UK Horse Racing Tips: Limerick

BLUE MOSQUE is a half-sister to her trainer's two black-type performers Sixshooter and She's A Star and showed plenty ability in winning on debut last April. She debuts over jumps today but that Naas form is working out well with the third, fifth and seventh-placed horses scoring subsequently while the previously point-to-point-placed runner-up had been well touted. Ma Bess was beaten 39 lengths in a recent Listed bumper but had previously shown better form. A point-to-point winner, she defeated two subsequent dual winners when scoring at Wexford and is forgiven a below-par hurdling debut run at that track in late August as she blundered badly at the first flight. Bumper winner Miss Dishy has recent form and can place.
Prediction : 1st Blue Mosque 2nd Ma Bess 3rd Miss Dishy

SPORTING GLORY is a lightly-raced eight-year-old but showed smart ability in his belated debut season and was sold last May as part of the Clipper Logistics dispersal sale, for 120,000 pounds. His bumper form is strong and having dipped his toe into late-season hurdling in a Fairyhouse Grade 2 last March, should now take the beating debuting for a new yard. Taponthego has been withdrawn from two recent maiden hurdles and while he is a notable runner on his debut for new connections, needs to be smart to beat the selection. Wrecking Ballbilly had good bumper form in 2023 but is probably best watched on his hurdles' debut following a 345-day layoff.
Prediction : 1st Sporting Glory 2nd Taponthego 3rd Wrecking Ballbilly

BILLY LEE SWAGGER performed consistently well in his most recent handicap hurdle runs last winter and could well progress further, being just a five-year-old. Very much proven on testing ground, he also showed a liking for yielding when finishing a useful fourth in a big-field Punchestown festival handicap in April and a reproduction of that would give him every chance. In For The Night seemed to benefit from reverting back up in distance when winning at Gowran recently and while has has been raised 8lb, should again compete. King Kali is out of a Grade 3-winning dam and, since returning from a layoff last season, has shown good recent form and is well suited by soft ground.
Prediction : 1st Billy Lee Swagger 2nd In For The Night 3rd King Kali

SIZE FIVE is difficult to assess as his good ground September success at Perth was gained in an ordinary race but he scored effortlessly then. His four-year-old form was itself just average but on his return following 640 days off at Perth, he was well supported and won eased down by 20 lengths. He encounters softer ground today but could prove to be ahead of the handicapper with a 104 rating. Tilloughna and Stellar Symphony are also recent last-time-out winners who stay well, but have more exposed profiles. Georgian Quarter showed some promise when upped in trip at Cork in May but he reappears under top weight on handicap debut.
Prediction : 1st Size Five 2nd Tilloughna 3rd Stellar Symphony

HORANTZAU D'AIRY's chances are obvious having finished second to Flooring Porter in last month's Kerry National, with the pair pulling clear of the remainder. Being a keen-goer, he had previously been kept to shorter distances but has settled better in recent times and stayed this distance well at Listowel. He is proven on soft ground and remains a little unexposed over staying distances. Grade 2 victor Favori De Champdou is likely to have been aimed at this race since his success in an April Grade 3 novice chase over today's course and distance, and is Gordon Elliott's first string. Panda Boy was outclassed in April's Aintree National but had previously finished second in the Paddy Power Chase last Christmas.
Prediction : 1st Horantzau Dairy 2nd Favori De Champdou 3rd Panda Boy

SHANTREUSSE remains on a favourable-looking mark having blundered away his chances in Aintree's Topham Chase in April. Well suited by testing ground, he nonetheless disappointed in the Thyestes Chase in January but bounced back with a good runner-up effort at Naas the following month and ran a fine race at Aintree, considering his bad blunder at the fifth-last fence. Kings Halo disappointed in the aforementioned Naas race but had a veterinary excuse as he returned lame. He was well beaten on his season reappearance at Killarney, that was at an inadequate distance and over hurdles and, last season, had the profile of a progressive type. Invictus Machin is 7lb higher than when winning on yielding to soft ground in August.
Prediction : 1st Shantreusse 2nd Kings Halo 3rd Invictus Machin

FARREN GLORY is an exciting chasing recruit and is helped by having prior point-to-point experience. Defeated in both pointing starts, he later showed high-class hurdling ability, landing December's Royal Bond Hurdle before falling at the second last - with the race at his mercy - in that month's Tolworth Hurdle at Aintree. He was reported to have had blood at both nostrils following a subsequent February defeat but has been freshened up and returns following a summer holiday. Mint Boy is himself an able 137-rated hurdler and while he won on his only point-to-point start, lacks some of the selection's ability. Little Mixup is rated 125 over hurdles and exited at the seventh fence on his recent chase debut.
Prediction : 1st Farren Glory 2nd Mint Boy 3rd Little Mixup