15:50 Kilbeggan

Sunday 4 June 2023

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AXA Farm Insurance Midlands National Day Friday 14th July Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 15:51 | Winning time: 3m 53.06s

Wrecking Ball Paul^t¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: B W Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: Paul Mulligan| OR: 101

9/1

Respectable third of 10 in maiden (28/1) at Listowel (8f, good) 1 day ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Pulled up on last hurdle run.

Form: 4PP94P-

Alhaajeb²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 100

12/1

Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 11f on flat. 100/1, seventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Killarney (17f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Should do better.

Form: 36-7

Fassbender^t²³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Phillip Enright| T: M M McNiff| OR: 99

25/1

Thirteenth of 14 in handicap hurdle at this C&D (good to soft, 50/1) 23 days ago.

Form: 21PP0-0

Hidalgo Des Mottes¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Ricky Doyle| T: E Griffin| OR: 99

9/2

Creditable third of 14 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (16f, good, 16/1) 17 days ago. Should give another good account.

Form: 7568U-3

Second Subaltern²³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: J J Slevin| T: M Brassil| OR: 96

3/1

Remains a maiden after 16 NH runs. Eleventh of 14 in handicap hurdle at this C&D (good to soft, 17/2) 23 days ago. Hard to make a solid case for.

Form: 07389-0

Grand Cru Chatho^h,t¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Keith Donoghue| T: E Cawley| OR: 94

8/1

Fifth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (16f, good, 20/1) 17 days ago. Hood back on. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0F/00B-5

Princess Sophia^h¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: E Walsh⁽³⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 94| D

7/2

First run since leaving Ms Margaret Mullins when hooded for 1st time, career best when winning 15-runner handicap hurdle at Punchestown (15.8f, good to soft, 10/1) 12 days ago by 1¼ lengths from Movie King. Every chance she will go well again.

Form: 54466-1

Farceur De Sivola⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 93

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Below form tenth of 17 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Limerick (19f, good to soft) 9 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 0/056-0

Chilled Out¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Simon Torrens| T: J P Broderick| OR: 90

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 28/1, eleventh of 13 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (16f, good) 17 days ago. Likely to improve and well worth monitoring in the betting.

Form: 000-0

Ricky Langford⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-10| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 84

8/1

Respectable seventh of 17 in handicap hurdle (10/1) at Limerick (19f, good to soft) 9 days ago. Given a chance by the handicapper.

Form: 90006-7

Non-Runners

Malbas²³⁶

Weight: 11-10| Age: 7

T: J C McConnell J: Brian Hayes

Movie King²

Weight: 11-9| Age: 6

T: A J Martin J: Mr B M Coonan

Forecasts

Movie King (11/4), Second Subaltern (3/1), Princess Sophia (7/2), Hidalgo Des Mottes (9/2), Ricky Langford (8/1), Grand Cru Chatho (8/1), Wrecking Ball Paul (9/1), Alhaajeb (12/1), Chilled Out (14/1), Farceur De Sivola (16/1), Malbas (16/1), Fassbender (25/1)

MOVIE KING chased home Princess Sophia at Punchestown before going one better in good style at Down Royal on Friday. He can win again. Hidalgo des Mottes is respected and there are a couple of handicap debutants open to improvement.