15:30 Cork

Monday 4 August 2025

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Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 4m 30.70s

Champagne Diamond⁹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J Smith⁽²⁾| T: T J O'Mara

20/1

€18,000 3-y-o, Diamond Boy gelding. Dam unraced sister to high-class hurdler/top-class chaser (stayed 25f) Menorah. Maiden pointer.

Form: 66F55-5

Courtbrack Boy¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J G Gilligan⁽²⁾| T: T O'Brien

66/1

Once-raced maiden. Twelfth of 15 in novice hurdle at Killarney (20.4f, good to soft, 22/1) on NH debut 18 days ago.

Form: 0

Eco Pete^p⁵⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Tiernan Power Roche| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 104

7/1

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 12 hurdle runs. Seventeen runs since last win in 2021. 22/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.9f, good to soft) 59 days ago, pulled up. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 4607-3P

Jetaway Sheldon²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: C G O'Dwyer| T: E M O'Sullivan

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 18 in novice hurdle (150/1) at this course (24f, good) 24 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 00

Lion Of The Desert²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Niall Moore⁽²⁾| T: Patrick Kiely

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 80/1, first run since leaving Patrick J. Flynn when ninth of 16 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (15.9f, good) on hurdles bow 28 days ago.

Form: 00-89

Marfa¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: L A McKenna| T: M A Molloy| OR: 79

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 125/1, fifteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (18.9f, good to soft) 10 days ago.

Form: 0F0

Native Quest

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Eoin Staples⁽⁴⁾| T: P Kiely

25/1

Diamond Boy gelding. Dam, ran twice over hurdles, sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 27f) Upswing, and half-sister to fair hurdler/chaser Five Rivers (19f-2½m winner). Market can guide.

Form:

The Man's Room³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: R A Berry⁽⁴⁾| T: Colm Murphy| OR: 115

9/4

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Respectable sixth of 14 in novice hurdle (3/1) at Wexford (20.8f, good to soft) 31 days ago. In the picture.

Form: 55-26

Tinking Man⁵⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Thomas O'Connor⁽⁴⁾| T: E McCarthy

125/1

Twice-raced maiden. 125/1, thirteenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (23.5f, good) 57 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 45P3-00

Tippawan Haa¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: John Shinnick| T: T O'Brien

8/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fifth of 15 in novice hurdle at Killarney (20.4f, good to soft, 6/1) 18 days ago, not knocked about. May do better still.

Form: 65

Way Down We Go¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽²⁾| T: Charlie Keegan| OR: 95

66/1

Modest hurdler. 100/1, eleventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.4f, good) 13 days ago.

Form: 0P07-50

William Tell^t²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁴⁾| T: D H Kelly

4/5

Tongue strap on when second of 18 in novice hurdle (28/1) at this course (16.9f, good) on NH debut 24 days ago. Can build on it here and holds leading claims.

Form: F5P-2

Hungry Henry^h,t1¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Gary Noonan| T: E McCarthy

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Hooded, pulled up in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (18.9f, good to soft, 80/1) on NH debut 10 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: P

King Bob³²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: E M O'Sullivan⁽⁴⁾| T: P J Rothwell

50/1

Once-raced maiden. 33/1, eleventh of 16 in bumper at Tipperary (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 32 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

Cosmos D'ainay³²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Jake Coen

The Grey Poet

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: P Cleary

Shire Star

Weight: 11-9| Age: 4

T: E McCarthy J: Calum Hogan

Forecasts

William Tell (4/5), The Man's Room (9/4), Cosmos D'ainay (4/1), Eco Pete (7/1), The Grey Poet (15/2), Tippawan Haa (8/1), Champagne Diamond (20/1), Native Quest (25/1), Shire Star (25/1), King Bob (50/1), Courtbrack Boy (66/1), Way Down We Go (66/1), Lion Of The Desert (100/1), Tinking Man (125/1), Jetaway Sheldon (150/1), Marfa (150/1), Hungry Henry (150/1)

Not as competitive as the numbers suggest and WILLIAM TELL can build on a promising debut second in a big field here last month and get off the mark. The Gordon Elliott-trained duo The Grey Poet (second choice) and Cosmos d'Ainay could emerge as the main dangers with The Man's Room and Tippawan Haa also in the picture for minor honours.