14:50 Kilbeggan

Saturday 1 August 2020

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KilbegganRaces.com Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:50 | Winning time: 3m 56.30s

Balinaboola Jer¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: D J McInerney| T: P Meany

200/1

Returned from a two year break to finish well beaten earlier this month at Gowran Park; will obviously have benefited from that run but still difficult to recommend based on previous form.

Form: 900/0

Ballycloven Beat^t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: C Brassil⁽⁵⁾| T: M Brassil

7/1

Slowly improved in bumpers for two different trainers; pulled up on debut over hurdles last December and well beaten on two starts this season here and at Roscommon.

Form: 755P-58

Central Court⁸¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: K Thornton

40/1

Yet to complete over hurdles or in his point-to-point races; very difficult to suggest he will be capable of finishing let alone winning.

Form: FPPP5P/

Cousin Harry^t1²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: H Morgan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 89

11/1

Seven-race maiden, appeared to be ticking along nicely in a number of starts since the turn of the year but never really getting competitive; perhaps a first-time tongue-tie will help.

Form: 80FP8-5

Dave And Bernie¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: Michael Barry

50/1

Unfancied and well beaten on both bumper starts recently; though the Papal Bull gelding had shown some promise in a Roscommon contest last summer; fair hurdles debut at Ballinrobe last week but needs to improve.

Form: 4FP-005

Empirion²¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: M J Smith| OR: 90

7/2

Has been mixing up chasing and hurdling and while showing some promise over the smaller obstacles this looks tough returning from a long break.

Form: 08FUF7-

Railway Hurricane⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: C P McNamara⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell

11/4

Point-to-point winner; showed some promise in a couple of runs in bumpers last year; will have needed recent run at Limerick and is an interesting contender on hurdles debut.

Form: 145-8

Samba Dancer¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Donagh Meyler| T: E Doyle| OR: 105

5/2

Seems to be slowly getting the hang of things over hurdles and posted his best effort to date last time at Roscommon in similar contest; would not need to improve too much to play a leading role.

Form: 3P/656-4

Tribal Story⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr L P Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

33/1

Ran in a couple of soft-ground bumpers last Autumn in which he was tailed-off on each occasion; much better on hurdles debut at Limerick last week and one to consider if able to build on that.

Form: 00-4

Claude Greengrass³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr P J O'Neill⁽⁷⁾| T: John F O'Neill

250/1

Impossible to fancy to any extent given he has been tailed off in three bumpers this summer and was pulled up on hurdles debut at Limerick last week.

Form: 00P0

It Takes Time^t¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: A W Short⁽³⁾| T: K Smith

18/1

Shaped well in trio of summer bumpers last year, though not as good on penultimate start at Fairyhouse in October; fair effort on hurdles debut at Ballinrobe recently and open to improvement.

Form: P/4540-5

Lady Rocco²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: R O'Sullivan

12/1

Daughter of Shirocco out of a Satco mare; produced two competent performances in bumpers without looking like winning; not disgraced on hurdles debut here earlier this month and worth a market check.

Form: 44-7

Sadies Trix¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Kevin Sexton| T: Peter Fahey

80/1

All but tailed off in four starts so far including twice over hurdles; hard to see the positives currently.

Form: 0-080

Aodhan May²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: C A Landers⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes

25/1

Little to show for some efforts in bumpers and hurdles form has not been much better; needs to sort out her jumping.

Form: 0765-09

Non-Runners

Withallduerespect³⁸

Weight: 11-7| Age: 6

T: H De Bromhead J: Reserve 1

Be Yourself¹⁰

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: O McKiernan J: Reserve 2

Oldcastle⁷

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: J P Ryan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Samba Dancer (5/2), Railway Hurricane (11/4), Empirion (7/2), Ballycloven Beat (7/1), Cousin Harry (11/1), Lady Rocco (12/1), Withallduerespect (12/1), It Takes Time (18/1), Be Yourself (20/1), Oldcastle (20/1), Aodhan May (25/1), Tribal Story (33/1), Central Court (40/1), Dave And Bernie (50/1), Sadies Trix (80/1), Balinaboola Jer (200/1), Claude Greengrass (250/1)

SAMBA DANCER has been quietly improving for each run and put in his best effort at Roscommon last time out. Given the paucity of talent among his rivals, this seems a fair chance for him to break his maiden tag. Tribal Story was a bit disappointing in his bumper outings but showed a liking for hurdles last time at Limerick and if able to build on that should go well. It Takes Time has been brought on slowly by connections and generally runs her race. She looks capable of landing a maiden hurdle at the very least.