15:10 Tramore

Thursday 18 October 2018

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Waterford & Tramore Racecourse Supporters Club Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 5m 19.3s

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Anytime Now⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott| OR: 112

10/1

Eight-race maiden hurdler who has not been disgraced in a number of starts since May but needs to raise overall performance here.

Form: 042337

Licklighter²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: D G Hogan| T: D Hogan| OR: 111

4/1

Improving run at Punchestown on Tuesday when second of nine beaten 10L behind the well-regarded My Sister Sarah. Another bold show expected.

Form: 029552

An Fearchan¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: M A Enright| T: G Scott

40/1

Well beaten in a couple of spring point-to-point starts before two below-par efforts in bumpers recently. Will possibly need more time.

Form: 4046

Cusp Of Carabelli¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D M O'Brien| OR: 99

7/1

Second of 13 beaten 6½L behind the Willie Mullins-trained Getareason over C&D in August. Beaten since but holds place claims here.

Form: 508295

Dunkereen^h³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: M J Bolger| T: M Kennedy

50/1

Well held in two bumper starts for trainer-Olly Murphy and has failed to impress in four starts since going hurdling with this yard, has improvement to find.

Form: 43P-P60

Liberadio^t1⁵⁰¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: A E Lynch| T: K Purcell

50/1

Has failed to finish in two of his three point-to-point starts. Likely to need the run on rules introduction in first-time tongue tie.

Form: F/3F-

Monition²⁰⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott

13/8

Improved for a poor debut effort to place at Punchestown before disappointing in a Navan bumper when last seen in March. Likely to be a warm order for the leading trainer/jockey combination.

Form: 835-

Stubborn Logic¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: J Halley

10/1

Plenty of improvement from his first couple of hurdle starts when running Sole Pretender to 4¼L in a Clonmel maiden earlier this month. Place claims based on most recent form.

Form: U0562

Happy In Love^h1¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: C J Orr⁽⁷⁾| T: Bernard Crowley

100/1

Well held in both maiden starts and first time hood unlikely to bring about the required amount of improvement needed to play a role here.

Form: 09

Yeats Mardy^p,t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽⁷⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 97

3/1

Reasonably consistent performer who is without a win in eight starts but has been running well in defeat. Likable type and should be in the mix.

Form: 443345

Forecasts

Monition (13/8), Yeats Mardy (3/1), Licklighter (4/1), Cusp Of Carabelli (7/1), Stubborn Logic (10/1), Anytime Now (10/1), An Fearchan (40/1), Liberadio (50/1), Dunkereen (50/1), Happy In Love (100/1)

MONITION for the Gordon Elliott/Davy Russell combination can land the spoils here on maiden hurdle debut in a race that shouldn't take a great deal of winning. The Stowaway gelding can fight off the challenge from stablemate Anytime Now and the Denis Hogan gelding Licklighter. Stubborn Logic can go well at a price.