13:50 Galway

Sunday 6 August 2023

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Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:50 | Winning time: 4m 0.20s

By Your Side²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Danny Gilligan⁽²⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 119| BF

18/1

Winner in hurdle at Naas in March. 4/1, bit below form sixth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Bellewstown (16.8f, good) 29 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 2132-26

Gold Speed^h⁶⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 12-0| J: B W Harvey| T: A Murray| OR: 116| C

6/1

C&D winner. 15/2, creditable sixth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22.4f, good) 69 days ago. Down in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 24574-6

Western Comandor^t1¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Liam Quinlan⁽²⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 115| D

50/1

Last of 4 in minor event chase at Killarney (17f, good, 50/1) 16 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Tongue strap on 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Others have achieved more.

Form: 351-4F4

Trebizond^t⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Cian Quirke⁽²⁾| T: R M Smith| OR: 114

40/1

Latest win in hurdle at Perth in May. Fourth of 7 in handicap hurdle (11/4) at the same course (16.2f, good) 43 days ago.

Form: 9/6F-114

Teed Up²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Conor Clarke⁽⁴⁾| T: E Mullins| OR: 113| CD

4/6

Promising sort. 5/2, second of 17 in handicap at this course (12f, good to soft) 2 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Winner of this race 12 months ago and will be a danger to all if he takes his chance.

Form: 8770/21-

Bythesametoken^t⁷⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: T P Harney⁽⁴⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 112

28/1

Fourth of 5 in handicap hurdle at Kelso (16.2f, good to firm, 5/1) 70 days ago. Looks competitive judged on previous effort at Ayr.

Form: 3U622-4

Bigz Belief^b,t¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: J Smith⁽⁴⁾| T: M J Smith| OR: 111

50/1

Latest win in hurdle at Sligo in June. Respectable eighth of 14 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Killarney (17f, good) 17 days ago.

Form: 07-5178

Bal De Rio⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Daniel King| T: D Hogan| OR: 110| D

14/1

Bit below form eighth of 19 in handicap at this course (16.5f, good to soft, 33/1) 4 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 5-61431

Stilyker⁵⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: K Callaghan⁽²⁾| T: W P Mullins| OR: 110| D

11/1

Career best when winning 14-runner handicap hurdle at Sligo (17.6f, good to soft, 11/4) 54 days ago, always holding on. 8 lb higher mark to contend with but needs considering all the same.

Form: 04P/1-01

Boom Boom Boom^p⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Philip Byrnes⁽²⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 107

50/1

Unseated rider in handicap hurdle at this course (16.6f, soft, 28/1) 6 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 33U/05U

Wee Charlie¹¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Kieren Buckley| T: T Gibney| OR: 103| BF

11/1

Winner in hurdle at Naas in March. 5/2, good 4¼ lengths second of 8 to Bal De Rio in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.4f, soft) 114 days ago (reportedly bled). Each-way chance.

Form: 355212-

Tipp For Mac^t1¹⁰⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Gary Noonan⁽²⁾| T: T Cooper| OR: 102

25/1

9/2, respectable sixth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (15f, good to soft) 108 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 4673U6-

Saraqael³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: Aidan Kelly⁽²⁾| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 100| C

20/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Switches from Flat to hurdles. 12/18 on last hurdle outing. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Easy to look elsewhere. RESERVE.

Form: 000-

Warm In Gorey²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 98

14/1

Winner in hurdle at Punchestown in June. 5/1, good second of 10 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (16.9f, good) 28 days ago. On the upgrade recently. RESERVE.

Form: 52-0212

Non-Runners

Hearts Are Trumps¹²

Weight: 11-13| Age: 10

T: D McDonogh J: Aidan Kelly

Dalton Highway²⁵

Weight: 11-11| Age: 10

T: D K Weld J: Non Runner

Vultan²

Weight: 11-11| Age: 6

T: A J Martin J: Non Runner

Mighty Mo Missouri²

Weight: 11-8| Age: 4

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Conor Smithers

Low Lie The Fields¹⁰²

Weight: 11-7| Age: 9

T: H De Bromhead J: Mike O'Connor

Vale Of Glory¹⁷

Weight: 11-4| Age: 8

T: A Murray J: Eoin G Kelly

Aurora Princess²

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: E Mullins J: Non Runner

Hidalgo Des Mottes²⁹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: E Griffin J: Gavin Brouder

Mr Sundancer¹⁷

Weight: 10-12| Age: 5

T: J J Hanlon J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Teed Up (4/6), Aurora Princess (11/2), Gold Speed (6/1), Hearts Are Trumps (8/1), Hidalgo Des Mottes (8/1), Stilyker (11/1), Wee Charlie (11/1), Dalton Highway (12/1), Bal De Rio (14/1), Warm In Gorey (14/1), Vultan (16/1), By Your Side (18/1), Saraqael (20/1), Low Lie The Fields (20/1), Mighty Mo Missouri (20/1), Vale Of Glory (20/1), Tipp For Mac (25/1), Bythesametoken (28/1), Trebizond (40/1), Bigz Belief (50/1), Boom Boom Boom (50/1), Western Comandor (50/1), Mr Sundancer (50/1)

TEED UP landed this prize last year just three days after finishing second at the same meeting and is taken to repeat the dose, having gone close in a valuable handicap on the Flat here on Friday evening. He remains open to improvement in this sphere. Stilyker improved when scoring at Sligo and while this is a much tougher assignment, he is respected and is next on the list ahead of Hidalgo des Mottes.