Race cards · Sat 1 Jun
Saturday 1 June · Listowel, Eire
15:35 Shay Rooney Opportunity Maiden Hurdle
- Distance
- 2m 4f 80y
- Going
- Good (Good to Yielding in places)
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 12500
- Runners
- 11
Race preview
HOW ABOUT NO won a 1m4f maiden at Dundalk in February and made a pleasing start over hurdles when runner-up to St Faz in a 16-runner Killarney maiden with the pair pulling well clear of the remainder. Napper Tandy, a dual winner on the Flat and rated in the 80s for Andrew Balding, has gone close a couple of times since switched to hurdles by Matt Smith and was only pegged back in the closing stages in a Ballinrobe maiden on his penultimate start. He heads the list of dangers from Heroes Rise.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heroes Rise | 18-3 | Carl Millar | G Elliott | 10 12 | 9-4 | |
| 2 | How About No | 2 | O R Brown | J P O'Brien | 11 6 | 1-1 | |
| 3 | Napper Tandy | 2530- | J Smith | M J Smith | 11 12 | 4-1 | |
| 4 | La Vega Moon | 1P4P8-8 | Paddy Hanlon | J J Hanlon | 11 4 | 16-1 | |
| 5 | Master Of The Sums | 5U1-6 | John Shinnick | E M O'Sullivan | 11 4 | 50-1 | |
| 6 | Meadow Soprano | 799- | Alex Harvey | J C McConnell | 11 5 | 200-1 | |
| 7 | Head For Home | James Duggan | O McKiernan | 10 12 | 14-1 | ||
| 8 | Granda George | 2/ | Gary Noonan | E McCarthy | 11 4 | 28-1 | |
| 9 | Diamond Duke | 7-6 | Aidan Kelly | M F Morris | 11 4 | 33-1 | |
| 10 | Barrakilla Vage | FPP-6 | J G Gilligan | E M O'Sullivan | 11 4 | 200-1 | |
| - | Hellascope | Philip Byrnes | D Hassett | 11 4 | 200-1 | ||
| NR | Kudasheva | 356/65-3 | Non Runner | H De Bromhead | 10 11 |