14:00 Limerick

Tuesday 30 January 2024

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Limerick Racecourse Opportunity Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:00 | Winning time: 4m 49.60s

Ah Fuhgeddaboudit¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Daniel King| T: D Hogan| OR: 102

10/11

Fair hurdler. Creditable third of 14 in novice hurdle (9/2) at Clonmel (16.5f, heavy) 19 days ago. Should be in the thick of things.

Form: 46-6583

Chatterbox^h1³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽²⁾| T: J J Murphy

17/2

Fair maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden over hurdles. Eighteenth of 28 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft, 125/1) on NH debut 35 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 0

Dreamz¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Richard Condon⁽²⁾| T: T O'Brien

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 20/1, first run since leaving Brian Nolan when ninth of 14 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.5f, heavy) on hurdles bow 19 days ago. Should progress.

Form: 724/3-9

Flickering Ellie^p³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Gary Noonan⁽²⁾| T: E McCarthy

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. 250/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, thirteenth of 15 in novice hurdle at this C&D (heavy) 33 days ago.

Form: P0

Inatosha²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: J P O'Sullivan| T: A McCann

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Nineteenth of 22 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy, 200/1) 24 days ago. Can only be watched.

Form: U00

Ixigreczed⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Liam Quinlan| T: E Seymour

50/1

Bathyrhon mare. Runner-up on second of 3 starts in points. Last of 16 in bumper at Thurles (15.9f, good to soft, 40/1) on NH debut 44 days ago, dropping away before end of backstraight. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: F240

Lep Around^h1⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: John Shinnick⁽⁴⁾| T: Miss M Harding

11/1

Jet Away mare. Half-sister to fairly useful hurdler Our Joey and modest hurdler Innis Shannon. Easily off mark in points at third attempt (Dec 3) and worth noting if the market speaks in her favour on hurdles debut. Hood fitted.

Form: P-F1

Mag Dillane³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mark McDonagh| T: E McNamara| OR: 101

13/8

Modest hurdler. 22/1, creditable fifth of 12 in handicap hurdle at this course (20f, heavy) 35 days ago. Claims on pick of form in this sphere.

Form: 7-72805

Noriska De La Mare⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Niall Moore⁽⁴⁾| T: P Fenton

14/1

28/1, twelfth of 16 in bumper at Thurles (15.9f, good to soft) 44 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 5/0-9430

Princess Fiadh¹¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: R P Geoghegan⁽⁴⁾| T: K A Heffernan

200/1

Once-raced maiden. 50/1, last of 8 in bumper at Galway (16.7f, heavy) on NH debut 119 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 8

Non-Runners

Justmadeit²⁹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: D Hogan J: Philip Donovan

Forecasts

Ah Fuhgeddaboudit (10/11), Mag Dillane (13/8), Chatterbox (17/2), Lep Around (11/1), Justmadeit (12/1), Noriska De La Mare (14/1), Dreamz (25/1), Ixigreczed (50/1), Inatosha (200/1), Princess Fiadh (200/1), Flickering Ellie (200/1)

AH FUHGEDDABOUDIT has often been highly tried over hurdles but this is one of her easiest assignments to date and, with her experience counting for a good deal, this could be her chance to get off the mark. Mag Dillane and recent point winner Lep Around head up the dangers.