16:45 Kilbeggan

Friday 20 August 2021

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Hurley Family Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 16:46 | Winning time: 3m 53.4s

Dark Spark^p1¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: M Winters| BF| CD

5/2

Promising individual. Very good second of 16 in novice hurdle (6/4) at Cork (18.8f, soft) 18 days ago, no match for winner. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Open to improvement.

Form: 137-42

Malbas^t¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 108

6/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 12f on flat. 11/1, good third of 13 in novice hurdle at this C&D (good to soft) 13 days ago.

Form: U44-03

Shamiyan^t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: L P Dempsey| T: M Halford| OR: 105

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 12f on flat. 9/2, good second of 11 in novice hurdle at Wexford (16f, good) 14 days ago.

Form: 39-42

Bushtucker Trial⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: A W Short| T: L Breen

200/1

Modest Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. 66/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, fifteenth of 17 in handicap at Navan (5f, good) 41 days ago.

Form:

Estepona Sun^t⁶²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: D G Hogan| T: D Hogan| OR: 110| BF

7/1

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 8 hurdle runs. 7/4, bit below form second of 9 in novice hurdle at Perth (16.2f, good) 62 days ago.

Form: 62-3832

I Can't Remember¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: C D Maxwell| T: G P Cromwell

150/1

Fair Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Twelfth of 14 in novice hurdle (50/1) at this course (19.8f, good to soft) 13 days ago, pulling hard.

Form: 6-00

Ben Thomson⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: N Meade

14/1

Promising individual. 22/1, tenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Bellewstown (16.8f, good) 48 days ago. May well do better.

Form: 672-0

Blackberry Jack^t1⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: T Joseph Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: D Leahy

9/1

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden. 33/1, seventh of 18 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, good to soft) 42 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 57

Ed The Red^t¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

9/4

Once-raced maiden. 14/1 and tongue strap on, second of 13 in novice hurdle at this C&D (good to soft) on NH debut 13 days ago. Stable having good spell. Worth consideration.

Form: FP-2

Fryerns^h¹³²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: C J Orr| T: Thomas Coyle

100/1

Modest Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Eleventh of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f, 28/1). First run for yard after leaving John McConnell. Hood on for 1st time in this code.

Form:

Good Bye Milan¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: C A Landers| T: S Braddish

400/1

Twice-raced maiden. 200/1, fourteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, soft) 18 days ago.

Form: P0

Miss Frontiere

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: D G Whelan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Queally

50/1

Sans Frontieres mare. Dam (h66) point winner/maiden hurdler.

Form:

Miss Ohio¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: D P Holden⁽⁷⁾| T: Charles J Maguire

250/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. First run since leaving Gerard Michael Hussey when eighth of 13 in novice hurdle (200/1) at this C&D (good to soft) on hurdles bow 13 days ago.

Form: 50-08

Winnie Woodnutt^t1¹⁰⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁷⁾| T: D Harvey

40/1

Once-raced maiden. 16/1, fifth of 12 in bumper at Downpatrick (17.4f, good) on NH debut 105 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving John McConnell.

Form: P-5

Non-Runners

Rudisha¹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: J G Murray J: Reserve 1

Alfieri⁴⁵

Weight: 11-6| Age: 4

T: R O'Sullivan J: Reserve 2

Timourid⁸¹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Ed The Red (9/4), Dark Spark (5/2), Malbas (6/1), Estepona Sun (7/1), Shamiyan (8/1), Blackberry Jack (9/1), Ben Thomson (14/1), Alfieri (16/1), Winnie Woodnutt (40/1), Miss Frontiere (50/1), Rudisha (50/1), Timourid (50/1), Fryerns (100/1), I Can't Remember (150/1), Bushtucker Trial (200/1), Miss Ohio (250/1), Good Bye Milan (400/1)

Bumper winner DARK SPARK was strong in the betting and duly left his hurdling debut form behind at Cork 18 days ago, just unlucky to bump into a promising newcomer, and he's taken to go one better with more improvement likely. Ed The Red ran to a fair level when runner-up on his Rules debut over C&D and is respected, while Estepona Sun should be in the mix again.