17:00 Killarney

Friday 20 August 2021

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Rentokil Initial Handicap Hurdle (Grade B)

Off time: 17:01 | Winning time: 3m 53.4s

Call Me Lyreen²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 140| D

5/1

Three wins from 5 runs last season. 16/1, not seen to best effect when eleventh of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16f, good) 22 days ago.

Form: 11862-0

Tudor City^t²²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: A J Martin| OR: 139

12/1

Creditable fifth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16f, good, 28/1) 22 days ago, finishing well.

Form: 70060-5

Winner Takes Itall²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Simon Torrens| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 132| D

9/1

Winner at Bellewstown in July and ran at least as well when sixth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16f, good) 22 days ago.

Form: 0/20-016

Dysart Diamond^t²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 131

7/1

Three wins from 6 runs last season. 15/2, very good second of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.5f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Trainer going well. Leading contender.

Form: 41000-2

Visionarian²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: K C Sexton| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 131| BF

4/1

Latest win in hurdle at Down Royal in June. Creditable fifth of 19 in handicap hurdle (5/1) at Galway (22.8f, good) 21 days ago. Down in trip and should remain competitive.

Form: 1225-15

Advanced Virgo^p²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Philip Byrnes⁽⁷⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 130

28/1

One win from 2 runs last season. Last of 17 in handicap hurdle (25/1) at Galway (16.7f, good) 21 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 153/18-0

The Little Yank¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 128| D

11/2

Career best when winning 7-runner minor event hurdle at Sligo (17.9f, good to soft, evens) 15 days ago, forging clear. Arrives at the top of his game so needs considering.

Form: 232131

Whatsnotoknow^t⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: M F Morris| OR: 121

14/1

Below form sixth of 10 in novice chase (15/2) at Limerick (19.7f, good) 41 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 22320-6

Wouldn't You Agree²³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: E Griffin| OR: 119

5/1

Run best excused under a change of tactics when 14 lengths fifth of 7 to Annie G in listed hurdle (11/1) at Galway (16.5f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 4P/1225

Excelcius²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: T Mullins| OR: 116| CD

22/1

C&D winner in July but wasn't in the same form at Galway (16.7f, good, 25/1) 21 days ago.

Form: 650-010

Bonarc²³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: R P Treacy| T: J P Ryan| OR: 109| D

50/1

One win from 23 NH runs. Winner in hurdle at Clonmel in May. Fourteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Galway (16.5f, good to soft) 23 days ago, slowly away. Others preferred.

Form: 163960

Highstreet Roller^t²³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: T Gibney| OR: 109| BF| D

28/1

Latest win in hurdle at Bellewstown in July but failed by a long chalk to repeat that effort at Galway (16.5f, good to soft) 23 days ago.

Form: 35-2210

Non-Runners

Dewcup³⁴

Weight: 11-3| Age: 6

T: T M Walsh J: D F O'Regan

Forecasts

Visionarian (4/1), Wouldn't You Agree (5/1), Call Me Lyreen (5/1), The Little Yank (11/2), Dysart Diamond (7/1), Dewcup (7/1), Winner Takes Itall (9/1), Tudor City (12/1), Whatsnotoknow (14/1), Excelcius (22/1), Advanced Virgo (28/1), Highstreet Roller (28/1), Bonarc (50/1)

DYSART DIAMOND produced a career best after 3 months off when runner-up in a competitive handicap at Galway 23 days ago. That effort is supported by the timefigure and a reproduction of it may well be good enough to come out on top here. Visonarian and Woudn’t You Argee head the opposition.