16:55 Bellewstown

Wednesday 28 September 2022

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Johnny Kierans Memorial Maiden

Off time: 16:55 | Winning time: 2m 41.5s

(2)

Ted Hastings⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Sam Ewing⁽³⁾| T: G Elliott

16/1

Fairly useful jumps winner, making GB/IRE Flat debut. Won 3-runner novice hurdle at Perth (16.2f, good, 4/9) 64 days ago, plenty in hand. Market check advised.

Form:

(17)

Bridgehead¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| OR: 70

15/2

Fair gelding. 6/1, second of 12 in juvenile hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.7f, good) on NH debut 19 days ago, just failing. Significantly up in trip. Fair on the Flat, poor on last Flat outing.

Form: 8-68840

(1)

Sir Lovealot⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness

250/1

Twice-raced gelding. 100/1, last of 15 in maiden at Listowel (12f, good to soft) 6 days ago.

Form: 00

(13)

Teddy O'neill³¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Rory Cleary| T: D Kinsella

250/1

Once-raced gelding. 150/1, thirteenth of 14 in maiden at Dundalk (8f) on debut. Off 10 months. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 0-

(10)

Actually¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Gary Carroll| T: M Mulvany| OR: 70

8/1

Fair filly. Remains a maiden after 7 Flat runs. Respectable fifth of 16 in maiden (6/1) at Gowran (9.4f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Back up in trip. Each-way claims.

Form: 533065

(4)

Cara Susanna⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Chris Hayes| T: D K Weld

14/1

Twice-raced filly. 12/1, fifth of 12 in maiden at Leopardstown (8f, good) 48 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Should improve.

Form: 65

(8)

Champagne^t²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: J A Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 77

4/1

Thrice-raced filly. Third of 16 in maiden (14/1) at Galway (12.2f, soft) 22 days ago, slowly away. Yard in good form. Respected.

Form: 803

(11)

Chemdawg²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: W J Lee| T: W McCreery

16/1

Twice-raced filly. Visored for 1st time, fifth of 16 in maiden at Galway (12.2f, soft, 50/1) 22 days ago, slowly away. Claims if building on that.

Form: 95

(3)

Dubai Clover

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: J C McConnell

66/1

Make Believe filly. Sister to French 1m winner Alpengeist. Dam, placed at 7.5f-9f in France, half-sister to Grade 1 1m winner Eden's Moon.

Form:

(6)

Honeycomb³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 83

6/1

Fairly useful filly. Below form sixth of 12 in maiden at this course (12.3f, good, 4/1) 35 days ago. Yard in good form. Enters calculations.

Form: 082056

(12)

River Rain^t²²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: M P Sheehy| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 78| BF

7/4

Fairly useful filly. 2/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, creditable second of 16 in maiden at Galway (12.2f, soft) 22 days ago. Yard in good form. Likely contender.

Form: 4-53422

(5)

Rockview Consort⁷⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: J C McConnell

16/1

Encouraging third of 9 in maiden at Dundalk (10.7f) on debut 78 days ago. Open to improvement and is one for the shortlist.

Form: 3

(7)

Ballycastle Girl⁸⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 9-10| J: Robert Whearty⁽⁷⁾| T: Jennifer Monaghan| C

200/1

Once-raced mare on Flat. 20/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap hurdle at this course (24f, good) 88 days ago. Poor on last Flat outing. RESERVE.

Form: 0-

(9)

Heracleides⁵⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J P O'Brien

22/1

Once-raced gelding. Ninth of 16 in maiden at Leopardstown (9f, good, 12/1) on debut 55 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Stable in good form. Open to progress. RESERVE.

Form: 9

Non-Runners

(14)

Beautiful Chaos²²

Weight: 9-10| Age: 4

T: R O'Sullivan J: Jake Coen

(15)

White Quarry Rose²³

Weight: 9-10| Age: 6

T: K Smith J: Robbie Colgan

(16)

Roman Song⁶

Weight: 9-8| Age: 3

T: N Meade J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

River Rain (7/4), Champagne (4/1), Honeycomb (6/1), Bridgehead (15/2), Actually (8/1), Beautiful Chaos (10/1), Cara Susanna (14/1), Ted Hastings (16/1), Rockview Consort (16/1), Chemdawg (16/1), Heracleides (22/1), White Quarry Rose (50/1), Roman Song (50/1), Dubai Clover (66/1), Ballycastle Girl (200/1), Teddy O'neill (250/1), Sir Lovealot (250/1)

Preference is for ROCKVIEW CONSORT, who was clear of the remainder when third on her Dundalk debut and is entitled to progress. River Rain and Champagne head the list of dangers.