14:10 Listowel

Saturday 23 September 2023

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Allman Contracts Novice Hurdle

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 5m 14.80s

What Path⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Danny Mullins| T: W P Mullins| OR: 135

4/1

Promising type. 2 wins from 3 runs this season before excellent second of 8 in novice hurdle at Galway (20.7f, good to soft, 9/2) 51 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 21P-112

High Class Hero⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| CD

8/11

Winning pointer who has looked a very good prospect in landing a Listowel bumper and 16-runner novice at Galway (21f, good to soft, 4/5) on hisnhurdles bow 52 days ago. Most interesting.

Form: 2P1/11

Reverend Hubert²⁶

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

13/2

Fairly useful winner at 16f on Flat. Won 9-runner novice hurdle at Downpatrick (21.7f, good, 8/15) 26 days ago with plenty in hand. Should progress further so he's in the mix.

Form: 231

Sequestered³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

33/1

Fair hurdler. 9/1, career best when winning 14-runner novice hurdle at Sligo (20.6f, good to soft) 31 days ago. This demands plenty more, though.

Form: 7-35541

Pink In The Park⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Brian Hayes| T: W P Mullins| OR: 125| C

6/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 2 wins from 3 runs this season. Creditable third of 8 in novice hurdle (7/1) at Galway (20.7f, good to soft) 51 days ago. Needs considering.

Form: 253-113

Baltic Bird^h²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Richard Condon⁽⁵⁾| T: W Durkan| OR: 123

14/1

Promising type. Fairly useful winner at 11f on Flat. Very good second of 7 in novice hurdle (11/2) at Kilbeggan (19f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 4-F412

Non-Runners

Gortmillish⁷²

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: G Elliott J: Jack Kennedy

Mister Twist⁷⁶

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: P Fenton J: Niall Moore

Forecasts

High Class Hero (8/11), What Path (4/1), Pink In The Park (6/1), Reverend Hubert (13/2), Gortmillish (10/1), Baltic Bird (14/1), Mister Twist (25/1), Sequestered (33/1)

Willie Mullins looks to hold a strong hand and his impressive Galway debut hurdles winner HIGH CLASS HERO is taken to edge out stablemate What Path in this cracking novice hurdle. Baltic Bird and Reverend Hubert both have better days ahead of them too and can't be discounted while Mullins's likely third string Pink In The Park is no forlorn hope either.