16:30 Galway

Thursday 1 August 2024

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Guinness Novice Hurdle

Off time: 16:30 | Winning time: 4m 59.09s

Born Braver^p1⁸⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 130

11/2

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Career best when winning 4-runner minor event hurdle at Down Royal (24f, good to soft, 8/11) 87 days ago, kept up to work. Cheekpieces on 1st time and he's in the mix again.

Form: 11221-1

Donnie Devito^h,t⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan

11/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. 11/1, career best when winning 22-runner novice hurdle at Punchestown (19.4f, good) 54 days ago. This demands further progress but that isn't out of the question.

Form: 4335-71

Going Live⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott| OR: 124

11/1

Winning pointer who made a winning hurdles debut at Downpatrick in May and stepped forward when second of 7 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (20.5f, good, 16/5) 52 days ago. Of interest here with the prospect of more to come.

Form: 6/41-12

Koori Star⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Sam Ewing| T: Peter Fahey

5/1

Winning pointer who also landed 12-runner novice hurdle at Sligo (17.8f, good to soft, 14/1) on NH debut 51 days ago. Up in trip. Should progress and stable won this race 12 months ago.

Form: 1-1

Ninth Titan⁶¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

5/2

Useful 10f winner on the Flat in France who was well beaten on hurdles debut at this meeting 12 months ago but left that in his wake after 6 months off when winning 15-runner novice hurdle at Tramore (16.2f, good to soft) 61 days ago, easily. Better to come and choice of Paul Townend. Player.

Form: 0-1

Now So Jake²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: D H Kelly

22/1

Won last 2 of 5 starts in points (latest Apr 27) and built on hurdles debut effort when taking 15-runner novice hurdle (7/2) at Cork (24f, good to soft) 27 days ago. Had run of race then but he's very much the type to progress further.

Form: F/411-31

Ollie La Ba Ba^p,t¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 111

40/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Career best when winning 10-runner novice hurdle at Downpatrick (21.8f, good, 7/2) 17 days ago, keeping on well. That effort was backed up by the clock but this rates a deeper affair.

Form: 2U-9431

On The Steel⁸⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁵⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 116

125/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. One win from 3 runs last season. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Killarney (20.2f, good to soft, 20/1) 80 days ago, left behind. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 341-P

Heroes Rise⁶¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

16/1

Thrice-raced winner over hurdles. Won 11-runner novice hurdle at Listowel (20.4f, good, 9/4) 61 days ago. Going the right way and likely there's better to come.

Form: 18-31

Femme Magnifique^t⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Danny Mullins| T: W P Mullins

17/2

Promising sort. 11/4, career best when winning 13-runner novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good) on hurdles bow 47 days ago, having run of race. Enters calculations.

Form: 2/1055-1

Just For Love⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Sean Cleary-Farrell⁽⁷⁾| T: W P Mullins| C

11/2

Successful on bumper debut here last summer and she maintained her 100% record when landing 15-runner novice hurdle at Punchestown (21.7f, good) on hurdles bow 53 days ago, keeping on well. Should have more to offer.

Form: 1-1

Person Of Interest⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Paddy Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

33/1

€56,000 3-y-o, Walk In The Park gelding. Runner-up sole start in points and showed plenty when second of 15 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.3f, good) on NH debut 9 days ago, running on having showed signs of inexperience. Better to come.

Form: 2-2

Non-Runners

Irish Panther⁸¹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 7

T: E J O'Grady J: J J Slevin

Forecasts

Ninth Titan (5/2), Koori Star (5/1), Born Braver (11/2), Just For Love (11/2), Femme Magnifique (17/2), Donnie Devito (11/1), Going Live (11/1), Heroes Rise (16/1), Irish Panther (16/1), Now So Jake (22/1), Person Of Interest (33/1), Ollie La Ba Ba (40/1), On The Steel (125/1)

A deep novice for the time of year with a host of improvers in opposition. NINTH TITAN showed more of what he's about at the second time of asking over hurdles/after 10 months off when running out an easy winner at Tramore 61 days ago and he shades the vote to build on that. Heroes Rise, Femme Magnifique and Going Live are others to consider, with Born Braver also in the mix.