17:35 Kilbeggan

Friday 14 July 2023

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Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:36 | Winning time: 4m 47.20s

Rock On Pedro^p⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: E Doyle| OR: 109

6/1

Promising sort. Very good second of 12 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (21.6f, good, 12/1) 41 days ago. Should progress.

Form: 427-2

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Black Barrel³⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 82

80/1

Poor hurdler. Remains a maiden after 7 hurdle runs. Good seventh of 13 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Sligo (17.9f, good). Off 11 months. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 0P0/067-

Hardwired^b,t⁸⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽³⁾| T: T M Walsh| OR: 101

22/1

Fair chaser. 15/2, below form seventh of 14 in novice chase at Tramore (21.7f, good to soft) 88 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Blinkers back on, tongue strap back on.

Form: P23P37-

Zettabyte^p²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 101

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, sixth of 9 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (17.3f, good, 11/1) 26 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 2280-36

Aeros Luck²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Kieren Buckley⁽³⁾| T: G P Cromwell

7/2

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Second of 14 in novice hurdle at this course (16f, good, 15/2) 25 days ago.

Form: 0-652

Prince Quattro²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. 125/1, ran out in novice hurdle at Wexford (16.7f, good) 23 days ago.

Form: 0-00R

Banada Bridge^t⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Mike O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 86

14/1

Modest hurdler. Remains a maiden after 11 hurdle runs. Twelfth of 16 in handicap hurdle (7/1) at Punchestown (19.4f, good to soft) 52 days ago.

Form: 27002-0

Cullagh Pride^h²³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁵⁾| T: S Fahey| OR: 105

4/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Respectable third of 13 in novice hurdle (7/1) at Wexford (20.4f, good) 23 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 7-033

Hamartia⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Brian Hayes| T: Colm Murphy| BF

13/8

Lightly-raced maiden. 5/2, good third of 15 in novice hurdle at Tramore (21.1f, good) 42 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 462-3

Non-Runners

Cash The Cheque⁴²

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: A McCann J: C J Orr

Forecasts

Hamartia (13/8), Aeros Luck (7/2), Cash The Cheque (7/2), Cullagh Pride (4/1), Rock On Pedro (6/1), Zettabyte (8/1), Banada Bridge (14/1), Hardwired (22/1), Black Barrel (80/1), Prince Quattro (200/1)

ROCK ON PEDRO improved when runner-up in a handicap at Tramore and, with further progress entirely possible, he could be the answer. Next on the list is Hamartia, who appeared to find 21f too much of a test last time and she hit the crossbar over this C&D on her penultimate start. Cash The Cheque and Cullagh Pride are others with claims.