Sunday 12 June · Downpatrick, Northern Ireland

13:45 Early Fathers Day Celebrations Opportunity Maiden Hurdle

Distance: 2m 5f 60y
Going: Good to Yielding (Yielding in places)
Class: 0
Prize: EUR 10000
Runners: 7

Race preview

ROARING POTTER might enjoy this smaller field and tight track more than the big fields he has been running in. It is worth noting that he was runner-up to Grangee in a maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse last winter. His trainer Gordon Elliott has an excellent record at this venue. He holds a race fitness advantage on She Is A Contender, but she can certainly live up to her name. John McConnell has regularly supplied winners at Downpatrick in recent times and this six-year-old mare was runner-up in two hurdle races when last seen in October and November. Whisper In Court handled this track when runner-up in a hunters' chase last month and looks best of the rest.

Pos	Horse	Form	Jockey	Trainer	Wgt	SP
1	Roaring Potter	284-5	Shane Fitzgerald	G Elliott	11 4	2-5
2	She Is A Contender	1/87422-	Kieren Buckley	J C McConnell	10 11	7-2
3	Born Famous	73P1-75	P J O'Hanlon	C O'Connell	10 11	100-1
4	So Ladylike	14P31-6	Shane O'Callaghan	C A McBratney	10 11	14-1
5	Turnthelightsoff	P/34222-	Cian Quirke	P F McEnery	11 4	18-1
-	Glendars Mahler	0-	Aidan Kelly	J Fahey	10 11	100-1
-	Whisper In Court	709/P3-2	Annalise Cullen	M C Grassick	10 11	11-1