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Monday 6 May 2024

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Ballygowan Opportunity Maiden Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   2m 180y  |   Good (Good to Yielding in places)  |   19 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 13:35  |   Winning time: 4m 8.80s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
Show odds
2
Horse silk
Old Porth1113
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Byrnes| T: C Byrnes
11/4
Useful Flat winner. 6/1, fell fifth in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.7f, soft) 113 days ago. Hood on 1st time. Player on his Cork third.
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3
Horse silk
Edge Of Darkness9
Age: 4|  Weight: 11-6| J: Philip Donovan(2)| T: D Hogan
20/1
Fairly useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Twelfth of 16 in handicap (40/1) at Navan (13f, good to soft) 9 days ago.
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4
Horse silk
Garrick Painter10
Age: 4|  Weight: 11-6| J: T P Harney(4)| T: N C Kelly
125/1
Fairly useful Flat winner. Twelfth of 15 in novice hurdle (28/1) at Downpatrick (17.8f, good) on NH debut 10 days ago.
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5
Horse silk
High Honourt49
Age: 4|  Weight: 11-6| J: John Shinnick(4)| T: D Kinsella
66/1
Fairly useful handicapper at best on Flat. Making GB/IRE jumps debut. Seventeenth of 19 in handicap (125/1) at the Curragh (8f, heavy) 49 days ago. Tongue strap on.
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6
Horse silk
Zero Fighter12
Age: 4|  Weight: 11-6| J: Gary Noonan(2)| T: E D Delany
40/1
Modest winner at 7f on Flat. Fourth of 16 in juvenile hurdle (33/1) at Bellewstown (17f, good to soft) on NH debut 12 days ago.
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7
Horse silk
Giant Haystacks17
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Cleary-Farrell(4)| T: Barry J Fitzgerald
11/1
Twice-raced maiden. Fifth of 15 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.6f, soft, 7/1) 17 days ago. Probably has races in him.
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8
Horse silk
Gustavo Goodway20
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-4| J: Conor Owens(4)| T: P J Rothwell
125/1
Twice-raced maiden. 200/1, eleventh of 18 in novice hurdle at Naas (19.3f, soft) 20 days ago.
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9
Horse silk
Kalsmanh10
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-4| J: Alex Harvey(4)| T: L Lennon| OR:  85
50/1
Poor maiden. Fourth of 7 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good, 100/1) 10 days ago.
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10
Horse silk
Le Coq Hardi172
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-4| J: Mike O'Connor| T: H De Bromhead
5/2
Promising sort. 25/1, fourth of 22 in very good novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.5f, soft) on hurdles bow 172 days ago. More to come and this is easier. Lots to like.
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11
Horse silk
Nemo63
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-4| J: Carl Millar(4)| T: G Elliott
7/1
18/1, fifth of 7 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, heavy) on NH debut 63 days ago, going in snatches.
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12
Horse silk
Pahlavi303
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-4| J: Shane Fenelon(4)| T: J J Hanlon
16/1
Modest hurdler. 33/1, good fourth of 12 in novice hurdle at Bellewstown (16.8f, good) 10 months ago.
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13
Horse silk
Shinnhill505
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-4| J: Gavin Brouder| T: N McKnight
80/1
Conduit gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including useful hurdler/chaser Bobo Mac and fairly useful hurdler/chase winner Shumaker, stayed 2¾m. Dam unraced.
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15
Horse silk
Dromineer Smurphyt18
Age: 4|  Weight: 10-12| J: Peter Smithers(4)| T: C Collins
50/1
10/1 and tongue strap on, third of 10 in claiming hurdle at Clonmel (18.7f, soft) on NH debut 18 days ago.
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16
Horse silk
Kartel And Co12
Age: 4|  Weight: 10-12| J: C G O'Dwyer(2)| T: P J Rothwell
300/1
Twice-raced maiden. 100/1, fourteenth of 16 in juvenile hurdle at Bellewstown (17f, good to soft) 12 days ago.
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17
Horse silk
Mordor17
Age: 4|  Weight: 10-12| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott| OR:  125
11/4
Respectable third of 16 in juvenile hurdle at Limerick (16.9f, heavy, 6/4) 17 days ago. Claims on pick of his form but others might improve past him.
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18
Horse silk
Ballinearla Girlh1207
Age: 5|  Weight: 10-11| J: Shane O'Callaghan(2)| T: E Doyle
50/1
Twice-raced maiden. Off 6 months. Makes hurdles debut. Hooded for 1st time.
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19
Horse silk
Buttoned Up15
Age: 6|  Weight: 10-11| J: Jake Coen| T: Peter Fahey
50/1
Sixth of 15 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Tramore (16.6f, good to soft) 15 days ago.
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20
Horse silk
Drum Roll25
Age: 4|  Weight: 10-5| J: Conor Smithers(4)| T: P Nolan
125/1
Eighth of 13 in juvenile hurdle (33/1) at Limerick (16f, heavy) 25 days ago.
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22
Horse silk
African Lady12
Age: 4|  Weight: 10-5| J: Conor Stone-Walsh(2)| T: G P Cromwell
50/1
Thirteenth of 16 in juvenile hurdle (9/1) at Bellewstown (17f, good to soft) on NH debut 12 days ago. RESERVE.
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Non-Runners

1
Horse silk
March Law185
Weight: 11-12|  Age: 6
T: M J Smith  J: J Smith
NR
14
Horse silk
Whatsanotheryear20
Weight: 11-4|  Age: 5
T: P J Flynn  J: Aidan Kelly
NR
21
Horse silk
Wardens Whisper20
Weight: 11-4|  Age: 5
T: P J Rothwell  J: Reserve 1
NR
23
Horse silk
Sarrealta
Weight: 10-11|  Age: 5
T: Peter Fahey  J: Reserve 3
NR

Forecasts

Le Coq Hardi (5/2), Mordor (11/4), Old Port (11/4), Nemo (7/1), Giant Haystacks (11/1), March Law (12/1), Pahlavi (16/1), Edge Of Darkness (20/1), Whatsanotheryear (25/1), Zero Fighter (40/1), Buttoned Up (50/1), Kalsman (50/1), African Lady (50/1), Ballinearla Girl (50/1), Dromineer Smurphy (50/1), High Honour (66/1), Shinnhill (80/1), Drum Roll (125/1), Garrick Painter (125/1), Gustavo Goodway (125/1), Kartel And Co (300/1)

Verdict

LE COQ HARDI offered plenty to work on in a hot Punchestown novice hurdle in November and is hard to get away from in this company with improvement likely. Mordor and Old Port are dangers.

  1. Le Coq Hardi5/2
  2. Mordor11/4
  3. Old Port11/4

Previous Winners

2023
Top Speed
Weight: 11-4  |Age: 6
J: Mike O'Connor  |  T: H De Bromhead
7/2

Prize Money

1st: €6,000.002nd: €2,000.003rd: €1,000.004th: €500.005th: €300.006th: €200.00

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