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Friday 13 December 2024

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Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 13:05 | Winning time: 4m 6.01s

Expelliarmus^p1⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: O R Brown⁽²⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 104

8/1

Just modest form over hurdles to date but handicapped now and should strip fitter for recent return on the Flat. 104 is lenient based on exploits on the level, so definite player.

Form: 374-

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Gamigin^p,t²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Gavin Brouder| T: N C Kelly| OR: 104| D

16/1

Latest win in hurdle at Kilbeggan in August. Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Navan (20.2f, good to soft, 40/1) 27 days ago, pulled up after 2 out. Back down in trip. Others make more appeal.

Form: 00-901P

Phoenix Cowboy¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Niall Moore⁽⁴⁾| T: M Winters| OR: 102

28/1

Tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (20.2f, good to soft, 7/1) 14 days ago. Others are more appealing.

Form: 009630

Whotookthebiscuit^t¹⁸⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: S D Greene⁽⁴⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 102| D

25/1

Winner in hurdle at Clonmel in December 2023. 14/1, fell in novice chase at Clonmel (20f, good) on debut over fences. Off 6 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. Others more persuasive.

Form: 9/661P-F

Benzine⁷⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: K Callaghan⁽²⁾| T: J Morrison| OR: 99

20/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (13/2) at Listowel (16f, soft) 78 days ago. Returns with something to prove.

Form: 976-79P

Star Official¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Conor Owens⁽⁴⁾| T: R Donohoe| OR: 99| D

9/1

Creditable third of 15 in handicap hurdle (9/1) at Clonmel (16.4f, soft) 10 days ago, keeping on well. Enters calculations.

Form: 549-763

Red Trail²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Aidan Kelly| T: A McNamara| OR: 97

18/1

11/1, sixth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft) 24 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 055/7-P6

Bid Up⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-11| J: T P Harney⁽⁴⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 105

12/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Seventh of 17 in juvenile hurdle (18/1) at Galway (16.4f, good to soft) 48 days ago. Booking of Harney a plus. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Could do better.

Form: 577

Robbies Rock^t⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 10-11| J: Conor Stone-Walsh| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 105

85/40

Fairly useful Flat winner. Yet to match that over hurdles but switches to handicaps now for potentially lenient mark. In good hands and worth taking a chance on.

Form: 358

Wardens Whisper^p²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁴⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 88

6/1

Third of 19 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (16.5f, soft, 40/1) 21 days ago. Not ruled out.

Form: 0U0-P03

Heidi's Frontiere²³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Jake Coen| T: M Kennedy| OR: 85

33/1

Bit below form tenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (21.5f, good to soft, 33/1). Off 7 months. Back down in trip. Has work to do.

Form: 870400-

Road To The Weir^t²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-5| J: A M King⁽⁴⁾| T: J Neilan| OR: 84

10/1

8/1, excellent third of 11 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft) 24 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 9U0-083

Dontdooddson²⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 10-2| J: J G Gilligan⁽²⁾| T: D Collins| OR: 81

18/1

Nineteen runs since last win in 2021. Below form sixth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft, 8/1) 24 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 3P38-06

Kalnoo⁶⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-1| J: Philip Donovan| T: P Kiely| OR: 80

7/1

Last of 10 in novice chase at Tramore (20.4f, good to soft, 12/1) on debut over fences 64 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Down in trip. First run for yard after leaving P. M. Hurley.

Form: 038-570

Non-Runners

Marelly⁷⁷

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: P J Rothwell J: Calum Hogan

Eve's Hope¹⁰

Weight: 11-11| Age: 6

T: M O Quigley J: Cian Quirke

Forecasts

Robbies Rock (85/40), Eve's Hope (11/2), Wardens Whisper (6/1), Kalnoo (7/1), Expelliarmus (8/1), Star Official (9/1), Road To The Weir (10/1), Bid Up (12/1), Gamigin (16/1), Marelly (16/1), Dontdooddson (18/1), Red Trail (18/1), Benzine (20/1), Whotookthebiscuit (25/1), Phoenix Cowboy (28/1), Heidi's Frontiere (33/1)

ROBBIES ROCK is with a shrewd handler and looks potentially well in based on Flat form having his first go in a handicap hurdle, so he's marginally preferred to Expelliarmus, who fits a similar mould. Star Official should also be competitive.