17:50 Kilbeggan

Friday 8 July 2022

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Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:51 | Winning time: 4m 51.3s

Big Kitten¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Thomas Reilly⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 10f on Flat. Seventh of 12 in handicap (80/1) at the Curragh (16f, good) 14 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 00-8

Ask Charlie^t²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Kieren Buckley⁽⁵⁾| T: D Harvey

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 10/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, fourth of 6 in handicap chase at Downpatrick (19.2f, good to soft) 27 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: UF2-654

Bella Union¹⁰²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Simon Torrens| T: J C McConnell| BF

17/2

Twice-raced maiden. Fourth of 11 in bumper (7/4) at Hexham (16.2f, good to soft) 102 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 44-

Deputy Thomas⁹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D F O'Regan| T: T M Walsh

66/1

Once-raced maiden. 40/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, good to soft) on NH debut 96 days ago, losing touch quickly 4 out.

Form: P-

Reserve Judgement³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: S Fitzgerald⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell

66/1

Twice-raced maiden. Sixteenth of 18 in novice hurdle (33/1) at Listowel (16f, soft) 32 days ago.

Form: 1/00

The Folkes Tiara^t³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 111| BF

4/7

Thrice-raced maiden. 6/5, fourth of 12 in novice hurdle at Wexford (24.5f, good to soft) 30 days ago, ridden too aggressively. Down in trip and obvious claims.

Form: 13-24

Two Meter Rule^p1⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Richard Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: P Croke

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. 66/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Wexford (24f, soft) 7 days ago, dropping away from early final circuit. Down in trip. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: F/870-P

Unbreakable Bond^t⁷⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁵⁾| T: B Connell

14/1

Twice-raced maiden under Rules. Eleventh of 14 in novice hurdle (12/1) at this course (15.1f, good) on hurdles bow 78 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 28/0-

Whatdoyawanttoknow^t1⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: G P Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: Mary Ellen Doyle

66/1

Once-raced maiden. 50/1, sixteenth of 21 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (19.6f, good) on NH debut 40 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: F-0

Woodstream Lad²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: L P Dempsey| T: R K Watson

66/1

150/1, sixth of 9 in maiden at Down Royal (12.8f, good to soft) on flat debut 20 days ago, slowly away. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Poor on last hurdle outing.

Form: 0/37690-

How Decc¹¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: E Seymour

80/1

€2,500 3-y-o, Lucky Speed gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to fair hurdler (stayed 2¾m) Cooksgrove Lady.

Form: 6-

Lonesome Day¹⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Phillip Enright| T: D Hogan

50/1

Twice-raced maiden. 250/1, eleventh of 17 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (18.9f, heavy) 141 days ago.

Form: F7390-

Will You Win^p,t³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: J B Foley⁽³⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 95

5/1

Fair chaser. Fourth of 11 in novice chase (11/1) at Tramore (15.4f, good to soft) on debut over fences 34 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Back up in trip.

Form: 5486-24

Light Fury^t⁵⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: P Roche

22/1

40/1, first run since leaving Jack W. Davison when seventeenth of 18 in handicap at Gowran (14f, good) 58 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code.

Form:

Maud Ban⁸⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: G Bourke⁽⁷⁾| T: E Sheehy

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Tramore (20.3f, good to soft, 66/1) on NH debut 89 days ago, pulled up before 4 out.

Form: P-

Trishknowsbest^h⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: C D Maxwell| T: A Lynch

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Ninth of 12 in novice hurdle (80/1) at Bellewstown (20f, good) 6 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: P5-4679

Non-Runners

Righteous Ruane²⁵

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: P J Gilligan J: J G Gilligan

Coffeys Forge⁴⁵³

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: P Ryan J: Reserve 2

Happy Sanchez⁵⁴

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: D Queally J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

The Folkes Tiara (4/7), Will You Win (5/1), Bella Union (17/2), Ask Charlie (11/1), Unbreakable Bond (14/1), Trishknowsbest (16/1), Light Fury (22/1), Big Kitten (25/1), Righteous Ruane (25/1), Happy Sanchez (25/1), Lonesome Day (50/1), Coffeys Forge (50/1), Whatdoyawanttoknow (66/1), Woodstream Lad (66/1), Deputy Thomas (66/1), Reserve Judgement (66/1), How Decc (80/1), Two Meter Rule (100/1), Maud Ban (150/1)

Ridden too aggressively upped to 24.5f at Wexford last time, THE FOLKES TIARA is better judged on his near miss at Killarney in May and he is likely to prove hard to beat back down in trip here in a race bigger on quantity than quality. Bella Union showed ability on the first of his two starts in bumpers and is preferred to Will You Win for forecast purposes. Hurdles debutant Ask Charlie also has an each-way squeak.