Kilbeggan Racecourse Novice Handicap Hurdle (80-116)

Off time: 15:46 | Winning time: 4m 55.50s

Desert Cave^t³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: D Queally| OR: 114| C

15/2

Wide-margin winner here in June but shaped as if amiss when pulled up in handicap hurdle at Galway (22.5f, good to soft) 35 days ago, weakening quickly. Needs to get back on track.

Form: B00-51P

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Churchwarden³³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: B W Harvey| T: J C McConnell| OR: 107

15/8

28/1, respectable seventh of 13 in handicap at Galway (14.1f, soft) 33 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Good on last hurdle outing. Player on handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 254-32

Arcland^p¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H Rogers| OR: 104

10/3

8/1, backed up previous effort when fourth of 14 in handicap hurdle at this course (18.6f, good) 12 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: P4/F-834

That's About Right^p,t⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Conor Owens⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 104

6/1

Off the mark in a Downpatrick handicap in May and followed up at Wexford in August. Wasn't up to better company at Bellewstown (20.5f, good) last week, however.

Form: 047-110

Andyourbirdcansing¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 100

10/1

Winner at Sligo in June but ran one of her lesser races there 14 days ago.

Form: 413367

Doyen Flyer¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: K Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: J Barcoe| OR: 91

9/2

7/1, fifth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (20.6f, soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 874-455

Non-Runners

Leading Lion⁷

Weight: 11-6| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: Jack Kennedy

Forecasts

Leading Lion (13/8), Churchwarden (15/8), Arcland (10/3), Doyen Flyer (9/2), That's About Right (6/1), Desert Cave (15/2), Andyourbirdcansing (10/1)

LEADING LION impressed when running out a clear-cut winner of a big-field handicap at Bellewstown last week and promises to follow up with further improvement on the cards. Arcland and Churchwarden head the opposition in that order.