16:00 Kilbeggan

Saturday 1 August 2020

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Athlone (C & G) Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 16:02 | Winning time: 3m 51.60s

Del Campo²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: J F O'Shea

33/1

Winner of three of his 15 career starts in France; pulled up on hurdles debut at Roscommon in June; not disgraced on latest run at Bellewstown earlier this month; can improve.

Form: P5

Forza Libranno²⁹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: I J McCarthy| T: N Lawlor| OR: 88

150/1

Poor Flat performer (rated 40); has not shown enough on three hurdles appearance to date to suggest he would be capable of landing this on first start since October.

Form: 650-

Jack Hackett⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: E Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D A Love| OR: 110| BF

5/2

Always seem to be on the premises but always found lacking in a finish including when beaten favourite last time at Cork; has run well over course and distance in the past so one to consider.

Form: 4463-44

Santana Plessis²²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: D F O'Regan| T: G Elliott| C

11/10

Made light work of good chance to get off the mark in bumper at Kilbeggan last July scoring at sixth attempt; has been slowly improving over hurdles including last time here over 2m4f; excellent chance.

Form: 2215-42

Whirling Dervish^t1¹³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

20/1

100-rated at best on the Flat but hasn't appeared to take to hurdling in four runs; early days yet but watching brief safest in first time tongue-tie.

Form: 0990-

Ballinruddy^h1,t1⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Eoin G Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: P W Flynn

150/1

Son of Steppe Dancer and is a half-brother to the fairly talented 2m3f-3m1f hurdle winner Who Owns Me; pulled up after halfway on debut at Limerick last week; unlikely winner with plenty of first-time equipment tried.

Form: P

Dedanann⁴⁰⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 106

7/1

Well beaten in bumpers and on his hurdles debut but last two runs have been full of promise; going in the right direction and one to consider.

Form: 596/623-

Fairway Finder¹⁷⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: N P Madden| T: A Leahy

80/1

Gold Well gelding. Dam, unraced, sister to smart hurdler/fairly useful chaser Minella Forfitness. Well beaten in a couple of career starts over hurdles including a heavy defeat when last seen at Naas in February.

Form: 00-

Golden Zero⁶¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: C A Landers⁽⁵⁾| T: M J McDonagh

150/1

Nicely-bred gelding who unseated his rider when beaten on only racecourse appearance at Punchestown last November; hard to get excited about after such a lengthy lay off.

Form: U/

Whatsyourstatus^t³⁶⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Ben Harvey⁽⁷⁾| T: G O'Loughlin| OR: 103

7/2

Placed five times but yet to win in eight hurdle starts so far; looks one of the picks on form but has a 400+ day absence to overcome; should go well nevertheless.

Form: 80/2363-

You Say Nothing

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: C P McNamara⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell

50/1

First foal; dam 4four-year-old winner in Germany, sister to German Listed winner Jambalaya and Listed-placed winner Jammy Shot; market should provide clues about stable confidence on debut.

Form:

Presence Of Power^t¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin

150/1

Gelding by Power out of a Theatrical mare. Closely related to Vinnie's Wish, winner over 5f/6f; impeded and struggled afterwards on debut here last month; hard to assess.

Form: 0

Sand Castle¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: A Murray

100/1

Six-race maiden. Has raced on just three occasions since August 2018. Infrequent visits to the track will not be helping the gelding to progress in the game.

Form:

Wave Walker^h²²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: C Brassil⁽⁵⁾| T: A McCann

150/1

Ran as could have been expected when tailed off on hurdles debut at here (2m4f; good to yielding) at the start of last month; more needed but not without a chance.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

Grangebeg

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: Peter Fahey J: Reserve 1

Paddytheirishman⁹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 10

T: P J Gilligan J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Santana Plessis (11/10), Jack Hackett (5/2), Whatsyourstatus (7/2), Dedanann (7/1), Whirling Dervish (20/1), Grangebeg (20/1), Del Campo (33/1), You Say Nothing (50/1), Paddytheirishman (50/1), Fairway Finder (80/1), Sand Castle (100/1), Wave Walker (150/1), Ballinruddy (150/1), Forza Libranno (150/1), Golden Zero (150/1), Presence Of Power (150/1)

DEL CAMPO had some useful form on the Flat in France and while struggling on hurdles debut showed a much better attitude last time at Bellewstown. If able to progress from that then he may have the class over these rivals. Dedanann has taken to hurdling quite well. He looks to be improving and if that continues then he rates a danger to the selection. If Whatsyourstatus can overcome a long absence then his experience and consistency should serve him well.