17:12 Kilbeggan

Friday 8 September 2023

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Sean Daly Cornaher Memorial Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1)

Off time: 17:12 | Winning time: 6m 8.1s

Second Subaltern^h1,t⁹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: C Brassil| T: M Brassil| OR: 95| BF

15/2

3/1, below form fifth of 10 in handicap hurdle at this course (16f, good to soft) 96 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Hood on 1st time , tongue strap back on. Others more persuasive.

Form: 7389-05

Tango Theatre^p,t²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: B W Harvey| T: J C McConnell| OR: 95| D

10/3

Remains a maiden after 18 NH runs. Brought down in handicap hurdle (6/1) at Wexford (24f, soft) 28 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Had been in good form prior to that, so warrants strong consideration.

Form: 2-3933B

He Fitz In^p¹⁰⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Gavin Brouder⁽²⁾| T: D E Fitzgerald| OR: 93| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Pulled up in handicap chase at Limerick (22.7f, good to soft, 18/1) 106 days ago, weakening when blundered 4 out. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 41007-P

Inchidaly Copper^p¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: D King| T: A Ott| OR: 89| D

8/1

Creditable seventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22.1f, good to soft, 9/1) 11 days ago. Not completely dismissed.

Form: 1111-07

Toor Moment³²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: E M O'Sullivan⁽⁴⁾| T: Ms M Flynn| OR: 89

20/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2021. Bit below form ninth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Cork (18.7f, good to soft, 25/1) 32 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 099-409

Croi Corcra²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Kieren Buckley| T: C Bowe| OR: 87| D

20/1

Sixth of 7 in novice chase at Tramore (21.6f, good, 40/1) on debut over fences 22 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Others more persuasive.

Form: P-1P8P6

Deo Bellator¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: Aileen O'Sullivan⁽⁴⁾| T: S Millar| OR: 86| CD

22/1

C&D winner. Seventh of 11 in handicap chase at Downpatrick (19.2f, good, 50/1) 11 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Up in trip.

Form: 57-0947

Native Song³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Cian Quirke⁽²⁾| T: P Kiely| OR: 86

28/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eighth of 17 in novice hurdle at Cork (17f, good to soft, 50/1) 32 days ago. Likely improver now stepped up in trip for handicap debut, so well worth a market check.

Form: 0-98

Cathys Quest^b¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: J P Shinnick⁽⁴⁾| T: T O'Brien| OR: 82

13/2

Blinkered for 1st time, very good fourth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (20.2f, good to soft, 12/1) 13 days ago. Up in trip. Should give another good account.

Form: 0/P9-064

Western Dreaming^t⁹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Liam Quinlan| T: Jayne Hearne| OR: 81

20/1

25/1, tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (21.1f, good) 98 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 53187-0

Ask Dee^h¹¹

Age: 11| Weight: 10-13| J: Carl Millar⁽⁴⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 80| C

12/1

C&D winner. 22/1, bit below form eighth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22.1f, good to soft) 11 days ago.

Form: 75/49-F8

Brownstone^t⁵⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: M M McDonagh| T: Ian Donoghue| OR: 80

4/1

Creditable ninth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (20f, good, 18/1) 50 days ago. Back up in trip. First run for yard after leaving Michael Winters.

Form: 908-779

Chief Seattle¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Philip Donovan⁽²⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 80

22/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2022. 50/1, ninth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (25.4f, good to soft) 16 days ago.

Form: 3P0FF9

Mine Me Will He^t¹²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: P J O'Hanlon| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 80

25/1

Fourteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Cork (24.8f, good to soft, 28/1) 125 days ago.

Form: 00094/0

Pino Boy^p,t¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: Richard Condon⁽²⁾| T: Mrs A Mooney| OR: 80

50/1

One win from 32 NH runs. Seventh of 13 in handicap chase (33/1) at this course (25f, soft) 14 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 45P/897

Rathnaleen Zoey^t¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: T Joseph Kelly⁽⁴⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 80

18/1

8/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22.1f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 0-80350

Non-Runners

Shackleton Island³¹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 9

T: I Madden J: Reserve 1

Hutchie¹⁶

Weight: 11-6| Age: 7

T: Stephen Gerard Carey J: Reserve 2

Greatmindstinkalik¹¹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: M J Smith J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Tango Theatre (10/3), Brownstone (4/1), Cathys Quest (13/2), Second Subaltern (15/2), Inchidaly Copper (8/1), Greatmindstinkalik (12/1), Ask Dee (12/1), He Fitz In (16/1), Hutchie (16/1), Rathnaleen Zoey (18/1), Croi Corcra (20/1), Toor Moment (20/1), Western Dreaming (20/1), Deo Bellator (22/1), Chief Seattle (22/1), Mine Me Will He (25/1), Native Song (28/1), Shackleton Island (33/1), Pino Boy (50/1)

TANGO THEATRE has been in excellent form lately and was still going well when brought down at Wexford last time, so she's worth a chance to belatedly open her account. Cathys Quest looks a danger and Native Song would warrant consideration if the market vibes were right.