13:35 Listowel

Friday 22 September 2023

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John J. Galvin Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:36 | Winning time: 5m 20.60s

Applicationofcash¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Curling

150/1

Well held completed start over hurdles.

Form: PPP-U9

Bright Lad¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: A P Heskin| T: F Costello

250/1

No form in bumpers/maiden hurdles. Up in trip.

Form: U00/P9-0

Clyde The Glide¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: P G Kelly

250/1

Little show in hunter chase (bled) and maiden hurdles.

Form: 3080/00

Due Course²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr J P O'Rourke⁽⁷⁾| T: P O'Rourke

100/1

Pulled up in 2 points and just mid-division both starts over hurdles.

Form: P-P58

Just Three⁵

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

8/1

66/1, shaped well when second of 12 in maiden hurdle at this course (24f, good to soft) on NH debut 5 days ago, staying on having travelled fluently. Open to improvement.

Form: 2

Now Is The Hour⁷¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

25/1

Winning pointer who was well held in maiden hurdle at Downpatrick (17.8f, good, 7/1) on Rules debut 71 days ago.

Form: 12-8

Padraigs Boy⁴⁸⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: Ms Alice Curran| OR: 86

66/1

Produced best effort to date in first-time cheekpieces when third in 11-runner maiden (33/1) at Wexford (20f, good to soft). Not seen for 16 months, though.

Form: 00/83-

Secrecies Of Stone²⁷⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: P Nolan

12/1

Walk In The Park gelding. Half-brother to useful hurdler Whatsavailable, stays 3m, and fair hurdler Dympnas Well. Failed to complete both starts in points, every chance when fell last latest (Dec 2022).

Form: P/F-

So Original^h1⁵⁰⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mike O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: H De Bromhead

33/1

Showed a bit more than on hurdling when fifth in 10-runner maiden at Downpatrick (21.8f, soft). Off 16 months. Hooded on for 1st time.

Form: P38/5-

Soldat Flamboyant³⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: A McCurtin| T: D G Murphy

200/1

Runner-up on second of 2 starts in points but was well held in a Tipperary maiden hurdle on Rules debut 20 days ago.

Form: 6/20-

Sonny Fella³⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J S McGarvey| T: W M Roper

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Tenth of 11 in bumper at Galway (16.7f, soft, 50/1). Off 11 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 50-

Tag Man^t²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 128| BF

4/6

Fairly useful hurdler who again ran well in a first-time tongue strap when second in 6-runner novice at Killarney (22.8f, soft, 15/8) 28 days ago. Leading claims.

Form: 4234-22

Talk In The Park¹⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Mullins| T: Ms M Mullins

7/1

Hasn't gone on from a promising bumper debut and now tries hurdling.

Form: 220-

The Dooner Citizen

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Alan O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan

125/1

Dansant gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including modest hurdler Citizen's Army and Frontline Citizen. Dam ran once in point.

Form:

Ballerina Boxer²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: B W Harvey⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell

66/1

Steadily progressive in bumpers but more required now hurdling.

Form: 30-84

Colline Fleurie¹⁵⁹

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

66/1

€9,000 3-y-o, Hillstar mare. Dam unraced. Off mark in points at second attempt (Apr 16).

Form: 21-

River Tara⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| BF

3/1

Bumper winner who was let down by her jumping when third in 11-runner maiden at Wexford (16.7f, soft) on hurdles bow 42 days ago. Should improve.

Form: P/52-13

Shindilla²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Peter Fahey

150/1

Looks one for handicaps later on.

Form: 90

Forecasts

Tag Man (4/6), River Tara (3/1), Talk In The Park (7/1), Just Three (8/1), Secrecies Of Stone (12/1), Now Is The Hour (25/1), So Original (33/1), Ballerina Boxer (66/1), Padraigs Boy (66/1), Colline Fleurie (66/1), Due Course (100/1), The Dooner Citizen (125/1), Shindilla (150/1), Applicationofcash (150/1), Sonny Fella (200/1), Soldat Flamboyant (200/1), Clyde The Glide (250/1), Bright Lad (250/1)

This looks a good opportunity for TAG MAN, who's run to a fairly useful level on all but 1 of his 6 starts over hurdles. River Tara was let down by her jumping on her debut in this sphere at Wexford but should prove capable of better, while Just Three also enters calculations having shaped well at this venue last week.