16:02 Thurles

Saturday 19 March 2022

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Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 16:02 | Winning time: 4m 3.5s

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Selected odds by:

Anyonecanhaveitall¹⁶³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D P Holden⁽⁴⁾| T: E Doyle| CD

9/1

Fair Flat winner, making jumps debut. Won 15-runner handicap at this course (16f, good to soft, 4/1). First run for yard after leaving M. Halford.

Form:

Micro Manage²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J B Foley| T: W P Mullins| OR: 134

1/8

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Useful winner at 14f on Flat. Creditable second of 17 in novice hurdle (13/8) at Naas (15.5f, soft) 20 days ago, travelling as well as any. Very much one to beat.

Form: 32-22

La Hacienda^t¹⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: E O'Connell⁽²⁾| T: M J Smith

12/1

Fair Flat winner, making jumps debut. Eighth of 13 in handicap (12/1) at Galway (11.8f, heavy).

Form:

Another Ocana¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr J C Canavan⁽⁴⁾| T: L J Archdeacon

50/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Last of 7 in bumper at Wexford (16f, heavy, 100/1) on bumper debut 13 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: F57

Castlehill Boy⁸⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: A McCurtin| T: J J Walsh

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 18/1, fell in novice hurdle at Limerick (19f, heavy) on hurdles bow 80 days ago.

Form: 6/20-3F

Fenshar

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁴⁾| T: M J McDonagh

100/1

Finsceal Fior gelding. Dam, placed in points, out of unraced half-sister to smart chaser Thisthatandtother.

Form:

Finches Cross⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: R Deegan| T: Miss E Lalor

80/1

€7,200 3-y-o, Tough As Nails gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including fairly useful 3m chase winner Fearthedark and fairly useful 2½m hurdle winner Wild Rover. Dam ran once in bumper.

Form: F6P

Laurel Park²⁸⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁴⁾| T: A Leahy

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. 125/1, eleventh of 15 in bumper at Listowel (20f, good). Off 9 months. Makes hurdles debut. Down in trip.

Form: 8-0

Mr Brogue

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: S O'Callaghan⁽⁴⁾| T: S Braddish

66/1

Dylan Thomas gelding. Half-brother to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdler Brogine and bumper winner/fair hurdler Wheres The Hare, stays 3m.

Form:

Only One Plan³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: J P O'Sullivan| T: P J Rothwell

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Twenty fourth of 25 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.6f, soft, 250/1) 35 days ago.

Form: 00

Simpatico¹³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁴⁾| T: Colm Murphy

40/1

€13,000 3-y-o, Sageburg gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Thegoaheadman, stays 3m. Dam point winner. Unplaced completed start in points, pulled up last time.

Form: P-6P

Barely Made It¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Philip Donovan⁽²⁾| T: J Grace

33/1

Twice-raced maiden. 150/1, eighth of 13 in novice hurdle at Wexford (16f, heavy) 13 days ago.

Form: 08

Cottage Artist¹²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-11| J: J I Duggan⁽⁴⁾| T: V T O'Brien

150/1

400/1, eleventh of 13 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 12 days ago.

Form: 0

Fanoir^h1,t1¹⁸⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁴⁾| T: C O'Dwyer

12/1

Promising sort. 17/2, eighth of 14 in novice hurdle at Listowel (16f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 180 days ago. Hooded for 1st time, tongue strap on for 1st time. Open to improvement.

Form: 64-258

Mrs Macker⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Derek McGrath⁽⁴⁾| T: Ms M Flynn

100/1

50/1, seventh of 14 in novice hurdle at this course (16.4f, good to soft) on NH debut 9 days ago.

Form: 7

One More Lass⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: H Morgan| T: Ms M Flynn

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Eleventh of 14 in novice hurdle (125/1) at this course (16.4f, good to soft) 9 days ago.

Form: P700

Running Scared¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: A P Kelly⁽⁴⁾| T: W J Burke

200/1

Pulled up in novice hurdle at Clonmel (18.7f, heavy, 100/1) on NH debut 16 days ago, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out.

Form: P

Holditinyourhead⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: E Walsh| T: E Sheehy

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Tongue strap on for 1st time, ninth of 15 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy, 125/1) 7 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 56809

Non-Runners

The Sages Answer⁵⁵

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: L P Cusack J: E Walsh

Ballyglass Beauty²⁵

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: L P Cusack J: Reserve 1

Winning Rascal³⁰⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 7

T: M Hourigan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Micro Manage (1/8), Anyonecanhaveitall (9/1), Fanoir (12/1), La Hacienda (12/1), Castlehill Boy (16/1), Barely Made It (33/1), Simpatico (40/1), Another Ocana (50/1), Ballyglass Beauty (50/1), Winning Rascal (50/1), Mr Brogue (66/1), Finches Cross (80/1), Mrs Macker (100/1), Fenshar (100/1), Cottage Artist (150/1), Laurel Park (150/1), The Sages Answer (150/1), Holditinyourhead (200/1), One More Lass (200/1), Running Scared (200/1), Only One Plan (200/1)

MICRO MANAGE sets a very good standard and a repeat of a brace of runner-up efforts this winter will surely suffice. Anyonecanhaveitall is a player if taking to hurdling with Fanoir likely to improve at some point.