Killarney Towers Hotel & Leisure Centre Mares Hurdle (Listed)

Off time: 14:11 | Winning time: 4m 16.2s

Shecouldbeanything^t⁹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott| OR: 139| CD

15/8

Useful hurdler. C&D winner. Two wins from 6 runs last season. Tongue strap on for 1st time, below form twelfth of 19 in handicap hurdle (8/1) at Leopardstown (18f, soft) 98 days ago.

Form: 151340-

Effernock Fizz^p,t¹²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Carl Millar| T: C Collins| OR: 129| CD

4/1

Useful hurdler. C&D winner. 40/1, seventeenth of 24 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.7f, good to soft) 12 days ago, ridden too aggressively. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 493100-

Gaillimh A Run²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: J S McGarvey| T: J Queally| D

10/1

Fairly useful hurdler. One win from 3 runs last season. 11/8, career best when winning 15-runner novice hurdle at Tramore (16.6f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 116/531-

Lady Rita^p,t⁷⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: Louise G Lyons| OR: 118| C

14/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Course winner. Thirteenth of 14 in handicap hurdle (20/1) at Naas (22.7f, heavy) 77 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 86/4010-

Minx Tiara⁶⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D M O'Brien| OR: 125

10/3

Fairly useful chaser. Seventeen runs since last win in 2022. 50/1, fourteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Sandown (16f, soft) 64 days ago.

Form: 330420-

Miss Fourie²³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 111

22/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Latest win in hurdle at Bellewstown in July. 4/1, third of 5 in minor event hurdle at Listowel (20f, good to soft). Off 7 months. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 24/2193-

Royal Eagle¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott| OR: 133| D

6/1

Useful hurdler. Three wins from 8 runs last season. Nineteenth of 24 in handicap hurdle (66/1) at Punchestown (16.7f, good to soft) 12 days ago. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 311060-

Forecasts

Shecouldbeanything (15/8), Minx Tiara (10/3), Effernock Fizz (4/1), Royal Eagle (6/1), Gaillimh A Run (10/1), Lady Rita (14/1), Miss Fourie (22/1)

The vote in this trappy-looking contest goes to ROYAL EAGLE, who didn't offer much when returning from a break at Punchestown recently but she should come on for that and the drying ground will aid her cause. Shecouldbeanything is 2-2 over this C&D, including winning this race 12 months ago, and she is an obvious threat, despite carrying a penalty. Gaillimh A Run needs to step up considerably but she is open to improvement, while an on-song Effernock Fizz would certainly have a chance.