14:22 Clonmel

Thursday 7 December 2023

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Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 14:25 | Winning time: 6m 9.50s

Bite That¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: J G Gilligan| T: P J Flynn| OR: 95

9/1

One win from 24 NH runs. Eleven runs since last win in 2022. Excuses when ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy, 13/2) 16 days ago. In good form prior to that so worth another chance.

Form: 60-7339

Kitsilano²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: T P Harney| T: J J Murphy| OR: 94

10/3

28/1, creditable tenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Cheltenham (16.4f, soft) 20 days ago.

Form: 5-75770

Kopon^p,t²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Patrick M O'Brien| T: G O'Loughlin| OR: 87

8/1

13/2, off 12 months when eleventh of 20 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, heavy) 26 days ago. Should come on for that.

Form: 08/401-0

Perfect Pupil²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Daire James McConville| T: S McConville| OR: 87

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Sixteenth of 19 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Down Royal (16.9f, soft) 26 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 330-000

Always Enchanting¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Conor Clarke| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 85

8/1

9/1, respectable seventh of 14 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 16 days ago.

Form: 8/070-77

Gendarme^t⁴⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: C L Walsh⁽²⁾| T: C Coakley| OR: 85

50/1

40/1, respectable eighth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, heavy) 47 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0-46P48

Perfectway⁹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: E M O'Sullivan⁽²⁾| T: E Griffin| OR: 85

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Below form seventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (19f, good, 80/1) 90 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 8-09P7

Kadys Dirha^b⁵³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: N J Ryan| T: T P O'Connor| OR: 84

22/1

Fourteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Cork (19f, good to soft, 33/1) 53 days ago.

Form: P6P-5P0

Mollys Dream^p1²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Ben Kennedy⁽²⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 84

100/1

Eighth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (20f, heavy, 50/1) 20 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 3/P90-08

Cornmarket^p²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: D Moloney| T: M Flannery| OR: 83

14/1

22/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, good fourth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (20f, heavy) 20 days ago. 3

Form: 00-0044

Kate Ill Know²¹⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-2| J: Shane Fenelon| T: D Budds| OR: 83| C

11/1

Below form sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.1f, soft, 10/1). Off 7 months. First run for yard after leaving Miss D. M. O'Shea.

Form: 38/637-6

Eddies Pride^h,t³⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: R P Geoghegan| T: N Lee| OR: 80

18/1

12/1, sixth of 9 in handicap chase at Galway (22.5f, heavy) 39 days ago, not knocked about. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 85127-6

The Big Cloud²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Peter Smithers| T: S Crawley| OR: 86

13/8

Lightly-raced maiden. Eighth of 20 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Gowran (20f, heavy) 26 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 9090-8

Chosen Shant^t¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Conor Owens⁽²⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 84

28/1

First run since leaving Ian Williams when pulled up in handicap hurdle at Limerick (24.4f, heavy, 33/1) 16 days ago, dropping away before 3 out. Down in trip. RESERVE.

Form: 32489/P

Non-Runners

Western Model³⁰

Weight: 11-10| Age: 4

T: P Nolan J: Conor Smithers

Jimli's Cave²⁶

Weight: 11-8| Age: 5

T: R K Watson J: P J Cawley

Pana To Milan⁹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: M Winters J: John Shinnick

Gamigin⁴¹

Weight: 11-3| Age: 5

T: N C Kelly J: Tom Kelly

Knocknaconnery¹⁴

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: S Curling J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

The Big Cloud (13/8), Kitsilano (10/3), Western Model (11/2), Gamigin (6/1), Always Enchanting (8/1), Kopon (8/1), Bite That (9/1), Kate Ill Know (11/1), Pana To Milan (12/1), Cornmarket (14/1), Eddies Pride (18/1), Jimli's Cave (20/1), Kadys Dirha (22/1), Chosen Shant (28/1), Perfectway (40/1), Gendarme (50/1), Perfect Pupil (66/1), Mollys Dream (100/1)

It's best to overlook BITE THAT's previous run (stumbled home turn) so is worth another chance to build on his decent comeback run at Tramore. Pana To Milan and Kopon head the dangers.