14:15 Galway

Tuesday 8 October 2024

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Tote Always SP Or Better At Galway Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 4m 17.0s

Annamaymurt^t1¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

20/1

Shaped with some promise on debut but has been tailed off in similar events last 2 starts.

Form: 60-0

It's His Life³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Gilligan| T: Peter Fahey

66/1

Twice-raced maiden. 80/1, seventh of 12 in novice hurdle at Gowran (20.2f, good) 3 days ago.

Form: P/07

Jabbar³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: Gerard O'Leary

4/1

Fairly useful handicapper on Flat (stays 16.5f), successful twice in 2024 and again ran well when runner-up last time. Interesting hurdling debutant.

Form:

Swing Time

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: V T O'Brien

40/1

Pour Moi gelding. Dam fair 1½m winner on Flat.

Form:

The Enabler²⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| D

1/9

Useful dual bumper winner so of obvious interest on hurdle debut.

Form: 2/2115-

Three Tribes^h⁴³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: R P Geoghegan⁽⁷⁾| T: B T Murphy

100/1

Offered little with a hood fitted when tenth of 14 in novice hurdle (80/1) at Ballinrobe (18.2f, soft) on NH debut 43 days ago.

Form: 0

Work Place⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Liam Quinlan⁽³⁾| T: R Hackett

66/1

66/1, went with no encouragement when tenth of 12 in novice hurdle at Tramore (21.4f, good to soft) on NH debut 51 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 547-0

Just Merry^t1

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: Leonard Flynn

66/1

Mahler mare. Dam unraced sister to modest hurdler (2m winner) Be My Witness. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Kitty Ooru

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr L J Carberry⁽⁷⁾| T: Tom Dreaper

66/1

Mount Nelson mare. Dam (c88/h94) 2m-21f hurdle/chase winner (stayed 23f).

Form:

Non-Runners

Blaze The Way¹⁹¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: Ms M Mullins J: D E Mullins

John The Spark¹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: Ian Donoghue J: Keith Donoghue

Forecasts

The Enabler (1/9), Blaze The Way (5/2), Jabbar (4/1), Annamaymurt (20/1), John The Spark (33/1), Swing Time (40/1), Work Place (66/1), It's His Life (66/1), Kitty Ooru (66/1), Just Merry (66/1), Three Tribes (100/1)

THE ENABLER showed a useful level of form in bumpers and will surely prove hard to beat if transferring that form over to hurdles. Blaze The Way and Jabbar are a couple of interesting rivals, though.