14:35 Curragh

Saturday 20 August 2022

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Neville O'Byrne Memorial Irish EBF Fillies Handicap

Off time: 14:35 | Winning time: 2m 37.23s

(2)

Kazakdaria³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Chris Hayes| T: D K Weld| OR: 87| BF

11/4

10/3, creditable fifth of 17 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft) 35 days ago. Considered.

Form: 6214-35

(1)

Kerkiyra^p1³⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 90| C

2/1

Career best when winning 9-runner handicap (4/1) at this course (10f, good) 34 days ago, digging deep. Stable in good form. Cheekpieces on 1st time and in the picture.

Form: 4522-31

(9)

Effernock Fizz^b1,t¹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-7| J: N G McCullagh| T: C Collins| OR: 78| CD

13/2

C&D winner. 13/2, won 10-runner handicap hurdle at Killarney (17f, good to soft) 1 day ago, kept up to work. Blinkers on 1st time. Fairly useful on the Flat.

Form: 0-42870

(10)

Pachmena¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: Wayne Lordan| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 78

7/2

One win from 29 Flat runs. Twenty five runs since last win in 2020. Good fourth of 8 in handicap (5/1) at Sligo (10.2f, soft) 17 days ago, running on. Has good chance on form.

Form: 725324

(3)

Willesee^p²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: T P Madden| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 85| C

10/1

Course winner. Good sixth of 15 in handicap (33/1) at Galway (12.4f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Needs considering.

Form: 533256

(5)

Star Image⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: J A Powell⁽⁷⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 72| C| D

9/1

Course winner. Latest win at Galway in July. 13/2, good third of 9 in handicap at Tramore (12f, good) 7 days ago. Not ruled out.

Form: 00-0913

Non-Runners

(8)

Mighty Blue⁴⁴

Weight: 10-0| Age: 6

T: J P O'Brien J: Jake Coen

(6)

Onameridance³⁹

Weight: 8-10| Age: 3

T: J P O'Brien J: Declan McDonogh

(7)

Dark Vega¹⁷

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Nathan Crosse

(4)

Hymn Book Too²⁶

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: J S Bolger J: Rory Cleary

Forecasts

Kerkiyra (2/1), Kazakdaria (11/4), Pachmena (7/2), Dark Vega (6/1), Effernock Fizz (13/2), Onameridance (7/1), Star Image (9/1), Willesee (10/1), Mighty Blue (10/1), Hymn Book Too (16/1)

PACHMENA arrives on the back of a good fourth at Sligo and is weighted to end a long losing run here. Recent course winner Kerkiyra is next on the list, with both Kazakaria and Dark Vega much respected too in an open handicap.