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Tuesday 2 May 2023

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Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 16:45 | Winning time: 4m 9.70s

Emeric¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Gilligan⁽⁴⁾| T: P W Flynn

20/1

Fairly useful winner at 11f on flat. 10/11, won 14-runner handicap at Dundalk (10.7f) 18 days ago. Makes hurdles debut and much respected.

Form: 0-

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Laelaps^h³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: E Walsh| T: A McNamara

7/1

Promising individual. Useful winner at 8f on flat. Fourteenth of 27 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, heavy, 25/1) 38 days ago, very slowly away. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Considered.

Form: 7-

Star Harbour²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: A McGuinness| OR: 115

5/2

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Useful winner at 10f on flat. Pulled up in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) 22 days ago, ridden from 3 out. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 983P-

Arnacoeur¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Tom Kelly⁽⁴⁾| T: D E Fitzgerald

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Third of 13 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (15f, good to soft, 80/1) on hurdles bow 12 days ago. Can build on it now.

Form: 803-

Celtic Scraks^h²⁸¹

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

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Hooded for 1st time, last of 9 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Galway (16.6f, good to soft). Off 9 months.

Form: P9-

Flemansflick¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Gary Noonan⁽²⁾| T: E McCarthy

200/1

Once-raced maiden. Eleventh of 13 in novice hurdle at Tramore (20.3f, soft, 100/1) on NH debut 16 days ago.

Form: 0-

Glencourt Valley¹⁷⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: K Callaghan⁽⁴⁾| T: L P Cusack

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Last of 6 in bumper (100/1) at Navan (16f, soft) on NH debut 170 days ago. Makes hurdles debut with plenty to find.

Form: 6-

In For The Night¹⁸

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

25/1

Once-raced maiden. 14/1, sixth of 12 in novice hurdle at this course (17.4f, soft) on NH debut 18 days ago, not knocked about. Can do better.

Form: 6-

Lucid Dreams¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Liam Quinlan⁽²⁾| T: J P Ryan

9/4

Promising type. Second at Fakenham on her hurdling bow before coming in third of 8 in bumper at this course (17.4f, soft) 18 days ago. Has more to offer. Player.

Form: 23-

Make The Plan⁶⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Richard Condon⁽²⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 107

7/2

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 10/1, fifteenth of 21 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.5f, good to soft) 65 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 30/850-

Max Time⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: J P Shinnick⁽⁴⁾| T: I Madden

150/1

Pulled up in novice hurdle (100/1) at Thurles (21f, heavy) on hurdles bow 50 days ago, pulled up before 2 out. Back down in trip.

Form: 08789P-

Men Of Dreams¹¹

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

17/2

Fair maiden on the Flat. Promising sort. 16/1, third of 12 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 11 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 3-

Walkonthebriteside²¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Philip Byrnes⁽²⁾| T: S Curling

14/1

Once-raced maiden. 7/1, seventh of 11 in bumper at Galway (16.7f, soft) on NH debut. Off 7 months. Makes hurdles debut. Stable having good spell so he's no forlorn hope.

Form: 7-

Comeragh Belle^h1¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁴⁾| T: M Flannery

150/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice hurdle (80/1) at Kilbeggan (15f, good to soft) 12 days ago, pulled up after 3 out. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 6P-

Effernock Dieubon^b1²³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Corey McGivern⁽⁴⁾| T: C Collins

125/1

Once-raced maiden. First run since leaving Miss Katy Brown when pulled up in novice hurdle at Plumpton (15.9f, good, 40/1) on NH debut 23 days ago, pulled up straight. Blinkered for 1st time. RESERVE

Form: P-

Non-Runners

Eddierocket¹⁴

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: N Lee J: Kieren Buckley

Le Sin Bin¹²¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: W J O'Doherty J: Reserve 2

El Champo⁵¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: P J Rothwell J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Lucid Dreams (9/4), Star Harbour (5/2), Make The Plan (7/2), Laelaps (7/1), Men Of Dreams (17/2), Walkonthebriteside (14/1), Emeric (20/1), Arnacoeur (25/1), In For The Night (25/1), Eddierocket (25/1), Le Sin Bin (50/1), El Champo (50/1), Effernock Dieubon (125/1), Max Time (150/1), Glencourt Valley (150/1), Comeragh Belle (150/1), Flemansflick (200/1), Celtic Scraks (200/1)

The market can reveal plenty but LUCID DREAMS has shown enough when second on her hurdling bow and when a recent bumper third here to suggest she can open her account. Kilbeggan-third Men of Dreams and hurdling-newcomer Emeric could emerge as the chief threats to the selection in a very open contest.