15:40 Thurles

Saturday 15 March 2025

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:25

Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:40 | Winning time: 4m 1.8s

1^st

Free Flow

511-12

10/3

T: R O'SullivanJ: T P Harney (4)

Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, ridden entering straight, stayed on to challenge after 2 out, disputed before last, led last, kept on well run-in op 3/1

2^nd

Game On

511-12

8/1

T: N MeadeJ: N J Ryan (4)

Soon close up and disputed, 2nd halfway, disputed again from 4 out where slight mistake, ridden and headed entering straight, left 3rd 2 out, kept on one pace, 2nd close home op 17/2 tchd 10/1

3^rd

1 ¼

Following Orders

511-12

5/4f

T: P J RothwellJ: Tiernan Power Roche (2)

Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, progress into 2nd entering straight, ridden to dispute when left in lead 2 out, soon pressed, joined before last, bad mistake last and headed, no extra run-in and lost 2nd close home op 11/8

4^th

2 ¼

Tippinaway

511-12

125/1

T: Eric LarkinJ: P Hanlon (4)

Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, ridden and no impression entering straight, left 4th 2 out, kept on one pace op 80/1

5^th

1 ¼

Mega Speculator

711-12

125/1

T: M A GunnJ: Niall Moore (2)

Jumped right 1st, soon settled behind leaders, 7th halfway, not fluent 5th, ridden and no impression 3 out, hampered 2 out, kept on one pace from before last op 100/1

6^th

Highland Earl

511-12

200/1

T: L P CusackJ: R A Berry (4)

Mid-division, ridden in moderate 8th 3 out, no impression and kept on one pace op 125/1

7^th

6 ½

Brave Soldier

511-12

8/1

T: M M McNiffJ: J P Shinnick

Rear of mid-division, slightly hampered 1st, ridden in moderate 9th 3 out, no impression op 17/2 tchd 15/2

8^th

Stumblin In

611-5

6/1

T: P M J DoyleJ: C G O'Dwyer

Towards rear for most, never a factor op 13/2

9^th

4 ½

Abitlikethat

511-12

40/1

T: P J RothwellJ: G B Noonan

Mid-division best, no impression from halfway op 50/1

10^th

Pension Plan

511-12

150/1

T: P W FlynnJ: G Brouder

Always towards rear, mistake 4 out, no extra op 100/1

11^th

6 ½

Killala Bay

511-12

200/1

T: P W FlynnJ: L A McKenna (2)

Towards rear for most, never a factor op 150/1 tchd 250/1

12^th

Gatehouse Boy

511-12

150/1

T: P J RothwellJ: A P Kelly

Towards rear, jumped left 3rd and slight mistake 4th, soon behind

13^th

1 ½

Getaway Blondie

511-12

200/1

T: A SextonJ: H E Sexton (4)

Always rear op 150/1

Also Ran

Midnight Eugene

811-12

150/1

T: T DoyleJ: C M Quirke

Tracked leaders, 6th halfway, ridden and no impression entering straight, badly hampered 2 out and unseated rider op 125/1

Rinnaseer King

611-12

200/1

T: T P O'ConnorJ: B P Kennedy (4)

Mid-division, ran freely and bad mistake 1st, towards rear and bad mistake 2nd, jumped left after, weakened 4th, soon pulled up op 150/1

Slieve Annilog

711-12

7/2

T: R DunneJ: O R Brown (2)

Led and disputed, led before straight, just joined when fell 2 out op 4/1

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Non-Runners

Miss Bernese²²⁴

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: N Lee J: Reserve 2

Ernest Loring⁶⁹⁵

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: W J Austin J: Reserve 1

Charlie's Gift

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: J M Burke J: Reserve 3

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€5.10Pl:€1.80, €2.60, €1.40EX:€38.40Trifecta:€114.30SF:€34.71

Forecasts

Following Orders (5/4), Free Flow (10/3), Slieve Annilog (7/2), Stumblin In (6/1), Game On (8/1), Brave Soldier (8/1), Charlie's Gift (20/1), Ernest Loring (25/1), Abitlikethat (40/1), Miss Bernese (50/1), Tippinaway (125/1), Mega Speculator (125/1), Pension Plan (150/1), Gatehouse Boy (150/1), Midnight Eugene (150/1), Highland Earl (200/1), Killala Bay (200/1), Getaway Blondie (200/1), Rinnaseer King (200/1)

FOLLOWING ORDERS showed plenty when finding only one too good on his hurdling/Rules debut at Leopardstown and gets the nod to go one better in an ordinary-looking maiden. Brave Solider rates the main threat ahead of Free Flow.