15:07 Galway

Saturday 28 October 2023

All13:5714:3215:0715:4216:1716:5217:22

Corrib Oil Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:07 | Winning time: 4m 19.6s

Ask The Bookie⁵⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D King⁽³⁾| T: G Scott

66/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Last of 21 in bumper (80/1) at Punchestown (18f, good to soft) on bumper debut. Off 18 months. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: P20/

Ataboycharlie

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: E Cawley

40/1

Make Believe gelding. Half-brother to 2 winners, including fair 2m hurdle winner Versin Getorix.

Form:

Barton Snow¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss M M McElligott⁽⁷⁾| T: William P Murphy

25/1

9/2, sixth of 9 in bumper at Tramore (16f, heavy) 16 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 222836

Beau Walking²¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Mrs J Harrington

8/11

Runner-up completed start in points (Mar 25). Joined a good stable and betting should help guide to expectations on Rules debut.

Form: F2-

Ca Plane Pour Moi¹⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: Colm Murphy

12/1

Third sole start in points (May 7). One to note in the market now hurdling.

Form: 3

Folly Master¹⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: P J Carberry| T: J T R Dreaper

33/1

Got off the mark in points at the second time of asking in May. The betting should provide clues as to what's anticipated now hurdling.

Form: 6-1

Snow Punt¹⁷⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: A P Heskin| T: Brendan Walsh

125/1

Once-raced maiden. 22/1, thirteenth of 15 in bumper at Tipperary (18f, heavy) on NH debut 177 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: F1-0

Superdermo³⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Alix Balfe⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell

100/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventeenth of 19 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, soft, 250/1). Off 11 months.

Form: PP/0-

Three In A Row¹⁹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: A L T Moore

50/1

Twice-raced maiden. Ninth of 18 in novice hurdle (40/1) at Tipperary (20.2f, soft). Off 6 months.

Form: 09-

Waterford Whispers²⁰²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mark Walsh| T: H De Bromhead

11/4

Promising type. Seventh of 21 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, good to soft, 18/1) on debut in April. Open to progress for leading connections.

Form: 7-

Colline Fleurie⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: Brendan Walsh

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. Last of 18 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Limerick (16f, heavy) 6 days ago.

Form: 21-P0

Down The Park²³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: B Connell| BF

5/1

Third in a bumper last December. 11/4, could only manage a well-held fifth on Leopardstown hurdle/stable debut in March but it's early days.

Form: 35-

Non-Runners

Pour Les Filles¹⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Jack Kennedy

Forecasts

Beau Walking (8/11), Pour Les Filles (6/4), Waterford Whispers (11/4), Down The Park (5/1), Ca Plane Pour Moi (12/1), Barton Snow (25/1), Folly Master (33/1), Ataboycharlie (40/1), Three In A Row (50/1), Ask The Bookie (66/1), Superdermo (100/1), Snow Punt (125/1), Colline Fleurie (150/1)

Useful bumper winner POUR LES FILLES made a promising start to his hurdle career when third in a decent race at Punchestown recently and this looks an ideal opportunity for him to build on that. Waterford Whispers showed plenty on his debut back in the spring and might be the one to follow Gordon Elliott's charge home unless the betting speaks in the favour of Jessica Harrington point recruit Beau Walking.