17:50 Kilbeggan

Friday 11 September 2020

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Off time: 17:52 | Winning time: 6m 24.10s

Balinaboola Steel^p⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 12-2| J: C J Orr⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 111

11/2

2 wins from 5 runs this season. Career best when winning 11-runner handicap hurdle at Wexford (20f, good, 6/1) 6 days ago, well on top finish. Up in trip. Booking of Orr a plus.

Form: 9/P1431

Finding Joy²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: C P McNamara⁽⁵⁾| T: M Hourigan| OR: 104| C

12/1

6/1, creditable sixth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (20.8f, good) 23 days ago, needing stronger gallop. Not discounted for each-way purposes.

Form: 115-P36

Walk Me Home^p³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: J S McGarvey| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 104

2/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, career best when winning 9-runner handicap hurdle at Wexford (24f, soft) 37 days ago, well on top finish. Likely has more to offer.

Form: 0000-1

Lee Valley Legacy¹⁹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 102

16/1

10/1, career best when winning 16-runner handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (24f, soft), staying on well. Remains relatively unexposed at staying trips but handicapper has applied pressure.

Form: 0541P1-

Lessofdnegativity⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: D P Holden⁽⁷⁾| T: A J McNamara| OR: 99| C

10/1

Course winner. 25/1, seventh of 11 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (24f, good) 8 days ago. Profile is more miss than hit as a rule.

Form: 8P-6477

Mossy White^p⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 98

33/1

Eighth of 11 in handicap chase (9/2) at Wexford (25.2f, good) 6 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 10P-948

Mick Charlie^h²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽³⁾| T: D Queally| OR: 96| BF| C

11/4

Winner in hurdle here in August. Good second of 15 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (20f, soft, 5/2) 20 days ago. Up in trip. Enters calculations.

Form: 3P5-512

Ardaghs Choice¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Kevin Sexton| T: E Sheehy| OR: 95

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 66/1, ninth of 12 in novice hurdle at Bellewstown (20.2f, heavy) 17 days ago. Up in trip. Work to do on handicap debut.

Form: F/850-59

Rippon Lodge⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 94

9/1

Remains a maiden after 16 NH runs. 4/1, below form eighth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22.2f, good to soft) 5 days ago.

Form: 942268

Golden Apples⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 92

20/1

16/1, sixth of 14 in novice hurdle at this course (19.8f, good to soft) 41 days ago. Up in trip. Stable in good form. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 576B9-6

Esthers Marvel^t⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: D Budds| OR: 85

28/1

33/1, very good fifth of 9 in novice hurdle at Wexford (24f, good) 6 days ago. Now he needs to build on that.

Form: 226-955

Roscomroe²³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-4| J: D F O'Regan| T: J P Broderick| OR: 85

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 150/1, seventh of 11 in novice hurdle at Sligo (20.8f, good) 23 days ago. Opening mark on stiff side on what he's acieved and step up in trip needs to help now handicapping.

Form: 007

Non-Runners

Give Him Time³⁹

Weight: 11-3| Age: 9

T: G Elliott J: Jack Kennedy

Ruler Of Dubai⁸

Weight: 10-7| Age: 6

T: L Young J: R P Treacy

Clonguile Way⁴

Weight: 10-2| Age: 7

T: G P Cromwell J: Reserve 1

Megara³⁷

Weight: 9-13| Age: 8

T: P J Rothwell J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Walk Me Home (2/1), Mick Charlie (11/4), Balinaboola Steel (11/2), Rippon Lodge (9/1), Lessofdnegativity (10/1), Give Him Time (10/1), Ruler Of Dubai (12/1), Finding Joy (12/1), Lee Valley Legacy (16/1), Golden Apples (20/1), Clonguile Way (25/1), Esthers Marvel (28/1), Mossy White (33/1), Megara (50/1), Ardaghs Choice (100/1), Roscomroe (125/1)

WALK ME HOME showed much-improved form when making a winning return in first-time cheekpieces at Wexford last month, noted travelling smoothly and looking well served by the step up to 3m. That ought not to prove her limit and she can defy the rise in the weights. Balinaboola Steel is going through a good spell himself and feared, along with Mick Charlie.