Ballygowan Opportunity Maiden Hurdle Racecard

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Distance: 2m 180y
Going: Good

Runners: 18
Type: Hurdle
Surface: Turf
Weather: Cloudy

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Old Port ^h ¹

J: Philip Byrnes

T: C Byrnes

Cold Recent Form Jockey - 0 wins from 11 in the last 14 days (0%)

Two non-completions since his third at Cork; ability respected in a maiden of this nature

3UF-

Age: 6

Weight: 11-12

OR: -

Days: 113

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
14 Jan 24	Pun Punchestown	16.5f Sft	MdH	11-7	F/22	Lisnagar Fortune ()	6/1	-	-
26 Dec 23	Leo Leopardstown	16f Y	MdH	11-7	UR/23	King Of Kingsfield ()	16/1	-	-
10 Dec 23	Cor Cork	17f Sft/Hy	MdH	11-12	3/24	No Time To Wait (9¼L)	40/1	-	119
27 Jul 23	Yar Yarmouth	10f GS	2Hc	9-0	8/11	Cumulonimbus (8½L)	10/1	91	81
2 Jul 23	Cur Curragh	12f GF	Hc	9-4	6/11	Safecracker (5¾L)	14/1	92	90
16 Jun 23	Cor Cork	12f Y	Hc	9-12	11/13	Star Kissed (8¾L)	16/1	92	87

Edge Of Darkness

J: Philip Donovan ²

T: Denis Gerard Hogan

Four Flat wins in Britain but offered little so far for current yard; hurdling debut

Age: 4

Weight: 11-6

OR: -

Days: -

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
27 Apr 24	Nav Navan	13f Gd/Y	Hc	9-2 p	12/16	Boher Road (12L)	40/1	83	74
15 Mar 24	Dun Dundalk (AW)	10.5f St	Cl	9-11 p¹	7/14	Victory Star (10½L)	13/2	84	66
16 Oct 23	Mus Musselburgh	12.5f Gd	4Sl	9-10	1/7	Achnamara (3¼L)	8/13F	84	84
7 Oct 23	Red Redcar	14f Gd	4Hc	9-6	2/10	Award Dancer (nk)	8/1	82	90
21 Sep 23	Yar Yarmouth	14f Sft	4Hc	9-6	5/7	Tajanis (9¾L)	4/1F	83	79
9 Sep 23	Hay Haydock	14f Gd	23yHc	8-5	6/7	Naqeeb (5L)	40/1	84	87

Garrick Painter

J: Tom Harney ⁴

T: Noel C Kelly

Found no fluency in his jumping when tailed off at Downpatrick ten days ago (28-1)

Age: 4

Weight: 11-6

OR: -

Days: 10

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
26 Apr 24	Dpt Downpatrick	18f Gd	MdH	11-4	12/15	Valsorpresa (49L)	28/1	-	65
5 Apr 24	Dun Dundalk (AW)	10.5f St	Hc	10-0 p	8/14	Moondharrig (8¼L)	10/1	75	71
22 Mar 24	Dun Dundalk (AW)	8f St	Hc	9-6 p	7/10	Exquisite Acclaim (3½L)	16/1	76	75
23 Feb 24	Dun Dundalk (AW)	12f St	Hc	9-10 p¹	6/11	Nibiru (3¾L)	5/1	76	77
14 Feb 24	Dun Dundalk (AW)	10.5f St	Hc	9-6	2/9	Yokkell (hd)	5/1	74	82
31 Jan 24	Dun Dundalk (AW)	10.5f St	Hc	9-12	8/14	Unterberg (8L)	8/1	75	69

High Honour ^t

J: John Shinnick ⁴

T: Donal Kinsella

Won for Godolphin but failed to progress; well held in two valuable h'caps for this yard

Age: 4

Weight: 11-6

OR: -

Days: -

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
18 Mar 24	Cur Curragh	8f Hy	Hc	8-0 t	17/19	Chazzesmee (21L)	125/1	84	46
10 Sep 23	Cur Curragh	10f Gd/Y	Hc	8-0	22/22	Crystal Black (38L)	80/1	85	17
18 May 23	Yor York	12f GF	33yHc	9-1 tp	11/11	Chesspiece (20L)	25/1	87	61
7 May 23	Nmk Newmarket	10f Sft	33yHc	9-9 tp¹	3/6	Royal Rhyme (6¾L)	14/1	87	87
19 Apr 23	Nmk Newmarket	10f GS	33yHc	9-9 p	8/9	Like A Tiger (17L)	11/2	90	70
5 Nov 22	Cfd Chelmsford (AW)	10f St	42yNv	9-11 p¹	3/7	Sir Laurence Graff (1¾L)	EvensF	-	82

Zero Fighter

J: G B Noonan ²

T: E D Delany

Limited on the Flat so ran surprisingly well to be fourth at Bellewstown

Age: 4

Weight: 11-6

OR: -

Days: 12

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
24 Apr 24	Bel Bellewstown	17f Gd/Y	4yMdH	11-7	4/16	Pinot Gris (14½L)	33/1	-	98
26 Mar 24	Dun Dundalk (AW)	8f St	Hc	8-3 p	3/14	Zahee (4¼L)	14/1	48	54
9 Feb 24	Dun Dundalk (AW)	8f St	Hc	9-3 p	5/14	Gatsby Cap (3½L)	14/1	49	50
12 Jan 24	Dun Dundalk (AW)	8f St	Hc	8-9 p	2/13	Cousin Shay (hd)	40/1	47	54
15 Dec 23	Dun Dundalk (AW)	8f St	Hc	8-5 p	12/14	Run The Jewels (9¾L)	100/1	48	36
8 Dec 23	Dun Dundalk (AW)	8f St	Hc	8-8 tp¹	10/14	Hurricane Helen (9L)	50/1	52	43

Giant Haystacks

J: Sean Cleary-Farrell ⁴

T: Barry J Fitzgerald

Highly tried in a Grade 3 on debut but then beaten 18l in a maiden at Ballinrobe

55-

Age: 5

Weight: 11-4

OR: -

Days: 17

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
19 Apr 24	Bal Ballinrobe	17.5f Sft	MdH	11-4	5/15	On The Steel (18L)	7/1	-	96
2 Dec 23	Fai Fairyhouse	16f Sft	4yHG3	10-13	5/6	Risk Belle (26L)	200/1	-	107

Gustavo Goodway

J: Conor Owens ⁴

T: P J Rothwell

Cold Recent Form Trainer - 1 wins from 25 in the last 14 days (4%)

0-4 in points and tailed off in two maiden hurdles; drier ground this time but opposable

90-

Age: 6

Weight: 11-4

OR: -

Days: 20

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
16 Apr 24	Naa Naas	19.5f Sft	MdH	11-9	11/18	Born Braver (30L)	200/1	-	95
16 Mar 24	Thu Thurles	16f Hy	MdH	11-12	9/18	Answering (49L)	66/1	-	69

Kalsman ^h

J: Alex Harvey ⁴

T: Liam Lennon

18-race maiden with a basement mark on the Flat and over hurdles; makes no real appeal

7U004-

Age: 6

Weight: 11-4

OR: 85

Days: 10

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
26 Apr 24	Dpt Downpatrick	19f Gd	MdH	10-11 h	4/7	Razdan (4½L)	100/1	82	89
14 Apr 24	Dro Down Royal	20f Y	HcH	10-11 h	11/15	O'Faolains Glory (51L)	150/1	85	45
17 Mar 24	Dro Down Royal	17f Sft	MdH	10-11	13/20	Faulty (44L)	250/1	85	77
13 Dec 23	Dun Dundalk (AW)	12f St	Cl	8-12 h	13/14	Banana Three (19L)	200/1	44	35
29 Nov 23	Dun Dundalk (AW)	16f St	Hc	8-12	7/13	Honketonk Angel (9½L)	100/1	47	47
15 Nov 23	Dun Dundalk (AW)	8f St	Md	9-10	11/14	Not Forgotten (16½L)	250/1	-	45

Le Coq Hardi

J: Mike O'Connor

T: Henry De Bromhead

It was a pretty deep maiden in which he ran fourth at Punchestown in November

34-

Age: 5

Weight: 11-4

OR: -

Days: 172

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
16 Nov 23	Pun Punchestown	16.5f Sft	MdH	11-12	4/22	It's For Me (28L)	25/1	-	111
19 Oct 23	Thu Thurles	16f Sft	NHF	11-8	3/14	The Busy Fool (8¼L)	5/1	-	108

Nemo

J: Carl Millar ⁴

T: Gordon Elliott

18-1 for a Leopardstown maiden two months ago and never counted after novicey jumping

Age: 7

Weight: 11-4

OR: -

Days: 63

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
4 Mar 24	Leo Leopardstown	20f Sft	MdH	11-12	5/7	Twoohthree (62L)	18/1	-	68

Pahlavi

J: Shane Fenelon ⁴

T: John Joseph Hanlon

Cold Recent Form Trainer - 0 wins from 14 in the last 14 days (0%)

Has performed okay in a couple of maiden hurdles but looks one for handicaps

4/3C4-

Age: 7

Weight: 11-4

OR: -

Days: 303

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
8 Jul 23	Bel Bellewstown	17f Gd	MdH	11-4	4/12	Encanto Bruno (18½L)	33/1	-	102
22 Jun 23	Leo Leopardstown	15f Gd	Md	11-0	15/17	Enniskerry (53L)	33/1	76	15
2 Jun 23	Dro Down Royal	17f Gd	MdH	11-4	CO/11	Pro Bono ()	4/1	-	-
15 May 23	Kln Killarney	20f Gd	MdH	11-4	3/15	The Short Go (17½L)	33/1	-	104
21 Dec 22	Dun Dundalk (AW)	12f St	Md	9-12	5/8	Dancing Tango (11L)	13/2	77	66
31 Aug 22	Gow Gowran Park	14f GF	Md	9-9	2/12	Zaynudin (10L)	7/2	-	80

Shinnhill

J: Gavin Brouder

T: Neil McKnight

Point form is nothing to shout about and he's been off since late 2022; no appeal

Form:

Age: 7

Weight: 11-4

OR: -

Days: -

Dromineer Smurphy ^t

J: Peter Smithers ⁴

T: Cian Collins

Third in a Clonmel claimer on debut and he's sure to need more here

Age: 4

Weight: 10-12

OR: -

Days: 18

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
18 Apr 24	Clo Clonmel	18.5f Sft/Hy	ClH	10-3 t¹	3/10	It Could Be You (14½L)	10/1	-	93

Kartel And Co

J: Charlie O'Dwyer ²

T: P J Rothwell

Cold Recent Form Trainer - 1 wins from 25 in the last 14 days (4%)

Down the field in maidens at Cork and Bellewstown; similar scenario very feasible here

00-

Age: 4

Weight: 10-12

OR: -

Days: 12

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
24 Apr 24	Bel Bellewstown	17f Gd/Y	4yMdH	11-7	14/16	Pinot Gris (35L)	100/1	-	77
31 Mar 24	Cor Cork	16f Sft/Hy	4yMdH	11-4	11/14	Tranquil Sea (24L)	125/1	-	87

Mordor

J: Danny Gilligan

T: Gordon Elliott

Not built on his excellent third at Leopardstown but still a big player in this company

305B3-

Age: 4

Weight: 10-12

OR: -

Days: 17

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
19 Apr 24	Lim Limerick	17f Sft/Hy	4yMdH	11-7	3/16	Rocky's Diamond (10L)	6/4	-	104
12 Mar 24	Chl Cheltenham	16.5f Hy	4yHcHG3	11-0	BD/22	Lark In The Mornin ()	66/1	125	-
7 Feb 24	Fai Fairyhouse	16f Hy	4yMdH	11-7	5/13	Toll Stone (12L)	11/8	-	97
15 Jan 24	Pun Punchestown	16.5f Sft	4yMdH	11-7	12/18	Highwind (23L)	3/1	-	96
27 Dec 23	Leo Leopardstown	16f Hy	3yMdH	10-9	3/19	Intellotto (7½L)	16/1	-	120
4 Oct 23	Kem Kempton (AW)	11f St/Slw	4Hc	9-6	7/11	Mayfair Gold (7L)	9/4F	77	75

Ballinearla Girl ^h ¹

J: Shane O'Callaghan ²

T: Eoin Doyle

Beaten 13l and 10l in her two bumpers so she has a degree of ability; hood added

44-

Age: 5

Weight: 10-11

OR: -

Days: 207

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
12 Oct 23	Trm Tramore	16f Hy	NHF	10-13	4/9	Where's Nanny (9½L)	18/1	-	92
11 Aug 23	Wex Wexford	16.5f Y/Sft	NHFM	11-1	4/10	Thisistheway (13L)	80/1	-	87

Buttoned Up

J: Jake Coen

T: Peter Fahey

Probably flattered to not be beaten far in a sprint finish at Tramore

96-

Age: 6

Weight: 10-11

OR: -

Days: 15

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
21 Apr 24	Trm Tramore	16.5f Y	MdHM	10-13	6/15	Gaillimh A Run (7¼L)	100/1	-	90
14 Apr 24	Dro Down Royal	20f Y	MdHM	10-13	9/15	Lady Bluebird (38L)	40/1	-	69

Drum Roll

J: Conor Smithers ⁴

T: Paul Nolan

Placed on the Flat in France; tailed off in both her completed maiden hurdles

7U8-

Age: 4

Weight: 10-5

OR: -

Days: 25

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
11 Apr 24	Lim Limerick	16f Hy	4yMdHM	11-2	8/13	Doctor Nightingale (49L)	33/1	-	68
31 Mar 24	Cor Cork	16f Sft/Hy	4yMdH	11-0	UR/14	Tranquil Sea ()	20/1	-	-
2 Mar 24	Nav Navan	16f Hy	4yMdH	11-0	7/14	Charming Star (38L)	125/1	-	71
11 Oct 23	Cha Chantilly	9.5f St	3y	8-5	8/9	Olympiade (8¼L)	25/1	-	60
5 Sep 23	Evx Evreux	12.5f GS	3y	8-13	6/9	Rodainah (7L)	6/1	-	-
5 Aug 23	Dea Deauville	9.5f St	3y	8-7	12/13	Pangaea (7¼L)	63/10	-	60

African Lady

J: Conor Stone-Walsh ²

T: Gavin Cromwell

Cold Recent Form Jockey - 0 wins from 14 in the last 14 days (0%)

Reserve; didn't jump well enough to stand any chance at Bellewstown (9-1)

Age: 4

Weight: 10-5

OR: -

Days: 12

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
24 Apr 24	Bel Bellewstown	17f Gd/Y	4yMdH	11-0	13/16	Pinot Gris (33L)	9/1	-	72

March Law

T: Matthew J Smith

Age: 6

Weight: 11-12

OR: -

Days: -

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
3 Nov 23	Dun Dundalk (AW)	12f St	Hc	9-6 b	14/14	Luke Short (21L)	66/1	82	54
15 Aug 23	Dun Dundalk (AW)	10.5f St	Hc	8-6 b¹	14/14	Longbourn (39L)	40/1	85	22
3 Mar 23	Dun Dundalk (AW)	16f St	Hc	12-0	8/14	Khadaash (12½L)	18/1	87	84
30 Sep 22	Ncs Newcastle (AW)	12.5f St	4Hc	9-9	2/6	Southern Voyage (½L)	13/2	85	95
26 Aug 22	Ham Hamilton	12f Sft	2Hc	8-12	14/15	Wickywickywheels (10½L)	50/1	87	78
18 Jun 22	Ayr Ayr	13f Gd	2Hc	9-1 p	13/13	Dark Jedi (13½L)	28/1	88	75

Whatsanotheryear

T: Patrick J Flynn

Age: 5

Weight: 11-4

OR: -

Days: 20

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
16 Apr 24	Naa Naas	16.5f Sft	MdH	11-12	5/19	Icare Desbois (41L)	14/1	-	83

Wardens Whisper

T: P J Rothwell

Cold Recent Form Trainer - 1 wins from 25 in the last 14 days (4%)

0U0-

Age: 5

Weight: 11-4

OR: -

Days: 20

Date	Course	Race	Type	Weight	Pos	1st/2nd	SP	OR	RPR
16 Apr 24	Naa Naas	19.5f Sft	MdH	11-9	18/18	Born Braver (93L)	200/1	-	31
31 Mar 24	Fai Fairyhouse	16f Hy	MdH	11-9	UR/20	Rath Gaul Boy ()	300/1	-	-
16 Mar 24	Thu Thurles	16f Hy	MdH	11-12	12/18	Answering (54L)	66/1	-	64