14:01 Gowran Park

Friday 3 October 2025

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Willis Towers Watson Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:03 | Winning time: 4m 23.6s

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Selected odds by:

Crab Road¹⁹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: A Leahy⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

250/1

Once-raced maiden. 100/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16f, good to soft) on NH debut, pulled up before 3 out. Off 6 months.

Form: P-

Dark Lieutenant⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: G Brouder⁽³⁾| T: P A Fahy

250/1

Once-raced maiden. 125/1, unseated rider in novice hurdle at Roscommon (15.6f, good to soft) on NH debut 4 days ago.

Form: U

Flash The Badge⁷⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Alex Harvey| T: J C McConnell

50/1

Once-raced maiden. 18/1, tenth of 13 in bumper at Killarney (17f, good to soft) on NH debut 78 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0

Friends Of Barry

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny Gilligan| T: John E & Kiely

25/1

€52,000 3-y-o, Motivator gelding. Half-brother to 7f winner Pavlodar. Dam maiden on Flat (stayed 1¼m). One to note in the betting.

Form:

Kanog Bay¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Caragh Monaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: Ian Donoghue

66/1

Once-raced maiden. Ninth of 14 in novice hurdle at Navan (21f, good to soft, 50/1) on NH debut 13 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: F4-9

Lejolicoeur Du Mou^h¹⁵⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Donagh Meyler| T: J P Dempsey

40/1

Once-raced maiden. Hooded, seventeenth of 18 in bumper (33/1) at Punchestown (16.7f, good to soft) on NH debut 157 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0-

Leonard Vallis

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: John Shinnick⁽³⁾| T: T O'Brien

11/2

€75,000 3-y-o, Doctor Dino gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler/chaser Hokusai Vallis. Dam 17f hurdle winner, sister to fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 2½m) Fidelio Vallis. Interesting to see what the market has to say.

Form:

Rackemandstackem

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

8/1

Kingston Hill gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdlers American Money and Eur Gone West. In good hands and confidence behind him in the betting would look significant.

Form:

Sinbad My Dad⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: B Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: S Fahey

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 9f on the Flat. Tenth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f, 25/1) 7 days ago, very slowly away. Opposable back in this sphere.

Form: P66-

Stay In The Game³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: J J Hanlon

9/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. 13/2, fourth of 13 in novice hurdle at Wexford (16.9f, good) on NH debut 35 days ago. Entitled to come on for that and he needs considering.

Form: 4

Dschingis Dragon⁸⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

4/7

Fair Flat winner. Promising individual. Third of 15 in novice hurdle at Cork (16.9f, good, 9/1) 84 days ago. Open to progress for top yard and she's the one to beat.

Form: F3

Good Girl Holly

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell

150/1

Wings of Eagles filly. Half-sister to 8.4f-9.5f winner Dani's Boy. Dam fairly useful 2m hurdle winner, also 7f-2m winner on Flat. Likely to come on for the run.

Form:

Likealightswitch⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: S O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: A Sexton

14/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. Eighth of 18 in novice hurdle (250/1) at Listowel (16f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 8 days ago.

Form: 588

Miss Guiry¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Cian Quirke| T: D H Kelly

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eleventh of 16 in bumper at Navan (15.8f, good to soft, 16/1) 13 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 360

Soldiers Lady

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Kieren Buckley| T: G P Cromwell

40/1

Soldier of Fortune filly. Dam, bumper winner (stayed 2½m), half-sister to fair hurdler/fairly useful chase winner (winner around 2m) Royal Flight. Rackemandstackem is presumably the stable first-string, but she needs a close look in the betting nonetheless.

Form:

Thirsty Work¹⁵⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: O McKiernan

40/1

Once-raced maiden. Tongue strap on, thirteenth of 18 in bumper (66/1) at Punchestown (16.7f, good to soft) on NH debut 157 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0-

Tropical Twist¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

66/1

Once-raced maiden. Sixth of 7 in bumper at Downpatrick (17.8f, soft, 9/2) on NH debut 14 days ago. Needs to raise her game now switched to hurdles.

Form: 6

Wild Wild Wind⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: M A Cahill

300/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. 300/1, fifteenth of 18 in bumper at Listowel (16f, good to soft) on bumper debut 8 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: 0-80

Rhythm Of Choice¹⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Conor Stone-Walsh| T: G P Cromwell

28/1

Feel Like Dancing filly. Dam maiden hurdler (stayed 3m). Placed on the second of her 2 starts between the flags. RESERVE.

Form: 5-3

Non-Runners

Famous Figure²¹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 4

T: P A Fahy J: Harry Sexton

Kilt²⁵

Weight: 11-7| Age: 4

T: P J Rothwell J: Non Runner

Forecasts

Dschingis Dragon (4/7), Leonard Vallis (11/2), Rackemandstackem (8/1), Stay In The Game (9/1), Kilt (10/1), Likealightswitch (14/1), Famous Figure (20/1), Friends Of Barry (25/1), Rhythm Of Choice (28/1), Lejolicoeur Du Mou (40/1), Sinbad My Dad (40/1), Soldiers Lady (40/1), Thirsty Work (40/1), Flash The Badge (50/1), Miss Guiry (50/1), Tropical Twist (66/1), Kanog Bay (66/1), Good Girl Holly (150/1), Dark Lieutenant (250/1), Crab Road (250/1), Wild Wild Wind (300/1)

French Flat winner DSCHINGIS DRAGON got no further than the first flight on debut in this sphere, but she subsequently put in a clear roud when third at Cork and earns the vote here with the promise of better to come. Newcomers Leonard Vallis, Rackemandstackem and Soldiers Lady all need close attention in the betting, while Stay In The Game has to enter calculations having shaped fairly well on his first run over hurdles at Wexford.