14:25 Galway

Tuesday 10 October 2017

All14:2515:0015:3016:0016:3517:0517:35

Mervue Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:25 | Winning time: 4m 57.20s

1^st

The Rory Story

611-12

8/1

T: N MeadeJ: Sean Flanagan

Tracked leaders, 4th after 5th, led on inner approaching straight, soon pressed, stayed on best run-in op 10/1

2^nd

Poli Roi

511-12

4/7f

T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell

Tracked leaders, 5th after 5th, mistake 2 out, good headway on outer from before straight, challenged and every chance from before last, kept on without matching winner on stand's rail run-in tchd 4/6

3^rd

4 ¼

Gagas Horse

611-12

11/2

T: A MaguireJ: Paul Townend

Held up, slight mistake 4th, 8th after 5th, slight mistake 8th, closer in 6th 2 out, chased front pair and kept on same pace without threatening run-in op 5/1

4^th

3 ½

Stowaway Forever

511-12

12/1

T: J P DempseyJ: L P Dempsey

Disputed lead early, led from 3rd, headed approaching straight, no extra and one pace last op 10/1

5^th

1 ½

Dawn Shadow

511-5

16/1

T: Mrs D A LoveJ: Rachael Blackmore

Tracked leaders, 3rd after 5th, no extra and one pace last op 25/1

6^th

Trainwreck

511-12

8/1

T: H De BromheadJ: B J Cooper

Disputed lead early, prominent in 2nd, not match front pair when mistake last, no extra and one pace run-in op 10/1 tchd 7/1

7^th

Poet Power

511-5

10/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Ruby Walsh

Slightly slow 1st, chased leaders, 6th after 5th, no impression approaching 2 out, soon no extra

8^th

2 ¼

Danse Away

511-12

66/1

T: T J Nagle-JrJ: S J Gray (3)

Mid-division early, 7th after 5th, no impression after 3 out, no extra next

9^th

Soleglad

511-12

50/1

T: G P CromwellJ: G N Fox

Held up, slight mistake 4th, 10th after 5th, no impression from 3 out, no extra next op 66/1

10^th

Drumbar Millie

511-5

100/1

T: N CarolanJ: D F O'Regan

In rear, pushed along at stages, never a factor

11^th

Kool Lady

611-5

100/1

T: D DonovanJ: Danny Mullins

Mid-division early, 9th after 5th, slight mistake 8th, no impression from 3 out, no extra next

12^th

Lakeside Pearl

511-5

100/1

T: P G KellyJ: A W Short (7)

Towards rear, pushed along from 6th, soon no danger

13^th

Paulie C

511-12

100/1

T: Mrs M DanagherJ: L P Flynn (3)

Towards rear, slight mistake 1st, mistake 6th and pushed along, not fluent 7th and under pressure, slight mistake 3 out and weakened, completely tailed off

Also Ran

Rock On Barney

611-12

100/1

T: G T LynchJ: Mr L P Gilligan (7)

Held up, 11th after 5th, pushed along from next, slight mistake 8th, soon no extra, pulled up before last

The Bronc

511-12

66/1

T: S NolanJ: P E Corbett (3)

Soon towards rear, not fluent 2nd, never a factor, pulled up before last

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€10.00Pl:€1.80, €1.02, €1.70EX:€19.30Trifecta:€38.60SF:€14.89

Forecasts

Poli Roi (4/7), Gagas Horse (11/2), The Rory Story (8/1), Trainwreck (8/1), Poet Power (10/1), Stowaway Forever (12/1), Dawn Shadow (16/1), Soleglad (50/1), Danse Away (66/1), The Bronc (66/1), Drumbar Millie (100/1), Kool Lady (100/1), Lakeside Pearl (100/1), Paulie C (100/1), Rock On Barney (100/1)

A few of these have already achieved a decent level over hurdles, most notably Gagas Horse who chased home a Mullins hotpot here while looking like this extra 2f would benefit him further. The Rory Story has been off a while but wasn't disgraced in either hurdles outing and is another likely to win in this sphere soon enough. It may however pay to chance POLI ROI on his hurdles debut. An expensive point-to-point winning purchase who took high rank last in bumpers last season. It will be surprising if he isn't a graded performer as a novice so he gets the nod.