17:30 Down Royal

Friday 1 September 2023

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Kerry Foods Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 17:31 | Winning time: 4m 5.80s

Clever Currency^p,t¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 109

10/1

14/1, respectable fourth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16f, good) 15 days ago.

Form: 462584

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Invictus World^t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr N McParlan| T: Gerald Quinn| OR: 109

9/2

5/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, career best when winning 9-runner novice hurdle at Downpatrick (21.8f, good) 19 days ago. Down in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut and set for another big run.

Form: 4217-41

Tullybawn¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: E Walsh⁽³⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 109

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable third of 14 in novice hurdle (14/1) at Tramore (16f, heavy) 14 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: PP-6203

Doyenna⁹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Kieren Buckley⁽³⁾| T: L Fowler| OR: 107| BF

4/1

3/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16.6f, good) 91 days ago, pulled up early in straight. Worth another chance.

Form: 12185-P

Realism^t¹⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mark Walsh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 108

6/1

Promising individual. Below form twelfth of 19 in handicap hurdle (15/2) at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) 144 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 9850-

Falak^t¹⁵⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-9| J: Thomas Reilly⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss T M Reilly| OR: 104

125/1

40/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, tailed-off last of 11 to Mephisto in handicap at Dundalk (16f), possibly amiss. Switches from Flat to hurdles. 14/23 on last hurdle run.

Form: 67260/0-

Humanitarian²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 104

40/1

Twelfth of 18 in handicap (40/1) at Galway (12f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Poor on last hurdle outing. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 8-34636

Speed Gang¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Kevin Sexton| T: C Collins| OR: 103

40/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, first run since leaving Gavin Patrick Cromwell when fifth of 7 in novice chase at Tramore (21.6f, good, 11/2) 15 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Down in trip.

Form: 4PF5-95

Cave Court³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr O McGill⁽⁷⁾| T: N C Kelly| OR: 102

7/2

1 win from 2 runs this season. Career best when winning 8-runner handicap hurdle (9/2) at Perth (16.2f, good to soft) 31 days ago, driven clear. One to consider.

Form: 0076-91

Turkestan^h,t³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Danny Mullins| T: M M McNiff| OR: 101

14/1

Unreliable type. Creditable sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (17f, good, 22/1) 38 days ago. Hood back on.

Form: 7/8F-7U6

Eighty Eight^t1²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Jack Kennedy| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 102

8/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 9f on flat. Respectable tenth of 18 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Cork (18.7f, good to soft) 25 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 890-80

Mephisto^t⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Ricky Doyle| T: G Keane| OR: 95

16/1

Twelfth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (19f, good to soft, 7/1) 7 days ago. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 4/F47F-0

Portville¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Simon Torrens| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 93

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Respectable eighth of 14 in handicap at Roscommon (12f, good to soft, 11/2) 10 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 000-6

Future Proof^p⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: Conor Owens⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 89

16/1

One win from 37 NH runs. 22/1, respectable fifth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (17.4f, good to soft) 9 days ago.

Form: 804875

Non-Runners

Wee Charlie²⁶

Weight: 11-8| Age: 6

T: T Gibney J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Irish Envoy⁵⁰

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: Liz Doyle J: J J Slevin

Forecasts

Cave Court (7/2), Doyenna (4/1), Invictus World (9/2), Realism (6/1), Eighty Eight (8/1), Clever Currency (10/1), Irish Envoy (12/1), Wee Charlie (12/1), Turkestan (14/1), Future Proof (16/1), Mephisto (16/1), Tullybawn (25/1), Portville (28/1), Humanitarian (40/1), Speed Gang (40/1), Falak (125/1)

The progressive and unexposed INVICTUS WORLD gets the vote off what looks a fair opening mark. It's probably best to forgive Doyenna and Realism's latest efforts and they head the dangers.