15:40 Killarney

Saturday 26 August 2023

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:2517:55

International Hotel Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:42 | Winning time: 5m 26.70s

Happy Jacky³⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Daniel King⁽⁵⁾| T: R Hackett| OR: 135| CD

7/1

C&D winner. Eleventh of 14 in handicap at this course (16.8f, good to soft, 25/1) 39 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Poor on last hurdle run.

Form: 122UP-0

Foveros^p²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: K Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: W P Mullins| OR: 130

8/1

14/1, respectable sixth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Galway (22.6f, soft) 21 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 0980/0-6

Au Fleuron^b⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 126

17/2

Ninth of 12 in novice chase (15/2) at Kilbeggan (25f, soft) 43 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Blinkers back on.

Form: 04800-9

Eclair De Beaufeu¹²²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: P Fenton| OR: 122

25/1

Twenty one runs since last win in 2020. 66/1, first run since leaving Edward O'Grady when bit below form fifteenth of 25 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (19.8f, good to soft) 122 days ago.

Form: 2943F0-

Ceroc^b³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-7| J: Phillip Enright| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 116

15/2

Latest win in hurdle at Wexford in May. Blinkered for 1st time, ran out in handicap hurdle (12/1) at this course (22.8f, good) 36 days ago.

Form: 09-116R

Shannon Glory³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: Paul Power| OR: 116| C

10/1

C&D winner. Two wins from 6 runs last season. Fifth of 6 in minor event hurdle (7/1) at this course (20f, good) 37 days ago, broke blood vessel when.

Form: 150-485

We'llhavewan^t²²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 116

8/11

Respectable ninth of 20 in handicap hurdle (11/1) at Galway (16f, good) 22 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Big player back in slightly calmer waters.

Form: 742-169

Non-Runners

Tullybeg⁴³

Weight: 11-11| Age: 8

T: G Elliott J: Carl Millar

Streets Of Doyen⁴³

Weight: 11-8| Age: 9

T: T Gibney J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Futurum Regem⁹

Weight: 10-7| Age: 7

T: H P Finegan J: Dillon Maxwell

Forecasts

We'llhavewan (8/11), Streets Of Doyen (4/1), Tullybeg (5/1), Happy Jacky (7/1), Ceroc (15/2), Foveros (8/1), Au Fleuron (17/2), Shannon Glory (10/1), Futurum Regem (14/1), Eclair De Beaufeu (25/1)

WE'LLHAVEWAN ran with credit in a pair of big-field handicaps at Galway at the beginning of the month and can provide the Willie Mullins yard with a second successive win in this contest. Stablemate Foveros is another who arrives on the back of a fair run at Galway and is second choice ahead of Shannon Glory, who should be spot on for this after a decent effort on the Flat on his recent reappearance.