15:30 Galway

Sunday 3 August 2025

All13:5014:2014:5515:3016:0016:3017:0017:30

Lord Hemphill Memorial Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:29 | Winning time: 4m 43.6s

The Banger Doyle¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Alan O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: J Queally| OR: 140| BF| D

14/1

Two wins from 6 runs last season. 13/8, creditable fourth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (17f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. No forlorn hope.

Form: 5P-2224

Sea Music^p,t⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Donagh Meyler| T: E Mullins| OR: 138

10/3

Latest win in chase at Punchestown in May. Good fifth of 22 in handicap chase (10/1) at this course (22.5f, good to soft) 4 days ago. Needs considering.

Form: P2U1-U5

Arctic Fly^t³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 134| C

16/5

Off 8 months before posting a career best when winning 15-runner handicap chase at Tipperary (16.6f, good to soft) 33 days ago. Up 7 lb but she's a likely player.

Form: 601PP-1

Drumgill¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: D King| T: J P Ryan| OR: 132| D

15/2

Five wins from 20 runs last season. 3/1, improved to win 9-runner handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.4f, good) 12 days ago, driven clear. Switches from hurdles to chase and not taken lightly.

Form: 196-281

Aeros Luck^t¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Conor Stone-Walsh| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 129

9/1

Latest win in chase at Punchestown in June. Still close up when fell 3 out in handicap chase at Killarney (17f, good to soft, 5/1) 16 days ago. Can make his presence felt.

Form: 5-3315F

Nas Na Riogh¹²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 122

14/1

Fairly useful winner at 20f over hurdles. 18/1, good third of 10 in handicap chase at Wexford (19.4f, soft) 121 days ago. Stable in good form so not dismissed.

Form: 158703-

Aspurofthemoment¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: K C Sexton| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 120

7/1

Fairly useful winner at 24f over hurdles. Blundered early when a well-held third of 4 in novice chase (11/2) at Killarney (17f, good to soft) 16 days ago. Much respected on his handicap chase debut.

Form: 111-133

The Dasher Conway²³

Age: 10| Weight: 10-6| J: J J Burke| T: Mrs G Callaghan| OR: 120

11/2

Thirteen runs since last win in 2024. 5/1, good third of 8 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (18.7f, good) 23 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Heading back in the right direction recently.

Form: 050-953

Good As Hell^b³³

Age: 10| Weight: 10-4| J: Niall Moore⁽⁵⁾| T: P Fenton| OR: 118

40/1

Respectable 16¼ lengths seventh of 15 to Arctic Fly in handicap chase (33/1) at Tipperary (16.6f, good to soft) 33 days ago. One for the shortlist.

Form: 7-U0307

Listentillitellyea⁹³

Age: 9| Weight: 10-2| J: Gavin Brouder⁽³⁾| T: T Gibney| OR: 116| C

11/1

One win from 30 NH runs. 25/1, respectable 18 lengths fifth of 18 to Sea Music in handicap chase at Punchestown (20.2f, good) 93 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 336U35-

Non-Runners

Visionarian³⁰

Weight: 11-11| Age: 10

T: G P Cromwell J: Keith Donoghue

Jasko Des Dames⁹⁴

Weight: 11-1| Age: 6

T: H De Bromhead J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Neveradullmoment²

Weight: 10-11| Age: 8

T: J P Dempsey J: Simon Torrens

Cloughroe¹³

Weight: 10-0| Age: 7

T: P J Gilligan J: Sean Cleary-Farrell

Forecasts

Arctic Fly (16/5), Sea Music (10/3), The Dasher Conway (11/2), Aspurofthemoment (7/1), Drumgill (15/2), Neveradullmoment (8/1), Aeros Luck (9/1), Visionarian (10/1), Listentillitellyea (11/1), Jasko Des Dames (12/1), Nas Na Riogh (14/1), The Banger Doyle (14/1), Cloughroe (33/1), Good As Hell (40/1)

This could go the way of ARCTIC FLY who got back on the up after an absence when scoring at Tipperary and can make light of a 7 lb rise in the weights. Sea Music heads the list of dangers on the back of a good recent fifth here with Aspurofthemoment also firmly in the picture now going handicapping. Neveradullmoment, Drumgill and Aeros Luck all need factoring in too.