16:15 Kilbeggan

Thursday 21 April 2022

All16:1516:4517:1517:4518:1518:4519:15

Spring Two Day N.H. Race Meeting Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 16:15 | Winning time: 3m 42.1s

Free Handshake²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

2/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Excellent third of 12 in novice hurdle at Limerick (19f, good to soft, 14/1) 25 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 20-7683

Frontier General¹¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

14/1

Twice-raced maiden. 40/1, thirteenth of 17 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, soft) 114 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 100

Karloss⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: I J Power| T: D McNamara

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 15 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy, 125/1) 40 days ago.

Form: 00

Longhouse Force¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: B McMahon

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eleventh of 16 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, good to soft, 200/1) 18 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 0060

Mahons Glory¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D G Hogan| T: D Hogan| OR: 107| BF

15/8

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 9 hurdle runs. 3/1, good second of 15 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.6f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Sets the standard.

Form: 3-45252

Winstons Corner^t⁸⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Nolan

28/1

Tongue strap on, fell in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.5f, good to soft, 25/1) on NH debut 88 days ago.

Form: F

Conna Sue¹⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: J J Mangan

66/1

Twice-raced maiden. 100/1, eighth of 16 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, soft) 158 days ago.

Form: 08

Musical Melody^h1⁵²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Brian Hayes| T: Miss J M Lee

200/1

Eleventh of 14 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Clonmel (19.4f, heavy). Off 17 months. Down in trip. Hooded for first time.

Form: 70-

Thegooseiscooked¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: D E Mullins| T: A Mullins

66/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Tenth of 12 in novice hurdle at Tramore (16f, good to soft, 40/1) on NH debut 11 days ago.

Form: 0

Faron^p1,t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien

10/3

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat. Promising individual. Fourth of 16 in juvenile hurdle (6/1) at Limerick (16f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Merits consideration.

Form: F4

Laishann^t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

7/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. 9/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, fifth of 16 in juvenile hurdle at Limerick (16f, good to soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 405

Morepowertoya¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: Paul Power

200/1

25/1, tenth of 13 in juvenile hurdle at Tramore (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 10 days ago.

Form: 0

Helvic Princess^t¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade

16/1

Tongue strap on, fifteenth of 17 in handicap (7/1) at Leopardstown (9f, good) 15 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: S26

Ucandoit⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: B Browne| T: P Byrne

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Seventeenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.5f, soft, 250/1) 53 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 00

Non-Runners

Well Pleased¹⁸²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: C Byrnes J: D J McInerney

Two Meter Rule⁴⁰

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: P Croke J: Reserve 2

Hope Des Blins³²⁸

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: J P Ryan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Mahons Glory (15/8), Free Handshake (2/1), Faron (10/3), Laishann (7/1), Well Pleased (8/1), Frontier General (14/1), Hope Des Blins (14/1), Helvic Princess (16/1), Winstons Corner (28/1), Two Meter Rule (33/1), Thegooseiscooked (66/1), Conna Sue (66/1), Longhouse Force (100/1), Karloss (150/1), Ucandoit (200/1), Musical Melody (200/1), Morepowertoya (200/1)

FARON is just the type to improve in this sphere as he gains experience and in the hope he keeps the errors down, he looks the way to go. Mahons Glory is very likely to give his running, with Free Handshake another to consider on the back of an excellent effort last time.