17:35 Kilbeggan

Saturday 1 August 2020

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Off time: 17:36 | Winning time: 5m 39.09s

Da Baba Elephant²⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 12-0| J: Danny Mullins| T: R McNally| OR: 102

14/1

Won five chases on goodish ground between June 2017 and September 2018 but lightly raced and only one performance of note since; two recent poor runs over hurdles does not inspire confidence; usually well backed if fancied.

Form: P7P4-60

Myrons^t¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Doyle| T: P M J Doyle| OR: 100| D

15/2

Landed 2m6f Tramore hunter chase four starts ago but has subsequently struggled though fair effort on seasonal reappearance last month offers some hope; probably needs more help from the handicapper.

Form: 34/156-7

Call Of The Loon¹³²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: J S McGarvey| T: D J Ryan| OR: 96| C

18/1

Point and 3m soft-ground hurdle winner but soundly beaten all four starts since last win including on fence handicap debut when last seen in March; opposable.

Form: 81/P998-

Cable^b¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: S J Mahon| OR: 95

28/1

One win from 17 starts over the larger obstacles with a long losing run beginning to mount up. Well beaten and never nearer on comeback run at this venue over 2m4f in June and fell last time here in July; hard to telegraph his chance of success.

Form: 058P-6F

Garrai Phaidin^t¹⁵⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 11-6| J: R P Treacy| T: S K Ryder| OR: 94| D

18/1

Miserly return of one from 24 over the chase obstacles and has appeared to struggle in a number of starts last winter; looks temptingly handicapped but other preferred at present.

Form: 67/P4P6-

Sliabh Mhuire Lass^p,t¹³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-6| J: J J Slevin| T: Mrs G O'Connor| OR: 94

28/1

Seven-race maiden over fences; needs to find a bit of her point-to-point form following a number of inept efforts over fences between October/March and on reappearance run at Tipperary last month when pulled up when detached.

Form: P7378-P

Cappuccino Man^b,t⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: B Browne⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 93| D

22/1

99-rated handicap hurdler who is yet to hit the frame in five starts over the larger obstacles; needs a sizeable improvement to mix it here after pulling up last time at Tramore in July.

Form: 0880-0P

Arctic Light^p²³⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Mark Walsh| T: T Mullins| OR: 90

85/40

Much better hurdler; chase career is particularly poor having beaten only two horses home from seven starts.

Form: 00/230P-

Humps And Bumps^t¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: A W Short⁽³⁾| T: P Croke| OR: 89| D

11/1

91-rated handicap hurdler. No impression on debut over the larger obstacles at Clonmel in March before a similar story at Tipperary and here last month. Not one to place a great deal of faith in.

Form: 1660-05

Mr Jacaranda^t¹⁹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: A J Martin| OR: 88

11/1

Soundly beaten in three chase starts around the turn of the year mainly let down by his jumping; if he has schooled better after a break then it may be worth keeping an eye on the market.

Form: 040084-

My First Symphony^t¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Patrick Cronin| OR: 86

7/1

Well beaten on all four chase starts but showed a bit of progression on his latest start at Tramore suggesting she is no forlorn hope if getting her act together.

Form: P009-04

Mary Fields^h¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-9| J: M Hamill⁽³⁾| T: N P Hennessy| OR: 83

18/1

Tailed off beaten 120 lengths on chase debut here last month but much improved effort next time at Tramore; going in the right direction and fair place claims at the very least.

Form: 945-605

Maureen's Star¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: C P McNamara⁽⁵⁾| T: L Lennon| OR: 74| C

5/1

Not unbacked when landing the spoils here in June, her first victory over the larger obstacles in 13 starts; failed to take advantage of favourable hurdle handicap mark next time; has better chance than most off light weight.

Form: 94P6-16

Shanklys Dawn^p,t³³

Age: 9| Weight: 9-12| J: C D Maxwell| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 68| D

66/1

Has won four times over fences but shown very little since last victory in May last year; beginning to look very well handicapped and certainly worth a look in the betting to gauge stable confidence.

Form: P9750-0

Forecasts

Arctic Light (85/40), Maureen's Star (5/1), My First Symphony (7/1), Myrons (15/2), Humps And Bumps (11/1), Mr Jacaranda (11/1), Da Baba Elephant (14/1), Garrai Phaidin (18/1), Mary Fields (18/1), Call Of The Loon (18/1), Cappuccino Man (22/1), Sliabh Mhuire Lass (28/1), Cable (28/1), Shanklys Dawn (66/1)

MAUREEN'S STAR won at this track on her penultimate start and is taken to score again against a rag-tag mob of weak handicap chasers. The seven-year-old took 13 starts to land her first race but she did it in good style. Connections could not resist trying to take advantage of her lenient hurdle mark last time. That backfired but back over fences she could score again. Mary Fields was disastrous on her chase debut here two starts ago but put in a much better performance last time at Tramore (albeit in a weak race). If she shows more progress then she could go well. Watch out for any market for Mr Jacaranda. If his jumping has improved he will be a danger.