13:00 Cork

Sunday 23 November 2025

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Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:01 | Winning time: 4m 6.4s

Bannow Blaze^t²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Eoin Staples⁽⁴⁾| T: J Fogarty| OR: 110| D

10/11

Won a 14-runner handicap hurdle at Wexford (10/3) 27 days ago, travelling smoothly before taking the lead before the last despite making a mistake. Big player.

Form: U52721

Inchiquin Star^p²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Philip Donovan| T: P Kiely| OR: 107| D

25/1

Better when fourth of 14 to Bannow Blaze in handicap hurdle at Wexford (18/1) 27 days ago with cheekpieces on, making headway before fading. Starting to look well treated again.

Form: 62U-894

Ellaat⁹³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: Thomas O'Connor⁽⁴⁾| T: Ian O'Connor| OR: 106| D

40/1

Won a hurdle claimer at Clonmel in February and third at Limerick following month. Not so good on the Flat last twice.

Form: 53/313-7

The Blaggard^h,t²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Gary Noonan| T: E McCarthy| OR: 105| D

33/1

Won a maiden hurdle 409 days ago but poor since, including when tenth of 11 at this course in first-time hood and tongue strap (20/1) 21 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0416-P0

Sarandon^t²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Ross Berry⁽⁴⁾| T: Colm Murphy| OR: 102

5/1

Lightly-raced filly showing promise in maiden hurdles, finished 4th of 13 at Wexford (14/1) 28 days ago where she chased the leader but couldn't quicken from 2 out. Makes handicap debut and merits consideration.

Form: 4-64

Wardens Whisper^p²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Tiernan Power Roche| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 100| C

10/3

Course winner who's had jumping issues recently. Third of 9 in handicap hurdle at Galway (8/1) 28 days ago, made bad mistake 2 out but kept on well. Can be competitive if jumping holds up.

Form: 221P-U3

Laska Du Breuil²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Alix Balfe⁽⁴⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 94

40/1

Maiden. Seventh of 13 in maiden hurdle at this course (40/1) 21 days ago. Others more persuasive on handicap debut.

Form: 7-0607

Boltlander^h²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Paddy Cleary⁽⁴⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 92

40/1

Tailed off in maiden hurdle at this course (125/1) 21 days ago and faces uphill task on handicap debut.

Form: 7P0

La Tulipe Noire^p²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Cian Cullinan⁽⁴⁾| T: Aengus King| OR: 84| C

11/1

Won twice in flat handicaps before third of 20 at Curragh (9/1) 21 days ago, shaped well despite being outpaced midway. Others more persuasive on hurdles return.

Form: 0/00P9-P

Halsafari¹⁰

Age: 12| Weight: 10-0| J: Harry Sexton⁽⁴⁾| T: J Barcoe| OR: 81

16/1

Finished 12th of 21 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (50/1) 10 days ago, never landed a blow. Now without a win in 39 races.

Form: 2003/P0

Thunder Wolf⁶³

Age: 3| Weight: 10-0| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽²⁾| T: B McMahon| OR: 93

16/1

Seventh of 10 at Listowel (25/1) 63 days ago, raced off the pace and not fluent when making a mistake two out. Uphill task on handicap debut.

Form: 677

Non-Runners

Fool Me Once²

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: G P Cromwell J: Shane Fitzsimons

Siege Ofjadotville²

Weight: 11-3| Age: 5

T: M Hassett J: Liam McKenna

Forecasts

Bannow Blaze (10/11), Wardens Whisper (10/3), Sarandon (5/1), La Tulipe Noire (11/1), Siege Ofjadotville (12/1), Fool Me Once (14/1), Halsafari (16/1), Thunder Wolf (16/1), Inchiquin Star (25/1), The Blaggard (33/1), Ellaat (40/1), Laska Du Breuil (40/1), Boltlander (40/1)

BANNOW BLAZE showed improved form when winning a 14-runner handicap at Wexford 27 days ago and can follow up. Wardens Whisper is a course winner who has had jumping troubles recently but stuck to his task when third at Galway, so is feared most if keeping the mistakes down. Sarandon could be interesting on her handicap debut.