Tuesday 10 September · Listowel, Eire

15:35 Liam Healy Memorial Lartigue Hurdle (Handicap) (Grade B)

Distance: 2m 0f 0y
Going: Yielding (Good to Yielding in Places)
Class: 0
Prize: EUR 67500
Runners: 14

Race preview

Joseph O'Brien won this prize last year and had the second in 2017 and 2016, so it wouldn't be a huge surprise if the double-handed trainer landed the spoils again with either Gardens of Babylon or TOP MOON. The former has the best form in the book having finished third in the Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham in March, but he was disappointing in the Galway Hurdle last month and is starting to look exposed. The selection created a lasting impression when winning on his hurdling debut at Kilbeggan recently and might just be open to greater improvement. Zoffalee and Lethal Steps can prove best of the remainder.

Pos	Horse	Form	Jockey	Trainer	Wgt	SP
1	Razoul	52221	Donagh Meyler	R P Cody	10 3	14-1
2	Top Moon	235-1	Darragh O'Keeffe	J P O'Brien	10 8	7-1
3	Morosini	2-12	Mark Walsh	Mrs J Harrington	10 7	6-4
4	Hannon	21206-	D J McInerney	J C McConnell	10 13	7-1
5	Blackhillsofdakota	210-1	J J Slevin	J Halley	10 3	20-1
6	Ashqar	232447	K J Brouder	G T Lynch	10 3	25-1
7	Lethal Steps	135321	Jack Kennedy	G Elliott	10 9	9-1
8	Gardens of Babylon	2232-10	H Morgan	J P O'Brien	11 10	8-1
9	Nibiru	63-331	Phillip Enright	A J Martin	10 3	16-1
10	Rocky Shores	632-1	Sean O'Keeffe	D H Kelly	10 3	25-1
11	Flindt	1-5363	P E Corbett	Mrs D A Love	10 3	25-1
12	Rip Rocks Paddy Ok	96-21U3	Danny Mullins	A Slattery	10 5	33-1
13	Coral Blue	71-25U3	Rachael Blackmore	S Fahey	10 3	25-1
-	Zoffalee	2-41211	Dillon Maxwell	A McNamara	10 9	14-1