19:00 Killarney

Friday 20 August 2021

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Kelly Foley O'Connor Pyne Handicap Chase (0-109)

Off time: 19:02 | Winning time: 4m 58.1s

Mister Bells^b³³

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁵⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 109

5/1

Winner in chase at Limerick in May. 8/1, respectable second of 14 to Avec Espoir in handicap chase at Tipperary (22.7f, good to soft) 33 days ago. Blinkers back on. Can make presence felt.

Form: 40-8122

Bolbec²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 105

10/1

Fair winner at 16f over hurdles. 80/1, twelfth of 15 in handicap at Galway (12.4f, good to soft) 25 days ago. Switches from Flat to chase and needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 03-U094

Oighear Dubh^t¹⁰²⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-7| J: Miss M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan| OR: 102| D

40/1

11/1, below form seventh of 20 in handicap chase at Cork (28f, soft). Off over 2 years and has lots of work to on his comeback run.

Form: 2333R7/

Allardyce^b³⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-6| J: Phillip Enright| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 101

10/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2020 but rRespectable seventh of 15 in handicap chase at this C&D (good, 15/2) 35 days ago. Blinkers back on and enters calculations.

Form: 667-347

Storm Flight^t⁶⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Ricky Doyle| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 101

20/1

Remains a maiden after 19 NH runs. 17/2, below form ninth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Navan (20f, good) 65 days ago. Switches to chasing with more needed.

Form: 3266-69

Arch Melody¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: J Morrison| OR: 100| D

33/1

Without a win since 2019 and he arrives under a cloud, seventh of 11 in handicap chase at Wexford (20f, good, 18/1) 14 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 784707

Avec Espoir³³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁷⁾| T: V T O'Brien| OR: 100

10/1

Career best when winning 14-runner handicap chase at Tipperary (22.7f, good to soft) 33 days ago by 19l from Mister Bells, forging clear. Another bold showing is on the cards despite 10 lb hike.

Form: F8-6551

Celtic Dancer²⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara| OR: 95| D

20/1

Fifteen runs since last win in 2019. 11/1, creditable fourth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (24f, good) 29 days ago. Respected now switched from hurdles to chasing.

Form: 03-0044

Moonlight Glory³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: J J Slevin| T: B McMahon| OR: 94

12/1

Latest win in hurdle at Limerick in December. 17/2, below form eighth of 14 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (19.9f, good) 35 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 1308-58

Gold Creek³³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: Aengus King| OR: 93| BF

14/1

Remains a maiden after 18 NH runs. Pulled up in handicap chase (7/2) at Tipperary (22.7f, good to soft) 33 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 30573P

Motcomb Street^p1³³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: G Ahern| OR: 89

66/1

Remains a maiden after 23 NH runs. 25/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Tipperary (16.6f, good to soft) 33 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time and lots more is required.

Form: 6248-0P

Old Town Road⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: G P Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss S J Harty| OR: 87

7/1

Took a step back in the right direction after 4 months off when sixth of 11 in handicap chase (22/1) at Tramore (15.8f, good to soft) 5 days ago. Not ruled out back up in trip.

Form: 09U6P-6

Stealthy Tom⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Simon Torrens| T: E Bolger| OR: 87

7/2

Highly promising type. Good third of 12 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (16.1f, soft, 11/2) 45 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase and looks capable of lot better on handicap chase debut.

Form: 0U76-13

Daring Decree^t⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: N Lee| OR: 81

6/1

Remains a maiden after 26 NH runs. Below-par fifth of 11 in handicap chase at Tramore (15.8f, good to soft, 8/1) 5 days ago. Needs to step forward if he's to open his account.

Form: U00-585

Forecasts

Stealthy Tom (7/2), Mister Bells (5/1), Daring Decree (6/1), Old Town Road (7/1), Allardyce (10/1), Avec Espoir (10/1), Bolbec (10/1), Moonlight Glory (12/1), Gold Creek (14/1), Storm Flight (20/1), Celtic Dancer (20/1), Arch Melody (33/1), Oighear Dubh (40/1), Motcomb Street (66/1)

AVEC ESPOIR took his form up a notch when a wide-margin winner at Tipperary last month and is hard to side against here despite the official assessor having raised him 10 lb for that facile success. Stealthy Tom looks to have plenty more to offer now he steps into handicaps and is feared most, with in-form top-weight Mister Bells worthy of respect too.