16:25 Gowran Park

Friday 4 October 2019

All14:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:0017:30

Kilkenny River Court Hotel Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 16:25 | Winning time: 4m 53.50s

Killiney Court^p,t²⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-10| J: H Morgan⁽⁷⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 128| D

40/1

Well beaten in three starts (two over fences) since winning a handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (2m3f, yielding) in June. Races off a mark 9lb higher than for that victory.

Form: 47-1578

Light That^t⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: R M Power| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 126| C

11/1

Decent effort in finishing 16L sixth in a 2m1f handicap chase at Sligo (good-to-yielding) recently. Races off an 8lb lower mark on his return to hurdling.

Form: 433/1-96

Unexpected Depth²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: B Browne⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 125| D

11/4

Winner of his last starts over hurdles including by 4½L on handicap debut at Listowel (2m4f, yielding) last month. Raised 14lb for that victory and is one to note with further improvement likely.

Form: 798-611

Quantatmental³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 127

7/1

Returned to handicaps with a good second over 2m4f at Bellewstown (good) at the end of August. Interesting despite a 3lb rise in the weights.

Form: 50-1552

Balakani^p1⁶⁹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: J S McGarvey| T: M F Morris| OR: 116

33/1

Dual hurdles winner in 2017 but absent since pulling up in a 3m Listed event at Cork (soft) in November of that year. Cheekpieces tried for the first time on handicap debut following a lengthy absence.

Form: 3P511P/

Foreign Secretary¹⁸⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: R P Treacy⁽⁵⁾| T: J Halley| OR: 121

14/1

Followed up an 11L four-year-old hurdle victory at Limerick (2m, heavy) in March with a close third over the same C&D later that month. Gelded since and is of interest on handicap debut.

Form: 0813-

Buttons And Bows^p1²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Mark Walsh| T: P J Flynn| OR: 115

9/2

Wexford winner in June and ran well to finish a good 4½L second in a 17 runner 2m4f handicap event at Listowel (yielding) last month. Strong claims with cheekpieces tried for the first time.

Form: 38-2102

Cusp Of Carabelli²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D M O'Brien| OR: 115| D

5/1

Finished a good 3L third in a 2m4f handicap hurdle at Listowel (good) last time out. Interesting contender racing off a 1lb higher mark in this event.

Form: 361163

Without Limites³⁵⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: Donagh Meyler| T: Miss E Doyle| OR: 114| D

12/1

Fair 21L ninth in a valuable 3m handicap chase at Limerick (good) in October last year. Absent since and is worth a check in the market off a 14lb lower mark on his return to hurdles.

Form: 123F6/9-

Coral Blue^t²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: C Brassil⁽⁵⁾| T: S Fahey| OR: 115

25/1

Finished third over 2m1f in a handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (yielding) in August on his penultimate start. Struggled at Listowel (2m, yielding) in a valuable event subsequently however and others make more appeal.

Form: 1-25U30

Whenurgoodurgood⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: N Slevin| OR: 108| D

6/1

Held in two handicap starts since winning by a neck in a 2m4f maiden hurdle at Killarney (good) in July. Market support would be notable off a mark 1lb lower than when finishing 10½L sixth at Navan (2m, good) recently.

Form: 252156

Non-Runners

Riverdene¹⁸²

Weight: 10-0| Age: 8

T: E Griffin J: Simon Torrens

Forecasts

Unexpected Depth (11/4), Buttons And Bows (9/2), Cusp Of Carabelli (5/1), Whenurgoodurgood (6/1), Quantatmental (7/1), Light That (11/1), Without Limites (12/1), Foreign Secretary (14/1), Riverdene (16/1), Coral Blue (25/1), Balakani (33/1), Killiney Court (40/1)

BUTTONS AND BOWS finished a good second in a handicap event last month and she can go one better by taking this competitive handicap hurdle. Unexpected Depth has won his last two starts and with further improvement likely he can take second spot ahead of Quantamental who performed well when placed at Bellewstown on his most recent start.