15:55 Listowel

Saturday 28 September 2024

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Kathleen Walsh Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 4m 37.20s

Dgalwaygallivantor^t¹²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 101

7/2

Fairly useful winner at 19f in chases. Career best when winning 11-runner novice chase at Downpatrick (19.4f, good to soft, 11/2) 127 days ago, readily. Switches from chase to hurdles. Looks well in and is worth chancing.

Form: 13269-1

Only A Dollar¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S Aherne| OR: 101

14/1

Winner in hurdle at Clonmel in May. Respectable twelfth of 20 in handicap hurdle (25/1) at Galway (16.7f, good to soft) 19 days ago, left with lot to do. Not dismissed.

Form: 78-1780

Jake Peter⁴²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: M A Cahill| OR: 100| BF

10/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2018. 22/1, tenth of 12 in handicap at Tramore (16.4f, good to soft) 42 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. In good form when last seen in this sphere and should be on the premises.

Form: 000/4-32

Cullagh Pride⁴⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Simon Torrens| T: S Fahey| OR: 99

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Respectable third of 9 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (19f, soft, 4/1). Off 14 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Unlikely to be tuned up.

Form: 7/0333-

Cosmic Rock^b,t¹⁶²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-10| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 98| C

7/1

Course winner. 17/2 and blinkered for 1st time, creditable third of 10 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (19f, heavy) 162 days ago, making effort earlier than ideal. Merits consideration.

Form: 370593-

Ixigreczed⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: E Seymour| OR: 97

14/1

Winner in hurdle at Kilbeggan in July. Ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle (10/1) at Wexford (20.4f, good to soft) 50 days ago. Needs to do more.

Form: P0-8019

Dark Image^p,t⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Calum Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 96

10/1

Latest win in hurdle at Roscommon in June. Creditable sixth of 16 in handicap hurdle at this C&D (good, 20/1) 6 days ago. Not ruled out.

Form: 018776

Duke Otto²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Flynn| OR: 95

10/1

16/1, good fourth of 13 in handicap at Clonmel (16.6f, good) 23 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Poor on last hurdle run. Others make more appeal.

Form: 14800-0

The Nagger Reidy²⁸⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Slevin| T: S G Carey| OR: 95

10/1

Promising type. Sixth of 10 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy, 150/1), not knocked about. Off 9 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to improvement and worth a market check.

Form: 606-

Deep Sigh^t¹⁵⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: B W Harvey| T: J C McConnell| OR: 92

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 8f on flat. Fifth of 7 in handicap hurdle (125/1) at Bellewstown (17f, good to soft) 157 days ago. Uphill task.

Form: 0705-

Toon Town²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Brendan Walsh| OR: 92

7/1

Winner in hurdle at Wexford in May. Creditable fifth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (16.9f, good to soft, 11/1) 29 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 594-315

Ilbdare¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: O R Brown⁽⁵⁾| T: M M McNiff| OR: 93

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Bit below form fifth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (22.4f, good to soft, 12/1) 19 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 6-0035

Le Fanu⁶⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Danny Gilligan| T: Brendan Walsh| OR: 91

9/1

9/1, respectable eighth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.3f, good) 67 days ago. Deserves respect.

Form: F/9360-8

Racing Daisy^t⁸⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Mark McDonagh| T: D McNamara| OR: 90

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 16/1, eleventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16.9f, good to soft) 85 days ago.

Form: 27-5570

Duhallow Jury¹³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-1| J: John Shinnick⁽⁵⁾| T: L J Archdeacon| OR: 91

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 33/1, third of 16 in juvenile hurdle at Killarney (17f, good to soft) 139 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 84-3

Red Night Sky¹²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: J Smith⁽⁷⁾| T: L J Archdeacon| OR: 90

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 50/1, ninth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (22f, soft) 121 days ago. Tough to assess at present. RESERVE.

Form: 3707-09

Non-Runners

Aboy Joey³

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: E McCarthy J: Tiernan Power Roche

Spavango¹

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: E McCarthy J: T P Harney

Hard Target⁴³

Weight: 11-3| Age: 7

T: D H Kelly J: Cian Quirke

Stellar Symphony⁶⁷

Weight: 11-2| Age: 9

T: T O'Brien J: Reserve 2

Younowhatimean¹

Weight: 11-2| Age: 7

T: E McCarthy J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Dgalwaygallivantor (7/2), Toon Town (7/1), Cosmic Rock (7/1), Le Fanu (9/1), The Nagger Reidy (10/1), Duke Otto (10/1), Jake Peter (10/1), Dark Image (10/1), Ilbdare (10/1), Aboy Joey (12/1), Only A Dollar (14/1), Ixigreczed (14/1), Younowhatimean (16/1), Cullagh Pride (20/1), Hard Target (20/1), Spavango (20/1), Stellar Symphony (25/1), Duhallow Jury (28/1), Racing Daisy (33/1), Red Night Sky (40/1), Deep Sigh (66/1)

DGALWAYGALLIVANTOR has a solid hurdles record and showed improvement to score in a novice chase at Downpatrick last time. Back in this sphere, he's potentially thrown in, so he gets the nod over Cosmic Rock and Toon Town, who arrive in good order.