September 23 / 14.10 Listowel

14.10

Yielding To Soft

Allman Contracts Novice Hurdle

  • Prize money: £9659.29
  • 2m 4f 0y
  • 6 runners
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Allman Contracts Novice Hurdle

Runners: 6 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

5/4 (Won)

  • Win: £1.50
  • Place: £1.10

Form: 11 C

Last run: 52 days

W: 11st 5lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
His debut for this yard was a good while coming having fetched £90,000 after winning a point in late 2021; looks ready to make up for lost time having gone 2-2 under rules and he beat the talented Tag Man (who won easily here yesterday) at Galway despite jumping/hanging left throughout; must be smart.
Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

2nd

3

31st Dec 2024

Yielding

2m 7f 209y

12:35 Punchestown

High Class Hero

11st 12lb

J: Paul Townend

T: W P Mullins

keen to post, prominent, not fluent 4th, briefly led from 12th

15/8

2nd

3

31st Dec 2024

Yielding

2m 7f 209y

12:35 Punchestown

High Class Hero

11st 12lb

J: Paul Townend

T: W P Mullins

keen to post, prominent, not fluent 4th, briefly led from 12th

15/8

66/1

  • Place: £8.70

Form: -35541 D

Last run: 31 days

W: 11st 5lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Looks mildly progressive having come from well off the pace to beat 13 rivals in a maiden at Sligo (2m4f, good); however, will need to raise his game again to keep ball with the best of these.
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

2nd

11

2nd Feb 2025

Yielding

2m 5f 107y

14:45 Leopardstown

Sequestered

10st 11lb

J: Jack G Gilligan

T: Paul John Gilligan

Dual hurdles winner got off the mark chasing at fourth attempt when running away with 3m handicap here at Christmas; 12lb hike for that and steps up in grade but likely more to offer and rider claims an additional 3lb here.

13/2

2nd

11

2nd Feb 2025

Yielding

2m 5f 107y

14:45 Leopardstown

Sequestered

10st 11lb

J: Jack G Gilligan

T: Paul John Gilligan

Dual hurdles winner got off the mark chasing at fourth attempt when running away with 3m handicap here at Christmas; 12lb hike for that and steps up in grade but likely more to offer and rider claims an additional 3lb here.

13/2

1st

5

29th Dec 2024

Good To Yielding

3m 0f 100y

13:55 Leopardstown

Sequestered

11st 7lb

J: Jack G Gilligan

T: Paul John Gilligan

midfield

14/1

Form: 231

Last run: 26 days

W: 11st 5lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Useful on the Flat in Britain and bought for 40,000gns; building some momentum since returning from an absence and absolutely dotted up in a maiden at Downpatrick (2m5f, good); faces far stiffer competition this time but that latest RPR of 132 was eyecatching.
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No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

5th

3

9th Nov 2024

Good

3m 0f 149y

Class 2

13:30 Aintree

Reverend Hubert

11st 11lb

J: Sean Bowen

T: C Byrnes

Promising novice hurdler in 2023 and he won two novice chases this May/June (2m6f/3m, good to firm/good); ran well in the Cesarewitch on the Flat last month and this Irish raider is not discounted now going handicapping for the first time over jumps.

6/1

Form: 53-113 C

Last run: 51 days

W: 11st 3lb

6 yo Mare

OR: 125

Form & Verdict
Four wins divided between bumpers and hurdles; finished 6l behind stablemate What Path at Galway and reopposes on the same terms here; vulnerable.
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

1st

8

7th Nov 2024

Good

2m 4f 171y

14:05 Clonmel

Pink In The Park

10st 4lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: W P Mullins

held up in rear, headway on near side of group after 3 out, challenging going okay 2 out, ridden to lead approaching last, stayed on

13/2

1st

8

7th Nov 2024

Good

2m 4f 171y

14:05 Clonmel

Pink In The Park

10st 4lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: W P Mullins

held up in rear, headway on near side of group after 3 out, challenging going okay 2 out, ridden to lead approaching last, stayed on

13/2

4th

7

16th Oct 2024

Good

2m 2f 75y

15:20 Punchestown

Pink In The Park

10st 8lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: W P Mullins

Won two bumpers, one of them at this venue; useful 129-rated hurdler; won on chase debut at Galway over an extended 2m6f trip; made a bad mistake three out when remote fourth at Killarney; similar error two out ended her chance of beating the favourite in a mares' event at Listowel.

7/2

Form: 4-F412

Last run: 29 days

W: 11st 2lb

4 yo Colt

OR: 123

Form & Verdict
Good Flat form for the Gosdens and going the right way over hurdles, having easily won a Cork maiden before chasing home a useful rival at Kilbeggan; this company demands a further step forward but that's feasible.
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No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

7th

3

16th Oct 2024

Good

2m 4f 0y

14:50 Punchestown

Baltic Bird

11st 10lb

J: Oakley Brown

T: William Durkan

Won a 2m6f Ballinrobe handicap hurdle in May and mostly good runs since including in some classy Flat events; looks a player; best form has come on good ground.

8/1

4th

2

(4)

27th Aug 2024

Good To Yielding

2m 1f 110y

19:45 Bellewstown

Baltic Bird

11st 13lb

J: Mr J C Barry

T: William Durkan

soon led, clear after 2f, joined from 6f out, headed but prominent over 4f out, no extra inside final furlong, lost third final strides

100/30

12th

17

3rd Aug 2024

Good

2m 6f 108y

14:30 Galway

Baltic Bird

10st 11lb

J: Oakley Brown

T: William Durkan

led, headed but prominent after 2nd

8/1

OUR TIP

Form: 1P-112

Last run: 51 days

W: 11st 10lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 135

Form & Verdict
Bumper winner who comfortably justified favouritism in minor 3m events at Tipperary and Kilbeggan before coming up short at the hands of a respected opponent at Galway (2m4f); probably wants 3m and has to concede 5lb to stablemate High Class Hero, whom Paul Townend prefers.
Place /
No / Draw
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Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
Verdict Starting price

5th

3

25th Jan 2025

Good To Soft

2m 7f 214y

Class 3

12:55 Doncaster

What Path

10st 12lb

J: James Bowen

T: Keiran Burke

Promising novice hurdler for Willie Mullins last season but he's been unable to transfer that form to fences and was tailed off in France three weeks ago; arrives with something to prove.

25/1

5th

3

25th Jan 2025

Good To Soft

2m 7f 214y

Class 3

12:55 Doncaster

What Path

10st 12lb

J: James Bowen

T: Keiran Burke

held up in last

25/1

3rd

4

23rd Nov 2024

Good

3m 5f 94y

Class 2

14:05 Ascot

What Path

11st 6lb

J: Adam Wedge

T: Keiran Burke

Won a bumper and two hurdles for Willie Mullins, for whom he signed off with a third on chase debut; with Sophie Leech when close up in a 2m6f beginners' chase at Galway and would have found 2m3f too sharp here three weeks ago on first run for current yard; whether he'll stay this far (unraced beyond 3m) remains to be seen.

20/1

Non-runners

Gortmillish, Mister Twist

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €31.50
Straight Forecast €23.36
Trifecta €92.70

Selections

RP RATINGS (IRE):

What Path

POSTDATA:

Pink In The Park

SPOTLIGHT:

High Class Hero

The Irish Sun:

Gortmillish

TOPSPEED:

What Path