17:35 Kilbeggan

Thursday 22 April 2021

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KilbegganRaces.com Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 17:35 | Winning time: 6m 19.8s

Awbeg Prince^p1,t⁵⁹²

Age: 10| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr M C O'Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: P O'Flynn| OR: 109

28/1

Fairly useful winner at 19f in bumpers. 10/1, seventh of 10 in novice hurdle at Listowel (24f, good to soft). First run for yard after leaving Michael Winters. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: D85/067-

Turbo¹²³

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: K C Sexton| T: J R Finn| OR: 109| C

11/1

1 win from 3 runs this season. Pulled up in handicap hurdle (28/1) at Thurles (16f, heavy) 123 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Plenty to find on form. Bit to prove now.

Form: 567-10P

Ellipsism^b,t¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M Winters| OR: 108| CD

7/2

C&D winner. 10/1, good third of 16 in handicap hurdle at Cork (24.4f, good to soft) 18 days ago, running on. One to consider.

Form: 887843

Drop Him In³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Richard Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 105

25/1

7/1, creditable seventh of 12 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good to soft) 32 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Mark still looks rather harsh.

Form: 4-24457

Ballydam¹²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: B J Cooper| T: B R Hamilton| OR: 104

14/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 66/1, seventh of 13 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (20f, heavy) 126 days ago. Ex-pointer who could do better now upped in trip on handicap debut.

Form: P3-1477

Happy Lad^p,t²²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: H P Finegan| OR: 104

22/1

Very good third of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (16f, 25/1) 22 days ago, having run of race. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Back up in trip. Poor on last chase outing. Others preferred.

Form: 10-4700

Union Gap^t²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: L P Dempsey| T: P W Flynn| OR: 104

100/1

150/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 15 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, soft) 28 days ago. Up in trip. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 3007-00

Bloodstone^t⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 103

11/1

6/1, fourteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (24f, good) 45 days ago. Plenty to prove at present.

Form: 563480

Napoleon Blue^p¹¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: A Murray| OR: 102

11/2

One win from 22 NH runs. Respectable fourth of 9 in novice chase (5/1) at Cork (20f, heavy) 110 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Back up in trip. Not discounted.

Form: 2443F4

Pictures Of Home⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Jack Kennedy| T: T M Walsh| OR: 99| BF

11/4

Creditable second of 16 in handicap hurdle (5/2) at Gowran (20f, heavy) 41 days ago. Back up in trip. Enters calculations.

Form: 682542

Finding Joy¹⁷⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: T Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: M Hourigan| OR: 98| C

28/1

Course winner. Eleventh of 12 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (24f, soft, 33/1) 175 days ago. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 6P7600

Justbecool^t⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: P J Cawley⁽⁷⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 97

5/1

11/2, respectable third of 14 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (20.3f, good to soft) 4 days ago. Up in trip. Tongue strap back on. Lightly raced and remains of interest.

Form: 604523

Non-Runners

Minella On Line¹⁸

Weight: 11-11| Age: 12

T: D Harvey J: Ben Harvey

Fizzlestick⁶

Weight: 11-3| Age: 8

T: C O'Dwyer J: Ricky Doyle

Sunset Sadie³³

Weight: 11-2| Age: 10

T: E O'Connell J: Reserve 1

Fort William³

Weight: 11-2| Age: 6

T: J P Ryan J: Reserve 2

Demophon³

Weight: 11-0| Age: 7

T: P Nolan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Pictures Of Home (11/4), Ellipsism (7/2), Fort William (9/2), Minella On Line (9/2), Justbecool (5/1), Napoleon Blue (11/2), Turbo (11/1), Bloodstone (11/1), Ballydam (14/1), Fizzlestick (14/1), Demophon (14/1), Happy Lad (22/1), Drop Him In (25/1), Finding Joy (28/1), Awbeg Prince (28/1), Sunset Sadie (33/1), Union Gap (100/1)

PICTURES OF HOME was closing all the way to the line when runner-up at Gowran last time, so the return to this trip could bring about the improvement required for him to go one better in a competitive affair. Justbecool has also been shaping up well and Ballydam is a notable handicap debutant.