18:40 Kilbeggan

Friday 11 May 2018

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Handicap Hurdle (80-116)

Off time: 18:40 | Winning time: 4m 9.40s

Unicorn^t²⁰⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mark Walsh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 115

25/1

Maiden hurdle winner at Downpatrick (2m3f, good) in first time cheekpieces last August. Disappointing in three handicap starts since however.

Form: 80108P-

Treasure Chest^p,t²⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 114| CD

12/1

C&D winner in a maiden hurdle on good-to-yielding ground in June last year. Best effort since came in a first time visor (cheekpieces return for this) at Bellewstown (2m4f, good) when last in action at the end of August.

Form: 12505-

Draycott Place^t⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: C Brassil⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 112

14/1

Mixed chasing and hurdling since returning from a break and ran well to finish runner-up over fences at Down Royal (2m, good) earlier this week. Races off his 10lb lower hurdles mark in this.

Form: 05P6P-2

Double Speak²⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: R Loughran| T: Mrs D A Love| OR: 111| D

40/1

Good ground Limerick (2m5f) handicap hurdle winner off a 3lb lower mark when wearing a tongue tie for the first time last July. Drops in trip having finished well beaten on last months return.

Form: 718548-

Tornado Watch²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: D J Mullins| T: E Mullins| OR: 111| D

7/4

Returned to form when landing a gamble to win over this trip on heavy ground at Tramore last month. Raised 10lb for that effort and worth a check in the market in this contest.

Form: 0/22071-

Schmidt¹⁰³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: D Robinson⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 110

14/1

Placed three times in maiden hurdles and registered a decent effort when sixth on handicap debut at Naas (2m, soft-to-heavy) last time. Returning from a break.

Form: 32476-

Billy's Angel^h¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: A E Lynch| T: A Murray| OR: 109

16/1

Ran well to finish 10L third in a first time hood (retained) on handicap debut over C&D on yielding-to-soft ground last time. Interesting to see if he can repeat that on this occasion.

Form: 3/1535-3

Love And Wishes³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: R M Power| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 109

12/1

Finished a close fourth on handicap debut at Naas (2m, soft-to-heavy) in January. Held twice since including when well beaten back in handicap company at Fairyhouse (2m, heavy) last month.

Form: 9P4440-

Coolfighter^p³¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Dooly| OR: 107| D

40/1

Winner of four handicap hurdles but have to go back to August 2016 to find his most recent hurdling success. Well handicapped on his old form.

Form: 559856-

Corri Lindo^t³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: E O'Connell⁽⁷⁾| T: A J Martin| OR: 106

14/1

Beaten ½L when finishing runner-up at Fairyhouse (2m, heavy) in a handicap hurdle in January. Disappointed since however. Worth a check in the market.

Form: 550/727-

Golden Poet³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: D G Hogan| T: D Hogan| OR: 105| CD

33/1

Bumper winner for Andrew McNamara in 2016 and some fair form since. Has been racing on the AW in recent starts and is making his debut for a new yard in this.

Form: 060255-

Miss Sassie^t⁹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: B J Cooper| T: P Nolan| OR: 105| D

20/1

Handicap hurdle winner off a 5lb lower mark at Wexford (2m, good) in September last year. Placed three times in handicaps since and one to note on her return from a break having pulled up when racing from out of the handicap last time.

Form: 53394P-

Callthebarman^t¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: J B Kane⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 108| CD

4/1

Bidding to complete a hat-trick following wins at Huntingdon (2m, soft) and over C&D on yielding-to-soft ground this spring. Raised 7lb for that latest success and he remains open to improvement.

Form: 078P1-1

Khudha^b1⁵⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-9| J: D F O'Regan| T: A Fleming| OR: 106

9/1

Victorious on the Flat at The Curragh (1m4f, yielding-to-soft) on final start for Johnny Murtagh. Signs of ability in three maiden hurdle starts prior to being outclassed at Cheltenham last time. Blinkers tried for the first time on handicap debut.

Form: 5540-

Non-Runners

Wade Harper²⁸

Weight: 11-2| Age: 8

T: P J Rothwell J: Reserve 1

Tarazani²¹

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: H De Bromhead J: Reserve 2

Physicist⁹⁰

Weight: 10-7| Age: 4

T: P Griffin J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Tornado Watch (7/4), Callthebarman (4/1), Khudha (9/1), Love And Wishes (12/1), Treasure Chest (12/1), Schmidt (14/1), Draycott Place (14/1), Corri Lindo (14/1), Billy's Angel (16/1), Wade Harper (16/1), Miss Sassie (20/1), Physicist (20/1), Tarazani (20/1), Unicorn (25/1), Golden Poet (33/1), Double Speak (40/1), Coolfighter (40/1)

CALLTHEBARMAN is in good form at present and the four-year-old can record his second C&D victory by taking this competitive looking handicap contest. Gavin Cromwell has his yard in great form at present (5/16) and his charge can defy a 7lb rie for his latest victory with fellow last time out scorer Tornado Watch capable of chasing him home. Third place can go the way of Treasure Chest who has won over C&D in the past and is making his first appearance of the year.