March 03 / 14.15 Leopardstown

14.15

Soft To Heavy

Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle

  • Prize money: £6669.57
  • 2m 0f 0y
  • 15 runners
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Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle

Runners: 15 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Mostly cloudy

6/1 (Won)

  • Win: £8.40
  • Place: £1.20

Form: 750326 BF

Last run: 21 days

W: 11st 12lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 101

Form & Verdict
Has shown he's capable from a mark in the low 100s in handicaps of late but this is a tougher ask back in maiden company; handles the ground and has an each-way chance.
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12

26th Oct 2025

Yielding

2m 6f 111y

13:25 Galway

Zeeband

11st 12lb

J: Jack G Gilligan

T: Paul John Gilligan

Winner of eight races (four Flat) and four over hurdles between March and June last year; rated a very respectable 136 over hurdles; pulled up before the last on his recent chase debut at Sligo, having made a bad mistake four out; beat watched for the moment.

20/1

9

1st Oct 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 1f 120y

14:25 Sligo

Zeeband

11st 12lb

J: Jack G Gilligan

T: Paul John Gilligan

Dual Flat winner has won four over hurdles, with the last of those coming at Killarney in 2024; well beaten in a Grade 2 novice when last seen; needs to be at his best on chasing debut after a long absence.

16/1

8th

8

1st Dec 2024

Yielding

2m 0f 110y

13:35 Fairyhouse

Zeeband

11st 4lb

J: Jack G Gilligan

T: Paul John Gilligan

soon prominent

20/1

5/1

  • Place: £2.10

Form: 250069

Last run: 35 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
10-race maiden; promise when beaten 14l in a C&D maiden hurdle and ran to a similar level when sixth behind Tullyhill at Naas but poor run in a bumper since; type to bounce back.
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3rd

27

29th Apr 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 3f 93y

15:05 Punchestown

Master Otis

10st 3lb

T: Thomas Mullins

Second reserve; won at Cork last summer; lost his form in the autumn; not bad efforts lately but needs much more in this company.

3rd

27

29th Apr 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 3f 93y

15:05 Punchestown

Master Otis

10st 3lb

T: Thomas Mullins

Second reserve; won at Cork last summer; lost his form in the autumn; not bad efforts lately but needs much more in this company.

4th

12

20th Mar 2025

Good

2m 4f 0y

15:37 Cork

Master Otis

11st 1lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Thomas Mullins

Lost form after winning a 2m novice here (good) last May but respectable reappearance in 2m Leopardstown handicap early this month; tries a new trip here and not one to rule out.

10/1

5/2

  • Place: £1.10

Form: 731592 D

Last run: 19 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Won Tipperary bumper over the summer and showed he handled very testing ground when only beaten 3l at Thurles last time; should be in the mix if he builds on that.
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12th

2

24th Jul 2025

Yielding

2m 0f 150y

16:35 Wexford

Crooked Tannie

11st 12lb

J: Jordan Gainford

T: Cian Collins

0-9 over hurdles but ran plenty of fine races in defeat last year; off since 4l second of 15 in a Bellewstown handicap off 116 last August; leading chance if he's fit for his return.

7/4

2nd

10

28th Aug 2024

Good To Yielding

2m 4f 110y

17:48 Bellewstown

Crooked Tannie

10st 12lb

J: Jordan Gainford

T: Cian Collins

held up in rear

10/1

Form: 30-P7F

Last run: 19 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Best run came when placed in Thurles bumper last season; poor form over hurdles this term prior to last time at Thurles when he was running well behind Clonshire River before stepping at a hurdle two out and coming down; may be able to build on that if none the worse for the fall.
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2

26th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 3f 100y

16:18 Listowel

Gabriel Ranger

11st 12lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Joseph G Murphy

Won off 4lb lower at Killarney in May, his last run on yielding ground; not as good the last twice on good ground but the return to an easier surface offers hope of an improved run.

8/1

3rd

3

17th Aug 2025

Good

2m 6f 0y

16:30 Tramore

Gabriel Ranger

11st 3lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: Joseph G Murphy

Mid-field over hurdles at Galway; better judged on his handicap chase win at Killarney on only his second attempt in a handicap chase; likely to confirm form with fourth-placed Ik's Man.

5/1

8th

14

30th Jul 2025

Good

2m 6f 0y

17:35 Galway

Gabriel Ranger

11st 8lb

J: Cian Quirke

T: Joseph G Murphy

Scored from this mark over fences at Killarney in May and gave the impression a step back up in trip could be in his favour; this looks more competitive but not ruled out.

12/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Ocovango gelding; dam point/2m4f hurdle winner, out of half-sister to useful 2m4f-3m hurdle/chase winner Limerick Leader and 2m3f-2m7f hurdle/chase winner Karratha; bred for further.
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5th

13

3rd Mar 2024

Soft To Heavy

2m 0f 0y

14:15 Leopardstown

Targa Flavio

11st 12lb

J: Shane O’Callaghan

T: Ross O’Sullivan

Ocovango gelding; dam point/2m4f hurdle winner, out of half-sister to useful 2m4f-3m hurdle/chase winner Limerick Leader and 2m3f-2m7f hurdle/chase winner Karratha; bred for further.

33/1

Form: 232550

Last run: 80 days

W: 11st 5lb

7 yo Mare

OR: 85

Form & Verdict
Went close on better ground earlier in the season but has struggled in more testing conditions recently and this looks tough back in maiden company.
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2nd

13

18th Aug 2024

Good To Yielding

2m 0f 140y

14:33 Tramore

Banada Bridge

11st 0lb

J: Donagh Meyler

T: Mrs Denise Foster

0-23 over hurdles but she has finished second four times; beaten 5l into second at Leopardstown off 86 in March 2023; went close off 84, 86 and 87 later that year; well-handicapped now off 80 but she hasn't shown enough in four runs this season; needs a revival.

18/1

7th

13

7th Jul 2024

Good

2m 3f 194y

16:15 Sligo

Banada Bridge

10st 13lb

J: Danny Gilligan

T: Mrs Denise Foster

Beaten no more that a length in three successive 2m handicaps in early autumn but maiden's form has dipped since; back up in trip with headgear combo back on for the first time since last year.

25/1

Form: 6535

Last run: 165 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Distant third in a Killarney bumper but didn't build on that at Listowel when last seen and may need this after 165 days off.
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8

18th Oct 2025

Good

2m 5f 0y

16:30 Limerick

Lummi Island

11st 5lb

J: Philip Byrnes

T: D Deacon

Is 0-10 over hurdles; hasn't really built on promising Tipperary fourth in May (3m1f, gd-yld); beaten 23l when fifth on latest in a Killarney handicap chase; needs more off this mark back over hurdles.

14/1

5

25th Aug 2025

Good

2m 6f 61y

18:43 Ballinrobe

Lummi Island

11st 3lb

J: Benjamin P Kennedy

T: D Deacon

Fell at Limerick in March with the race at his mercy; reported blowing hard last time when down the field at Wexford; one of the leading fancies then.

12/1

8th

5

24th Jul 2025

Yielding

3m 0f 0y

18:15 Wexford

Lummi Island

11st 6lb

J: Benjamin P Kennedy

T: D Deacon

Set to win when falling at Limerick (22.5f, yielding) in March; fine run at Tipperary in May off 4lb higher; nudged up another 1lb but should go well again after a 71 day break.

13/2

Form: 58

Last run: 49 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
50-1 on both outings so far; has shown minor promise but ultimately tailed off each time and probably one for handicaps at this point.
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1

8th Sep 2025

Good

2m 4f 35y

Class 5

16:10 Perth

Brave Adam

12st 0lb

J: Brian Hughes

T: Jennie Candlish

Won over nearly 3m as a chaser last year when based in Ireland; pulled up over hurdles on final run there and made a forgettable stable debut at Hexham in this new headgear combination.

14/1

2

22nd Jun 2025

Good

2m 7f 63y

Class 5

15:18 Hexham

Brave Adam

12st 0lb

J: Brian Hughes

T: Jennie Candlish

A fair 2m7f-winning chaser but he was pulled up back hurdling in 3m Fairyhouse handicap in April on his final run for Thomas Cooper; cheekpieces go on for his new yard and he can't be ruled out after a break with Brian Hughes up.

6/1

14

6th Apr 2025

Yielding

3m 0f 0y

16:12 Fairyhouse

Brave Adam

10st 3lb

J: Tom Kelly

T: Thomas Cooper

Won a Killarney beginners' chase last October but not as good over fences since; however, did run a solid race on handicap hurdle debut at Punchestown in December over this trip; considered.

11/1

Form: 09

Last run: 21 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Some improvement from a low-key debut when ninth of 14 at Navan three weeks ago; needs further progress to get involved here.
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10th

1

24th Apr 2025

Good

2m 2f 50y

17:15 Kilbeggan

Not My Problem

12st 0lb

J: Tom Harney

T: Ross O’Sullivan

prominent, went second 2nd, not fluent 3rd, led before 6th, 4 lengths ahead 4 out, headed and stumbled 3 out, soon weakened

14/1

10th

1

24th Apr 2025

Good

2m 2f 50y

17:15 Kilbeggan

Not My Problem

12st 0lb

J: Tom Harney

T: Ross O’Sullivan

prominent, went second 2nd, not fluent 3rd, led before 6th, 4 lengths ahead 4 out, headed and stumbled 3 out, soon weakened

14/1

5

9th Feb 2025

Soft To Heavy

2m 5f 180y

15:12 Navan

Not My Problem

11st 3lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: Ross O’Sullivan

Pulled up on handicap debut before going close in a pair of handicap hurdles at Punchestown before Christmas; however, pulled up in softer ground last time and conditions are a concern again.

16/1

Form: 1-738 D

Last run: 14 days

W: 11st 5lb

7 yo Mare

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Form & Verdict
Won Tramore bumper for Willie Mullins on debut; hasn't matched that since but ran okay on yard debut at Sligo in August and in too deep at Punchestown a fortnight ago; needs to resume progress down in class.
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7

26th Nov 2024

Heavy

2m 5f 0y

13:50 Tramore

Tina Meehan

11st 5lb

J: Tiernan Power Roche

T: Brendan Maurice Walsh

Bumper winner here for Willie Mullins in 2022 and placed in Sligo maiden hurdle for James Nash following summer; hasn't progressed in restricted campaign though, absent since never counting over fences at Ballinrobe in July; hard to be confident in.

25/1

7

26th Nov 2024

Heavy

2m 5f 0y

13:50 Tramore

Tina Meehan

11st 5lb

J: Tiernan Power Roche

T: Brendan Maurice Walsh

Bumper winner here for Willie Mullins in 2022 and placed in Sligo maiden hurdle for James Nash following summer; hasn't progressed in restricted campaign though, absent since never counting over fences at Ballinrobe in July; hard to be confident in.

25/1

10th

4

23rd Jul 2024

Good To Yielding

2m 1f 64y

17:53 Ballinrobe

Tina Meehan

11st 8lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: Brendan Maurice Walsh

Bumper winner for Willie Mullins and was close up in a maiden on debut for her next yard; hasn't built on that and looks best watched on handicap debut.

25/1

OUR TIP

Form: 09

Last run: 35 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Tailed off at huge odds in two runs so far and others preferred.
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7th

6

16th May 2024

Good

2m 3f 0y

17:30 Clonmel

Ballyeden Close

11st 4lb

J: Tom Harney

T: Liz Doyle

Has struggled in three starts over hurdles; second-string for trainer of High City Roller.

66/1

7th

6

16th May 2024

Good

2m 3f 0y

17:30 Clonmel

Ballyeden Close

11st 4lb

J: Tom Harney

T: Liz Doyle

Has struggled in three starts over hurdles; second-string for trainer of High City Roller.

66/1

11th

1

3rd Mar 2024

Soft To Heavy

2m 0f 0y

14:15 Leopardstown

Ballyeden Close

11st 12lb

J: Liam Quinlan

T: Liz Doyle

Tailed off at huge odds in two runs so far and others preferred.

100/1

Form:

Last run:

W: 11st 5lb

5 yo Mare

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Form & Verdict
Pulled up all four point starts and impossible to build a case for.
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12th

17

3rd Mar 2024

Soft To Heavy

2m 0f 0y

14:15 Leopardstown

My Policy

11st 5lb

J: Patrick M O’Brien

T: Patrick Rooney

Pulled up all four point starts and impossible to build a case for.

200/1

Form:

Last run: 11 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Form of 122 in points and the form of his 2022 point win worked out nicely; not so much the two 2023 efforts and he was tailed off when making his rules debut last week at 50-1; needs to leave that run behind.
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5

3rd Mar 2024

Soft To Heavy

2m 0f 0y

14:15 Leopardstown

Desert Cave

11st 12lb

J: Niall Prendergast

T: Declan Queally

Form of 122 in points and the form of his 2022 point win worked out nicely; not so much the two 2023 efforts and he was tailed off when making his rules debut last week at 50-1; needs to leave that run behind.

12/1

14th

6

21st Feb 2024

Heavy

2m 0f 148y

13:45 Punchestown

Desert Cave

11st 4lb

J: Shane Fitzgerald

T: Declan Queally

Won on his point debut at Ballycrystal in 2022; remote second twice since; best watched on his track debut after almost a year off.

16/1

Form:

Last run: 68 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

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Form & Verdict
Flat winner in September and ran with credit on hurdle bow here when shaping like he would be better for the run; likely improver and handles testing ground on the level.
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9

3rd Mar 2024

Soft To Heavy

2m 0f 0y

14:15 Leopardstown

Lord Vader

11st 12lb

J: Conor Clarke

T: Emmet Mullins

Flat winner in September and ran with credit on hurdle bow here when shaping like he would be better for the run; likely improver and handles testing ground on the level.

5/2

17

26th Dec 2023

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 0y

12:00 Leopardstown

Lord Vader

11st 7lb

J: Conor Clarke

T: Emmet Mullins

Maiden winner over 1m at Cork in September on his 12th start; respectable form before that including a close fourth in a Limerick handicap in June and when third in a Galway maiden; new headgear combination for hurdling debut.

16/1

1st

1

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6th Sep 2023

Good

1m 0f 0y

17:04 Cork

Lord Vader

9st 13lb

J: Colin Keane

T: Emmet Mullins

An 11-race maiden; respectable form including a close fourth in a Limerick handicap in June and when third in a Galway maiden last month when racing too keenly; respected with the champion jockey booked but needs to find a bit more.

9/2

Form: 00

Last run: 94 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Triple figure odds both starts so far and shown nothing; now tried with first-time tongue-tie.
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11th

9

25th Jul 2025

Good

2m 2f 200y

17:55 Kilbeggan

Whos In Midfield

10st 10lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Shane Ryder

Still a maiden and this headgear did nothing for him when tailed off at Sligo; opposable.

20/1

12th

14

10th Jun 2025

Good

2m 1f 157y

18:58 Sligo

Whos In Midfield

10st 13lb

J: Richard Condon

T: Shane Ryder

0-8 over hurdles; showed a glimmer when fourth at Cork in March but poor twice since; needs more with cheekpieces now tried and unproven on soft ground if the forecast rain comes.

12/1

6th

7

1st Jun 2025

Yielding

2m 0f 0y

15:52 Kilbeggan

Whos In Midfield

11st 1lb

J: J J Slevin

T: Shane Ryder

Promise in first two handicaps a year apart; shaped well at Cork when fourth of 18 off 88 in March; didn't back that up when well beaten at Limerick last month; down 1lb and capable of better but hard to be confident.

12/1

Non-runners

Clonshire River, Do The Math, Emeric

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Payout
Exacta €78.40
Straight Forecast €60.86
Trifecta €200.10

Selections

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Crooked Tannie

SPOTLIGHT:

Gabriel Ranger

TOPSPEED:

Tina Meehan

POSTDATA:

Crooked Tannie

The Irish Sun:

Gabriel Ranger