18:40 Kilbeggan

Saturday 24 August 2019

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Racing TV Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 18:40 | Winning time: 4m 2.1s

Itsalonglongroad^h,t²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: D J McInerney| T: J C McConnell| OR: 106| D

8/1

Maiden winner over an extended 1m4f at Ballinrobe (yielding) last month but well held in a 1m6f handicap at Galway (soft) subsequently. Worth a check in the market on return to hurdling.

Form: 6F1/0P

Beat Of The Sea⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: R P Treacy⁽⁵⁾| T: S Fahey| OR: 104| C

9/1

Decent effort when fourth in a 2m maiden on the Flat at Tramore (good) recently. Interesting to see how she fares having finished down the field in a Galway (good) handicap hurdle prior to that.

Form: 271740

Power Sail^t¹⁶⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 109

14/1

Dual Flat winner but struggled over hurdles since finishing third at Gowran Park (2m, good) on jumps debut last November. Market support would be notable on return from a break.

Form: 3098P-

Circling Moon^t1⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Darragh O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 103| D

10/1

Beaten 51L when finishing tenth in a handicap hurdle over an extended 2m4f at Tramore (yielding-to-soft) earlier this month. Tongue tie tried for the first time on this occasion.

Form: 06-F900

Alfred Wegener¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C P McNamara⁽⁷⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 101| D

13/2

Winning for the second time over hurdles when successful over 2m1f at Ballinrobe (yielding) just under a fortnight ago. Leading contender despite a 6lb rise in the weights.

Form: 100-B01

Feel Des Mottes^t¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: J J Slevin| T: Miss E Doyle| OR: 105

11/1

Off the mark at the first time of asking over hurdles when successful at Killarney (2m1f, good) on stable debut in May. Making his handicap debut following two disappointing efforts subsequently.

Form: 4/3-1P6

Billy's Angel^b²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Sean Flanagan| T: A Murray| OR: 98

7/1

Bumper winner as a five-year-old but struggled of late including in a handicap chase at Wexford (2m, good) last time out. Tongue tie worn of late absent for this return to hurdles.

Form: 707-677

Yamato^t³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: D E Browne⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 97

18/1

Dual AW winner finished a fair 23L eighth in a maiden hurdle over C&D on good ground just over a month ago. Interesting contender switched to handicaps for the first time.

Form: 078

Josephina^t⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽⁷⁾| T: A Mullins| OR: 93| D

5/2

Broke her maiden over hurdles when winning a handicap contest over this trip at Tramoe (yielding-to-soft) last week. Raised 7lb for that success and is one of the more likely winners of this contest.

Form: 65-5851

No Way Jack^p,t¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: J B Kane⁽⁵⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 91

8/1

Placed once from six hurdles starts but ran well when fourth over an extended 1m1f at Gowran Park (yielding-to-soft) earlier this month. Beaten 16L when eighth over 2m at Roscommon (good) in June on his most recent hurdles appearance.

Form: 80020-8

King Christophe^b²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: K C Sexton| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 88

14/1

Placed twice on the Flat since pulling up in June on his most recent hurdles appearance. Market support would be notable.

Form: 6P000/P

Non-Runners

Hewick⁴

Weight: 10-5| Age: 4

T: J J Hanlon J: Richard Condon

Forecasts

Josephina (5/2), Alfred Wegener (13/2), Billy's Angel (7/1), Hewick (15/2), No Way Jack (8/1), Itsalonglongroad (8/1), Beat Of The Sea (9/1), Circling Moon (10/1), Feel Des Mottes (11/1), King Christophe (14/1), Power Sail (14/1), Yamato (18/1)

The two last time out winners can dominate this handicap hurdle with preference for JOSEPHINA who registered her first hurdling victory when successful at Tramore recently. Alfred Wegener is the other last start winner in the field and he can take second off a mark 6lb higher than for that victory while third place can go to Hewick who ran well in maiden company recently.