days ago, pulled up before 2 out. Down in trip.

Form: 5080/P-

Marciano²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁴⁾| T: E J O'Grady

6/1

Promising sort. 22/1, fifth of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.6f, heavy) on NH debut 26 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 5-

Old Lonesome Me^t¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Daniel King⁽²⁾| T: P G Kelly

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 125/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, eleventh of 12 in novice hurdle at this course (17.4f, soft) 18 days ago.

Form: 0P0-

Ounce Of Gold⁷²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽⁴⁾| T: P A Fahy

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Fifteenth of 22 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Punchestown (20f, good to soft) 72 days ago.

Form: 9/80F0-

Thornleigh Frank¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: D Butler⁽⁴⁾| T: M Fahey

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. First run since leaving B. R. Hamilton when seventh of 14 in novice hurdle (40/1) at Kilbeggan (19.2f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 11 days ago.

Form: 8/857-

Too Easy Mate¹⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁴⁾| T: D E Fitzgerald

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. 150/1, eighteenth of 23 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 177 days ago.

Form: 00-

Brogue Belle^h²⁹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Gary Noonan⁽²⁾| T: N Lee

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 13 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Sligo (16.9f, good to soft). Off 9 months.

Form: 600-

Dreamscomethrough

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: E Walsh| T: A McNamara

33/1

€35,000 3-y-o, Kingston Hill mare. Half-sister to numerous winners, including bumper winner/useful hurdler Ribble Valley and useful 2m hurdle winner Bombs Away. Some paper appeal. Check the betting.

Form:

Non-Runners

Electric Eddy

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: Mrs P Dobbs J: Reserve 1

Got Arc Eye

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: Brendan Walsh J: Reserve 2

Madhenry

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: F Feeney J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Banntown Girl (8/13), Conyers Hill (5/2), Marciano (6/1), Pro Bono (14/1), Irish Envoy (16/1), Madhenry (25/1), Got Arc Eye (25/1), Electric Eddy (25/1), Dreamscomethrough (33/1), Thornleigh Frank (50/1), Singing The Blues (50/1), Ounce Of Gold (100/1), Leis Fein (125/1), Humanitarian (150/1), Too Easy Mate (150/1), Dotie Boy (150/1), Old Lonesome Me (150/1), Brogue Belle (150/1)

BANNTOWN GIRL let favourite backers down here last time but has the best form and gets one more chance. Conyers Hill is shaping up nicely and can give the selection most to do ahead of Marciano, who showed promise when fifth on last month's Clonmel debut.