14:50 Kilbeggan
Sunday 4 June 2017
All14:2014:5015:2015:5016:2016:5017:20
Irish Stallion Farms EBF Handicap Hurdle (80-109)
- 4YO plus | 2m | Good to Yielding | 12 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 14:51 | Winning time: 3m 50.60s
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Sound claims on the pick of his form but can sometimes make mistakes, so not one to trust implicitly. Meets My Betty on the same terms as last time they met, and may struggle to reverse the form.
Won this race last year and coped well with a hike in the ratings. Still needs to post a personal best from a stone higher this year but has the assistance of a top jockey and comes here after a solid effort on his reappearance at Down Royal last month. Worthy of consideration once again.
Gone well here in the past and is unexposed in handicaps. Needs to step things up a few notches after a modest effort last time out though.
Useful on the Flat in Germany and has adapted well to racing over hurdles since joining his current yard. May need this after his break since November though.
Well handicapped in comparison to her chasing mark, she is closely matched with Newsworthy but is capable of upholding the form; claims also enhance given that she went close over C&D on her penultimate start, so one to consider.
Last won in April 2015, he has been struggling to recapture his form over fences this term. Switch to hurdles may help others look more convincing.
Unexposed over hurdles but has yet to really convince that he is a natural for the game. Finished well behind Touch Of Gold at Clonmel last month and hard to see the form being reversed on similar terms.
Getting the hang of things and may improve now he switches to handicaps. Yard highly respected, so has to be considered as a live-option in a weak race.
Tried over a variety of trips with only a solitary win over 2m at Roscommon to his name, but is dropping to a handy mark and should handle the predicted conditions. Place claims on the very pick of his form but makes limited appeal from a win only perspective.
Gone well over C&D in the past but may be best watched on his first start since October. Any rain would be a help though.
Steadily getting the hang of things over hurdles and shapes as if he can pay his way in this sphere. Still on a handy mark and interesting if supported.
Uninspiring form since switching to hurdles and not too difficult to look elsewhere on these terms.
Non-Runners
9
Mezajy23
Weight: 10-10| Age: 5
T: D Hogan J: D G Hogan
NR
Forecasts
Newsworthy (9/2), Buonarotti Boy (9/2), Touch Of Gold (5/1), Persistent (11/2), My Betty (7/1), Borderlinedecision (9/1), Konig Hall (14/1), Mezajy (14/1), Kilcaragh Boy (14/1), Shek O Lad (20/1), Mistamel (20/1), Deano (25/1), Camile (66/1)
The booking of Davy Russell is a big boost for BUONAROTTI BOY, who shaped with plenty of promise last time out and can make a bold bid to land back-to-back wins in this race even though he is a stone higher in the ratings this time around. Touch Of Gold appeals as a value option to make the frame, while My Betty would also be dangerous to rule out on her return to a track that suits her style of racing well. Kilcaragh Boy is a more adventurous alternative for a speculative punt.
- Buonarotti Boy
- Touch Of Gold
- My Betty
Prize Money
1st: €9,239.002nd: €2,865.003rd: €1,365.004th: €615.005th: €240.00
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