19:42 Killarney

Thursday 17 July 2025

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Kerry Drains Flat Race

Off time: 19:54 | Winning time: 4m 20.00s

Desmond George

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr F Maguire| T: R P Cody

33/1

Getaway gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Presenting Pete. Dam unbeaten in bumper/17f hurdle.

Form:

Flash The Badge

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr F R Buckley⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

18/1

€11,000 3-y-o, Harzand gelding. Dam (b107) dual bumper winner. Makes some paper appeal for a yard no stranger to bumper success.

Form:

Galileo Sand⁶⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr J L Gleeson| T: J P O'Brien| BF

8/11

Thrice-raced maiden. Second of 13 in bumper (2/1) at this C&D (good to soft) 67 days ago. Hard to beat.

Form: 34-2

Hopeful Hero¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr J M Halford⁽⁷⁾| T: T Hogan

20/1

Twice-raced maiden. 28/1, third of 16 in bumper at Tipperary (16f, good to soft) 14 days ago, best work finish.

Form: 63

Le Vent D'ex¹²³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: A Mullins

33/1

Last of 6 on completed start in points this spring but Patrick Mullins takes the ride on bumper debut. Worth a betting check.

Form: P6-

Maskarvel⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Alan O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: D H Kelly

7/2

Once-raced maiden. 9/1, second of 10 in bumper at Punchestown (16.4f, good) on NH debut 40 days ago.

Form: 2

Maxicourt⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr D L Queally| T: P J Duffy

100/1

Once-raced maiden. 40/1, sixteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.9f, good to soft) on NH debut 41 days ago. Makes bumpers debut.

Form: 0

Moon Mission⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Josh Williamson⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell

28/1

Once-raced maiden. Third of 14 in bumper (16/1) at Ballinrobe (16.6f, good) on NH debut 52 days ago.

Form: 3

Ripsnorter^h¹⁹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr A P Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: A Slattery

9/1

Once-raced maiden. 9/1 and hooded tongue strap on, remote third of 9 in bumper at Naas (16f, heavy) on NH debut in January, paying for a big move into contention. Likely to improve.

Form: 3-

Tandy's Bridge

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr H C Swan| T: J J Murphy

7/1

€25,000 Poet's Word gelding. Stable better known for Flat exploits but more than capable of readying on for a race like this. Market support could prove significant.

Form:

Xury^t1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr C J Shine⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

66/1

Footstepsinthesand gelding. Dam lightly raced on Flat. Wears tongue strap. It'll be interesting to see how he compares in the betting to the other John McConnell newcomer.

Form:

Muted Melody^h1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: A Mullins

66/1

Walk In The Park filly. Dam unraced half-sister to top-class hurdler/high-class chaser (winner up to 3m, including Champion Hurdle) Faugheen. Wears hood.

Form:

Suil Curuil^h1,t1

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr T A Halford⁽⁷⁾| T: T Hogan

100/1

Holy Roman Emperor filly. Dam 6f-10.7f winner. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Non-Runners

Bradley's Row¹⁴

Weight: 11-10| Age: 4

T: Charlie Keegan J: Brian Barry

Chantilly Wings¹⁴

Weight: 11-10| Age: 4

T: C Collins J: Kevin Healy

Notmiwadi⁸⁸

Weight: 11-3| Age: 4

T: J C McConnell J: Mr B M Coonan

Riverwoods

Weight: 11-3| Age: 4

T: H De Bromhead J: Mr S E Cottrill

Cosielikeshim¹⁴

Weight: 11-10| Age: 4

T: C Collins J: Reserve 2

Moulane Fortune⁵⁴

Weight: 11-10| Age: 4

T: R A Foley J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Galileo Sand (8/11), Maskarvel (7/2), Riverwoods (13/2), Tandy's Bridge (7/1), Ripsnorter (9/1), Chantilly Wings (14/1), Flash The Badge (18/1), Hopeful Hero (20/1), Moulane Fortune (25/1), Bradley's Row (25/1), Moon Mission (28/1), Desmond George (33/1), Le Vent D'ex (33/1), Notmiwadi (50/1), Cosielikeshim (50/1), Muted Melody (66/1), Xury (66/1), Maxicourt (100/1), Suil Curuil (100/1)

GALILEO SAND sets a decent standard and can make it fourth time lucky. Punchestown runner-up Maskarvel looks the chief threat unless the betting speaks in the favour of newcomers such as Tandy's Bridge and/or Flash The Badge.