14:55 Limerick

Sunday 24 March 2024

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Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:55 | Winning time: 4m 32.80s

Champagne Mahler²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Daire James McConville| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 113| BF| D

4/1

Respectable fourth of 16 in handicap hurdle (3/1) at Naas (15.6f, heavy) 28 days ago. Should give another good account but others look slightly better treated.

Form: P53014

Desert Friend⁴³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-13| J: Eoin G Kelly⁽²⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 112| D

17/2

18/1, very good third of 10 in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.8f, heavy) 43 days ago. Can't be ruled out.

Form: 1P5P03

Zeeband^t²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: J G Gilligan| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 106| D

10/3

11/2, career best when winning 15-runner novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, soft) 21 days ago, always holding on. Can make presence felt.

Form: 503261

Snapius³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Peter Smithers| T: J Nash| OR: 104| C| D

22/1

Winner in hurdle at Cork in March 2023. Last of 9 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f, 28/1) 39 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Pulled up on last hurdle run. Plenty to prove at present.

Form: 3510-8P

Mag Dillane⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Niall Moore| T: E McNamara| OR: 102| CD

13/2

Career best when winning 10-runner novice hurdle at this course (16f, heavy, 13/8) 54 days ago. May do better still and makes plenty of appeal returned to handicap company.

Form: 728051

Cosmic Rock^p,t⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: Tom Kelly| T: E McCarthy| OR: 99| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, eleventh of 15 in handicap chase at Thurles (20.3f, heavy, 10/1) 8 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Others make more appeal.

Form: 1/55370

Surf Club^t³²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean Cleary-Farrell⁽²⁾| T: W P Mullins| OR: 98

13/2

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 33/1, last of 6 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (20.2f, heavy) 32 days ago. Well treated based on bumper form and will be of interest on handicap debut if the market speaks in his favour.

Form: 3556

Diamond Dollar²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: Kevin A Murphy⁽⁴⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 95

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Below form tenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, soft, 25/1) 21 days ago, left poorly placed. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 007P0

Spavango³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: T P Harney| T: E McCarthy| OR: 95

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Sixth of 10 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16f, heavy, 125/1) 38 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Likely to do better.

Form: 076

Grace Faraday^h¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Shane Fenelon| T: A McCann| OR: 91

9/2

7/1, creditable third of 18 in handicap hurdle at this course (22.3f, heavy) 14 days ago. Back down in trip. Shortlist material.

Form: 5-87483

Cristiano Marealdo^p¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-4| J: Conor Owens⁽²⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 89| D

22/1

Winner in hurdle at Naas in December. 14/1, bit below form sixth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.5f, heavy) 14 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 99-P186

Oscar Tonic³⁰⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-0| J: John Shinnick| T: E F Gallagher| OR: 85

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 33/1, first run since leaving James Joseph Mangan when sixth of 12 in novice hurdle at Wexford (20f, good to soft). Off 10 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 4153P/6

Forecasts

Zeeband (10/3), Champagne Mahler (4/1), Grace Faraday (9/2), Surf Club (13/2), Mag Dillane (13/2), Desert Friend (17/2), Cosmic Rock (16/1), Diamond Dollar (18/1), Snapius (22/1), Cristiano Marealdo (22/1), Spavango (33/1), Oscar Tonic (66/1)

MAG DILLANE was well supported and upped her game to open her account over hurdles in a maiden here last time so, with her mark only marginally altered since, she's worth a chance to go in again. Zeeband is an obvious danger and Surf Club will be a major player if he can get close to his bumper form on handicap debut.