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Sunday 21 April 2024

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Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:16 | Winning time: 5m 22.80s

Crooked Tannie^t1⁴⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Carl Millar⁽⁴⁾| T: C Collins| OR: 120| BF

2/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Below form third of 15 in novice hurdle (4/9) at Leopardstown (16f, soft) 49 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Tongue strap on 1st time and up to playing a part on pick of his form.

Form: 315923

Kings Prince⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁴⁾| T: E Sheehy

150/1

Fair handicapper at best on Flat (stays 15f), down the field last 2 starts (on return/stable debut on latest). Likely best watched now attentions switch to tackling timber for the first time.

Form:

Diamond Duke

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Gavin Brouder| T: M F Morris

33/1

Diamond Boy gelding. Dam (c116/h120), 2m hurdle/chase winner, half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stays 2½m) Whoshotthesheriff. Interesting what the betting makes of him on debut.

Form:

On The Tide¹⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Cian Quirke⁽²⁾| T: S Neville| OR: 98

20/1

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 8 hurdle runs. 28/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Thurles (20.6f, soft) 150 days ago, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out.

Form: 6-3700P

Pat The Carraig¹¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: E M O'Sullivan⁽⁴⁾| T: Dermot P O'Brien

80/1

Once-raced maiden. 28/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at this course (21.6f, heavy) on NH debut 111 days ago, never travelling well and pulled up after 4 out.

Form: P

Pirate Island²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Niall Moore⁽⁴⁾| T: P Fenton| OR: 108| BF

4/1

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 7 hurdle runs. 2/1, bit below form fourth of 10 in novice hurdle at Cork (24.4f, heavy) 20 days ago. Drop back in trip may well see him in a better light here.

Form: F33244

Prince Palace²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Richard Condon⁽²⁾| T: P A Fahy| OR: 117

5/2

Fairly useful hurdler. Bit below form ninth of 16 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy) 21 days ago, no extra between last 2. Good claims on pick of form in this sphere.

Form: 252379

Rocco Boyo¹⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Eoin G Kelly⁽⁴⁾| T: A Murray

12/1

Fair form at best in bumpers and offered something to work on sent hurdling when third of 5 in a maiden hurdle at Punchestown (22f, soft) 147 days ago. Entitled to do better.

Form: 9233

Wepushourlucksofar¹⁶¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: D Moloney⁽⁴⁾| T: N F Glynn

16/1

€13,000 3-y-o, Mahler gelding. Dam, showed nothing over hurdles, closely related to fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 2½m) I'm All You Need. Off mark in points at third attempt (dead-heat, Nov 2023) and the market should prove a useful guide on Rules/hurdles debut.

Form: 76-1

Roxhill Roise^h⁴⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Danny Gilligan| T: D M O'Brien

7/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules who did better for hurdles debut when second of 14 in a Thurles maiden (19.8f) in February. Not in anything like the same form when pulled up at Leopardstown since so she'll need to dispel that effort here.

Form: 14652P

Forecasts

Crooked Tannie (2/1), Prince Palace (5/2), Pirate Island (4/1), Roxhill Roise (7/1), Rocco Boyo (12/1), Wepushourlucksofar (16/1), On The Tide (20/1), Diamond Duke (33/1), Pat The Carraig (80/1), Kings Prince (150/1)

PRINCE PALACE needs to shrug off a couple of lesser displays but the pick of his form in this sphere suggests he's well up to landing a race of this nature and he could just be worth chancing to bounce back. Pirate Island and Crooked Tannie are others expected to be firmly in the mix.