16:45 Galway

Saturday 26 October 2024

All13:5314:2815:0315:3816:1316:4517:18

COLM QUINN BMW Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 16:46 | Winning time: 6m 11.07s

Beggars Rock²³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: D Queally| OR: 95| BF

7/1

Respectable fifth of 15 in handicap hurdle (11/10) at Clonmel (24.7f, good) 23 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 06-0025

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Coffeys Forge²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: P Ryan| OR: 95| D

25/1

16/1, respectable seventh of 12 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (24.1f, soft) 26 days ago.

Form: 057607

Hill Rocket^p⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Jack Kearney⁽⁵⁾| T: C Collins| OR: 95

12/1

Creditable second of 15 in handicap hurdle (9/1) at Kilbeggan (24.4f, good to soft) 50 days ago. Can give a good account.

Form: 8-70432

Meehall^h,t²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Calum Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 95| BF| CD

9/2

C&D winner. Latest win in chase at Killarney in August. Respectable third of 10 in handicap chase at Listowel (23.8f, soft, 13/8) 28 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Yard in good form.

Form: 2P-2713

O'Faolains Glory⁸¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: J Smith⁽⁷⁾| T: Ian Donoghue| OR: 92

22/1

Latest win in chase at Downpatrick in May. 12/1 and visored for 1st time, fell in handicap chase at Roscommon (21.7f, soft) 81 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 2-1359F

Walk In Time^t1¹⁰⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: D H Kelly| OR: 91| D

22/1

11/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Killarney (20.4f, good) 100 days ago, joined when bad mistake 3 out. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 154-6FP

Loughrask Rainbow¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: B McMahon| OR: 89

16/1

20/1, creditable eighth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20f, good) 11 days ago, left with lot to do. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 0F0558

Barryroe Madam^h1²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: B McMahon| OR: 88

18/1

Fell in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (20.3f, soft, 8/1) 26 days ago. Hood on 1st time. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 606-08F

Mahler Appeal^p¹⁵⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: G J Power| OR: 88| D

13/2

1 win from 2 runs this season. Winner in chase at Wexford in May. Good second of 12 in handicap hurdle (4/1) at Wexford (24f, good to soft) 150 days ago. Considered back from break.

Form: 2530-12

Max Time^t²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Danny Gilligan| T: I Madden| OR: 86| C

14/1

Course winner. One win from 24 NH runs. Winner in hurdle here in September. Twelfth of 16 in handicap hurdle (5/1) at Roscommon (20.3f, soft) 26 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 00-0150

Ivane^b1²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: E Walsh| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 85| C

11/1

Unreliable individual. Course winner. One win from 21 NH runs. Respectable fifth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (20.3f, soft, 10/1) 26 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 42-P675

Winter Carnival^t1⁶⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: A M King⁽⁷⁾| T: J Neilan| OR: 85

28/1

33/1, ninth of 14 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (25.4f, good to soft) 64 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 9940-99

County Champs¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Philip Byrnes| T: B McMahon| OR: 84

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Ninth of 12 in handicap hurdle (10/1) at this course (16.6f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Uphill task.

Form: 0-0789

Oskar High^p²³

Age: 12| Weight: 11-3| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: N Lee| OR: 84| C

11/1

Course winner. 1 win from 3 runs this season. Latest win in hurdle here in September. Respectable seventh of 16 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.9f, good, 11/1) 23 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 0P4-017

Delias Pet²³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 83| C

14/1

Course winner. Fourth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (24.7f, good, 16/1) 23 days ago.

Form: 441-004

Stowaway Lass⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Curling| OR: 81

12/1

12/1, every chance when fell last in handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, good to soft) 7 days ago. Looks well-in if none the worse.

Form: 5/55-66F

Derby De Thaix¹⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 10-13| J: Miss H Heffernan⁽⁷⁾| T: J Fahey| OR: 80

18/1

Remains a maiden after 40 NH runs. Forty three runs since last win in 2017. Good second of 11 in handicap hurdle (11/1) at Fairyhouse (24f, good) 19 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 762092

Kerrytown Rock⁸⁸⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Donagh Meyler| T: Shane Gallagher| OR: 80

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Fourteenth of 15 in handicap hurdle (66/1) at Limerick (19f, good to soft). Off over 2 years. Up in trip. First run for yard after leaving Philip Rothwell.

Form: 00000/

Land Jet¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Mike O'Connor| T: P Maher| OR: 80

50/1

Remains a maiden after 19 NH runs. 11/1, fell in handicap chase at Punchestown (23.2f, good) 10 days ago struggling at time. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 7-8529F

Dark Voyager³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: Kevin Sexton| T: Aidan Melia| OR: 94| C

10/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. Visored for 1st time, ninth of 19 in handicap (12/1) at Navan (14f, good to soft) 3 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Creditable on last hurdle outing. RESERVE.

Form: 64-0P48

Non-Runners

Johnny Cakes⁶¹

Weight: 10-13| Age: 5

T: P J Rothwell J: Non Runner

Yorkshire Escape⁷

Weight: 11-10| Age: 5

T: D Queally J: Reserve 2

Fill The Tank⁶

Weight: 11-11| Age: 10

T: Aengus King J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Meehall (9/2), Mahler Appeal (13/2), Beggars Rock (7/1), Dark Voyager (10/1), Ivane (11/1), Yorkshire Escape (11/1), Oskar High (11/1), Stowaway Lass (12/1), Hill Rocket (12/1), Delias Pet (14/1), Max Time (14/1), Johnny Cakes (14/1), Loughrask Rainbow (16/1), Barryroe Madam (18/1), Derby De Thaix (18/1), Walk In Time (22/1), O'Faolains Glory (22/1), County Champs (25/1), Coffeys Forge (25/1), Winter Carnival (28/1), Fill The Tank (33/1), Land Jet (50/1), Kerrytown Rock (80/1)

STOWAWAY LASS would have gone close at the least had she cleared the last at Limerick last weekend and is given a chance to gain quick compensation. Beggars Rock, Mahler Appeal, Hill Rocket and Derby de Thaix head the many dangers.