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Tuesday 22 July 2025

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David Heneghan Memorial Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:42 | Winning time: 4m 11.5s

Kaptain Bay^t¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: N Meade| OR: 111| D

4/1

Winner at Bellewstown in April. Creditable sixth of 16 in handicap hurdle (16/1) back at that course (17.2f, good) 17 days ago. Place possibilities.

Form: 45P1-26

Realism²⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Mark Walsh| T: E Bolger| OR: 106

6/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, respectable sixth of 13 in maiden (9/2) at Dundalk (10.7f) when last seen 8 months ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles and one to be interested in on debut for new yard.

Form: 0540/34-

Answering^b1⁶⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 105

25/1

One win from 22 NH runs. Eleventh of 12 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.6f, good to firm, 25/1) 68 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time and needs to bounce back.

Form: 6000F-0

Ally Cay¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: Mr K P Healy⁽⁷⁾| T: Paul Mulligan| OR: 103

50/1

Last of 10 in handicap at Bellewstown (14.5f, good, 25/1) 19 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Respectable on last chase outing. Makes handicap debut in this sphere.

Form: 787456/

W B Easy^t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny Gilligan| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 102

5/1

12/1, creditable ninth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (16f, good to soft) 19 days ago, not ideally placed. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 3069-89

Take Chance¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Anna McGuinness⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 100

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Creditable sixth of 15 in novice hurdle (33/1) at Bellewstown (17.2f, good) 17 days ago, finishing with running left. One to be interested in on handicap debut.

Form: 26-5786

Dream Shaper⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: I Madden| OR: 98

18/1

Remains a maiden after 19 NH runs. Creditable sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at this course (16.3f, good, 20/1) 56 days ago. Live each-way chance.

Form: 55407-6

Eastmore¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Philip Byrnes| T: C Byrnes| OR: 97

10/1

Bit below form eighth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (17.2f, good to soft, 10/1) 18 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Would have a serious chance if able to reproduce the form of his near-miss at Down Royal last August.

Form: P/9020-8

Only One Plan^p¹¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: C Owens⁽⁷⁾| T: M Flannery| OR: 96

7/1

Good second of 13 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (18.7f, good, 20/1) 11 days ago. Can make presence felt having been nudged up 1 lb.

Form: 89-9702

Parkgarve^t¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: Sam Ewing| T: Ian Donoghue| OR: 96

17/2

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Respectable eighth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (24.7f, good, 9/1) 15 days ago, finding test too much. Back down in trip and he's open to improvement.

Form: 8-3458

Danielle D^p1³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: John Shinnick⁽³⁾| T: M Magnussen| OR: 93

33/1

25/1 and visored for 1st time, seventh of 14 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (24.4f, good) 36 days ago. Back down in trip and cheekpieces on 1st time. Looks vulnerable.

Form: 505-647

Sea Road Fill²⁰⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Cian Quirke| T: D Collins| OR: 92

14/1

Remains a maiden after 20 NH runs. Pulled up in handicap chase (10/1) at Limerick (17.7f, soft) when last seen 6 months ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Readily passed over.

Form: 42734P-

Silent Dawn^p,t⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: Sean Flanagan| T: A Murray| OR: 89

10/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (20f, good to soft, 6/1) 51 days ago. Probably best to look elsewhere.

Form: 08F35-P

Stily^t1¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 86

17/2

16/1, creditable sixth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (23.6f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time and while he's not without an each-way chance, one or two make more appeal for win purposes.

Form: 9906-26

Belle Of Boston¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Conor Stone-Walsh| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 75

125/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eleventh of 12 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (15.9f, good, 125/1) 15 days ago. Big step forward needed now pitched into a handicap.

Form: 0-9P0

Forecasts

Kaptain Bay (4/1), W B Easy (5/1), Realism (6/1), Only One Plan (7/1), Stily (17/2), Parkgarve (17/2), Silent Dawn (10/1), Eastmore (10/1), Sea Road Fill (14/1), Take Chance (14/1), Dream Shaper (18/1), Answering (25/1), Danielle D (33/1), Ally Cay (50/1), Belle Of Boston (125/1)

It's not hard to envisage TAKE CHANCE raising his game now pitched into a handicap and he is taken to do just that. The 5-y-o caught the eye at Bellewstown recently this opening mark is a workable one. Realism will be a threat if on-song starting out for his for new yard back from a break, while Parkgarve is another potential improver now handicapping and he is third choice ahead of Only One Plan.