14:15 Listowel

Saturday 28 September 2024

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John Lynch Memorial Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:16 | Winning time: 4m 5.8s

Desert Haven¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Sam Ewing| T: N Meade

16/1

Fairly useful on Flat and given a considerate introduction to hurdling when eleventh of 20 in maiden at Galway (16.7f, good to soft) on NH debut 19 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 0

Dylan's Chance¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy

250/1

Soundly beaten in 3 maiden hurdles.

Form: 0-70

Edge Of Darkness^p³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: D King| T: D Howard| OR: 111

5/1

Second of 8 in claimer at Roscommon (10.4f, heavy, 13/2) 39 days ago, clear of rest. Modest over hurdles, ran respectably when fourth on most recent outing in this sphere.

Form: 634

Getaway Blondie^p¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: A Sexton

250/1

Has shown more temperament than ability in 2 maiden hurdles

Form: 8P0

Kazakh D'arthel³³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

5/2

Third of 9 in bumper at Paray-Le-Monial (11.9f, soft). Off 11 months. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip. First run for yard after leaving Emmanuel Clayeux. Interesting to see what the market makes of him.

Form: 3-

Kingdom Calling¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: R Deegan| T: E McCarthy

250/1

Behind in 2 bumpers and showed nothing sent hurdling in a first-time tongue strap at Tramore (16.6f, good) 10 days ago.

Form: 7-09

Kingkong Ciergues⁵³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: J P O'Sullivan| T: P J Rothwell

66/1

Successful on second of 2 starts in points but was well held in a Roscommon bumper 53 days ago.

Form: P-10

Shashado⁸³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Phillip Enright| T: M M McNiff

125/1

Well held in a brace of maiden hurdles.

Form: 86

That Danny Feeling

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: John Shinnick⁽⁵⁾| T: T O'Brien

7/2

Diamond Boy gelding. Dam, unraced, closely related to useful hurdler (stayed 25f) My Immortal.

Form:

To The Wire²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Simon Torrens| T: P J Rothwell

125/1

Winning pointer at second attempt who was always behind on hurdle debut at Wexford 29 days ago.

Form: 410

Emerald Flyer^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: M A Cahill

40/1

Westerner filly. Half-sister to 2 winners on Flat, including 9f winner Wild As The Wind. Dam lightly raced on Flat in Italy. Wears hood.

Form:

Korea³²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

11/8

Fairly useful on Flat in France, stays 15f, won maiden final start in 2023. Sold from N. Clement €50,000 later same year. Of obvious interest.

Form:

Randall Poets Lass⁷⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: S Fahey

40/1

Modest maiden handicapper on Flat, stays 1¼m, step back in right direction last time. Likely outsider on hurdle debut.

Form:

Rhodesia^h1¹¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: Charlie Keegan

300/1

Down the field in 2 maiden hurdles. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 00

Shing Shilla³³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: H E Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: A Sexton

200/1

Laboured effort when well held in sole bumper at Ballinrobe.

Form: 7

The Sugarhill Lady^t1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Calum Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: E McNamara

28/1

Kingston Hill filly. Half-sister to fairly useful hurdler Millstream Lady, stays 2¾m. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

The Blaggard¹³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: E McCarthy

80/1

Soundly beaten in 2 maiden hurdles. RESERVE.

Form: 9-0

Non-Runners

Herbies Rover²

Weight: 11-7| Age: 4

T: E McCarthy J: Gary Noonan

Zentopia²¹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 4

T: S M Duffy J: M Hamill

Fortuna Lora¹⁵

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 2

Gimme A Buzz

Weight: 11-7| Age: 4

T: E Bolger J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Korea (11/8), Kazakh D'arthel (5/2), That Danny Feeling (7/2), Edge Of Darkness (5/1), Herbies Rover (15/2), Desert Haven (16/1), The Sugarhill Lady (28/1), Randall Poets Lass (40/1), Emerald Flyer (40/1), Zentopia (50/1), Kingkong Ciergues (66/1), The Blaggard (80/1), To The Wire (125/1), Shashado (125/1), Shing Shilla (200/1), Kingdom Calling (250/1), Dylan's Chance (250/1), Getaway Blondie (250/1), Rhodesia (300/1)

KOREA showed a fairly useful level of form on the Flat in France and, having transferred to Willie Mullins' yard, he makes plenty of appeal on this switch to hurdling. Kazakh d'Arthel is another interesting runner having shown promise in his sole outing in bumpers in France and is feared most ahead of Edge of Darkness.