17:00 Bellewstown

Wednesday 26 August 2026

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Money Back Daily Specials With Tote.ie Handicap Hurdle (0-100)

Off time: 17:01 | Winning time: 4m 57.00s

Cornaroya Rocco¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 96

11/1

Good second of 15 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (2½m) in July. Shaped much better than position suggests when thirteenth of 16 at Ballinrobe (23f, good) 16 days ago, weakening between last 2. Interesting back in trip here.

Form: 65-4P20

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Goin'^h1,t1²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Daniel King| T: A J Martin| OR: 94| BF

11/4

Lightly-raced maiden. 5/1, respectable eighth of 18 in Flat handicap at Galway (1¾m, soft) 26 days ago. Hood/tongue strap go on for first time and not out of things back hurdling.

Form: 900-55

Gforcejenny^t⁷⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-8| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 96

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 8/1, fifteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (2¼m, soft) 78 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 636-50

Hatfield Hammer^b1³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Eoin Staples⁽⁵⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 92

11/2

Arrives in decent nick, fourth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (17f, good) 34 days ago. Back up in trip. Blinkers go on for the first time. Can make presence felt again.

Form: 6P9-634

Katherine^h¹⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: Harry Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: A Sexton| OR: 92

28/1

A 3-time winner over hurdles but fast approaching 2 years without success and little encouragement to be gleaned from latest efforts.

Form: 749604

Steps In The Sand²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Eoin Walsh| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 91| C| D

5/1

In good form over hurdles this season, shaping as though a stiffer test would suit when fourth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (2¼m, good) 20 days ago. Yard in good form. Likely player.

Form: 0/88-434

Memories Maker^p1²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean Flanagan| T: A McCann| OR: 90

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 80/1 and tongue strap on for first time in this code when pulled up in handicap hurdle at Cork (17f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Cheekpieces go on for the first time.

Form: 05/0-P

Midnight Musical^p²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: James Smith⁽⁵⁾| T: A McCann| OR: 90

20/1

Made an encouraging bumper debut at Galway last summer but went wrong way afterwards and has followed a similar trend over hurdles this season, including on handicap debut at Cork.

Form: 00-5850

Whiskey Serenade²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Alex Harvey| T: Thomas Coyle| OR: 88

11/1

Made a positive start for this yard when very good second of 15 at Bellewstown last month but unable to back that up at Ballinrobe and Sligo since.

Form: 7-06276

Dunany Point^p¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Kieren Buckley| T: Conor Maxwell| OR: 85| CD

6/1

C&D winner. 7/1, below-form seventh of 13 in handicap chase at Tramore (2¾m, good) 12 days ago. Thirteen runs since his last win in 2025.

Form: 89-0P37

Pillartou³³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Jack Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 88

40/1

Yet to offer much in 3 runs, eighth of 15 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (19f, good) 33 days ago. Makes handicap debut.

Form: P-008

Avec Espoir¹⁸

Age: 13| Weight: 10-10| J: Phillip Enright| T: V T O'Brien| OR: 80| D

50/1

Veteran who has won 5 times in his career but has been lightly raced and shown very little since 2024/25.

Form: F/0P00-P

Mr Macphisto^t⁵⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 10-10| J: Ricky Doyle| T: E Griffin| OR: 80

33/1

Two-time winner who showed nothing on return from a lengthy absence at Wexford last month.

Form: 4073F/P

Ardgillan^h1,t1¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Joshua Halford⁽⁷⁾| T: M M Lynch| OR: 79

18/1

Well beaten in bumpers and has fared no better in 4 runs over hurdles, only tenth in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (2m, good) 18 days ago. Up in trip. Hooded/tongue tied for first time here.

Form: 9/7900-0

Grace's Legacy^p¹⁰⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Danny Gilligan| T: C Collins| OR: 82

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for first time when seventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (2¼m, good to soft) 106 days ago, not ideally placed. Needs to build on it.

Form: 0950-7

Glenriver^p,t²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 10-4| J: Conor Stone-Walsh| T: S Crawley| OR: 74

13/2

Remains winless. Not disgraced for new yard with fifth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (2¼m, good) 20 days ago. Needs to build on it in refitted cheekpieces.

Form: P/PPP-05

Non-Runners

Midleton Rare³⁴

Weight: 12-1| Age: 8

T: N C Kelly J: Reserve 1

Balinaboola Steel⁷³⁸

Weight: 10-13| Age: 14

T: A D Leahy J: Reserve 2

Magic Hands Noel²²³

Weight: 10-7| Age: 5

T: G Keane J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Goin' (11/4), Steps In The Sand (5/1), Hatfield Hammer (11/2), Dunany Point (6/1), Glenriver (13/2), Cornaroya Rocco (11/1), Whiskey Serenade (11/1), Gforcejenny (12/1), Ardgillan (18/1), Midnight Musical (20/1), Balinaboola Steel (20/1), Midleton Rare (20/1), Magic Hands Noel (25/1), Katherine (28/1), Mr Macphisto (33/1), Grace's Legacy (33/1), Pillartou (40/1), Avec Espoir (50/1), Memories Maker (66/1)

CORNAROYA ROCCO shaped as though this trip would really suit when dropping away late on over 23f at Ballinrobe last time and can capitalise on a handy-looking mark to gain a first success. Steps In The Sand rates a big threat though now she goes up in distance, while Hatfield Hammer and Goin' can also have a say in this open handicap.