15:45 Listowel

Sunday 17 September 2023

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Dairygold Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:45 | Winning time: 5m 59.9s

Atacanter¹⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 104

9/2

Fair hurdler. 11/1, below form eighth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Ayr (24.3f, good) 149 days ago. Remains a maiden after 7 hurdle runs.

Form: 0052U8-

Just Three

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

66/1

Soldier of Fortune gelding. Half-brother to poor chaser Kildrum. Dam unraced. Betting can prove an accurate indicator.

Form:

Misty's Gift²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Mullins| T: D H Kelly| OR: 114

9/2

Fair hurdler. 7/1, pulled up in novice chase at Ballinrobe (23f, good to soft) on his debut over fences 20 days ago, never going well after an early error. Quickly reverted to hurdles. The form choice.

Form: 32F3UP

Ollie La Ba Ba^t¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: R Deegan| T: E McCarthy

25/1

Tongue strap on, fifth of 11 in novice hurdle at Bellewstown (20.4f, good, 22/1) on NH debut 18 days ago. Not ruled out if building on that initial effort.

Form: P-P5

Silver Gazette²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 109

5/4

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 10 hurdle runs. 10/1, first run since leaving John Patrick Ryan when creditable second of 12 in novice hurdle at Tramore (21.4f, good to soft) 28 days ago. In the mix.

Form: 56506-2

The Empty Kettel³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: G J Power

28/1

Once-raced maiden. 125/1, fourth of 14 in novice hurdle at Tramore (16f, heavy) on NH debut 30 days ago, well positioned. Significantly up in trip and not ruled out.

Form: P-4

Costaweefortune²²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: C Coakley| OR: 80

100/1

Poor hurdler. Seventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (20.2f, good to soft, 28/1) 22 days ago. Remains a maiden after 8 hurdle runs.

Form: 40640-7

Dixies Girl¹¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Arthur Goulding| D

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 15 in bumper at Ballinrobe (16.2f, good, 66/1) 110 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip.

Form: F21-4P7

Meyo⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney

12/1

Twice-raced maiden. 100/1, sixth of 16 in novice hurdle at Galway (21f, good to soft) 46 days ago. Needs to take a step forward.

Form: 56

Signora Di Milano^p²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

14/1

7/2, went backwards from her stable debut when fourth of 9 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (17.8f, good) 20 days ago. Significantly up in trip now and she's worth another chance.

Form: P5-024

True Or False¹²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: B W Harvey⁽³⁾| T: D McNamara

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 10/1 and blinkered for 1st time, below form fifth of 13 in hunter chase at Downpatrick (23.5f, good to soft) 121 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles with more required.

Form: 44P2-35

Workforadime^t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: C Byrnes| OR: 103

15/2

Fair maiden hurdler. Off 12 weeks before fading fifth of 12 in novice hurdle (10/1) at Wexford (24f, soft) 16 days ago. Tongue strap back on. Can take a step forward.

Form: 05-6485

Non-Runners

Athgaine Monarch²³

Weight: 11-12| Age: 8

T: A Sexton J: Harry Sexton

Loughrask Sunrise

Weight: 11-5| Age: 6

T: B McMahon J: J J Slevin

Forecasts

Silver Gazette (5/4), Atacanter (9/2), Misty's Gift (9/2), Workforadime (15/2), Meyo (12/1), Signora Di Milano (14/1), Ollie La Ba Ba (25/1), Dixies Girl (28/1), The Empty Kettel (28/1), Loughrask Sunrise (33/1), True Or False (50/1), Just Three (66/1), Athgaine Monarch (66/1), Costaweefortune (100/1)

MISTY'S GIFT made an inauspicious start over fences when pulled up at Ballinrobe but is fancied to bounce back in style now quickly returned to this sphere and gain a deserved first success. Silver Gazette made an encouraging start for his new yard when runner-up at Tramore and is next on the list ahead of the lightly-raced pair Ollie La Ba Ba and Signora Di Milano.