17:55 Bellewstown

Tuesday 24 August 2021

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Gerry Hughes Memorial Handicap (45-65) (Div 2)

Off time: 17:56 | Winning time: 1m 40.03s

(18)

Kudbegood^p⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: Colin Keane| T: M J Smith| OR: 65| BF| D

16/5

Respectable third of 15 in handicap (3/1) at Roscommon (7.3f, good to soft) 8 days ago, having to pick way through. Cheekpieces back on. Not taken lightly.

Form: 1-22893

(6)

Blyton¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: Chris Hayes| T: L Comer| OR: 64

7/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2018. Respectable ninth of 17 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, soft, 28/1) 19 days ago.

Form: 02-0039

(14)

Drish Hero^p¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: G M Ryan| T: D Donovan| OR: 64| C

16/1

Course winner. Latest win here in July. 14/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, good third of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (7.1f, good to soft) 19 days ago, nearest finish.

Form: 181093

(15)

Take My Hand¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: W Joyce⁽⁷⁾| T: M Mulvany| OR: 63| CD

12/1

C&D winner who found her good run of form coming to a halt at the Curragh (8f, good) 11 days ago.

Form: 707140

(3)

Rockview Empress^t²⁹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Mr C McConnell⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 61| D

50/1

66/1, below form seventh of 18 in handicap at the Curragh (10f, heavy), very slowly away. Off 9 months. Back down in trip.

Form: 741507-

(12)

Ecliptic Moon⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Sam Ewing⁽⁵⁾| T: N Slevin| OR: 59| D

15/2

Latest win at Dundalk in July. 8/1, respectable seventh of 15 in handicap at Roscommon (7.3f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Should remain competitive.

Form: 589107

(2)

Miss Florentine³⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: M P Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 56| BF

7/2

Winner at Roscommon in June. Creditable 1¾ lengths fourth of 15 to Take My Hand in handicap at Naas (8f, good, 4/1) 34 days ago.

Form: 564124

(8)

Hidden Spark¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁷⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 55| D

16/1

Latest win at Gowran in June but has gone off the boil since.

Form: 218009

(9)

Lady Leanora⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: O J Orr| T: D K Weld| OR: 55| BF

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 15 in handicap at Killarney (8.2f, good, 9/2) 41 days ago, perhaps finding the race coming too soon.

Form: 99830

(11)

Alice Milligan^t²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: S Foley| T: J McAuley| OR: 51

12/1

Remains a maiden after 24 Flat runs. 9/2, good second of 12 in claimer at Sligo (10.2f, good) 20 days ago. Back down in trip. First run for yard after leaving Mark McNiff. Enters calculations.

Form: 025202

(1)

Robert Guiscard^b⁴³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁷⁾| T: Jennifer Monaghan| OR: 49| D

20/1

28/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, ninth of 10 in claimer at Dundalk (7f) 43 days ago. First run for yard after leaving James McAuley.

Form: 092089

(13)

Blankiedoodie^h,t⁵⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 8-13| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 48| CD

15/2

C&D winner. Gambled on but never looked like landing the money at this course (7.9f, good) 54 days ago, unable to sustain effort.

Form: 000060

(17)

Tidal Racer^p1⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: N G McCullagh| T: T G McCourt| OR: 47

150/1

Visored for 1st time, last of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (8f, 125/1) 9 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 0-06000

(4)

Absolute One Right²²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: D E Sheehy⁽³⁾| T: V C Ward| OR: 45

40/1

Remains a maiden after 19 Flat runs. Fifteenth of 24 in handicap (50/1) at Naas (5.9f, good to soft) 22 days ago, slowly away. Significantly back up in trip. RESERVE.

Form: 942700

Non-Runners

(10)

Socratic²²

Weight: 9-12| Age: 5

T: D Hogan J: J M Sheridan

(16)

Tyrion's Dream¹¹

Weight: 9-8| Age: 4

T: A A Howard J: L F Roche

(5)

Maestro Stick³⁴

Weight: 8-10| Age: 4

T: J McAuley J: Reserve 2

(7)

Leabaland⁵

Weight: 9-13| Age: 4

T: M Halford J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Kudbegood (16/5), Miss Florentine (7/2), Blyton (7/1), Ecliptic Moon (15/2), Blankiedoodie (15/2), Lady Leanora (11/1), Alice Milligan (12/1), Take My Hand (12/1), Socratic (12/1), Tyrion's Dream (12/1), Leabaland (14/1), Hidden Spark (16/1), Drish Hero (16/1), Robert Guiscard (20/1), Maestro Stick (20/1), Absolute One Right (40/1), Rockview Empress (50/1), Tidal Racer (150/1)

KUDBEGOOD shaped as if on a good mark when third at Roscommon last week, going well when not clear run over 1f out, so he remains one to be interested in. Alice Milligan and Ecliptic Moon are a couple of potential threats.