14:05 Killarney

Thursday 20 July 2017

All13:3514:0514:3515:1015:4016:1516:4517:20

Europe Hotel & Resort Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 14:06 | Winning time: 4m 2.90s

1^st

Touch Of Gold

410-12

12/1

T: M KennedyJ: P D Kennedy (3)

Soon mid-division, 9th from 4th, slightly impeded after 3 out and soon switched left, on terms on inner 2 out, soon gained narrow lead, stayed on well run-in

2^nd

1 ¼

For Pedro

710-13

8/1

T: T CooperJ: B J Cooper

Tracked leaders, 7th from 4th, not much room approaching 2 out and switched right, challenged from before last, kept on without matching winner run-in op 10/1 tchd 11/1

3^rd

3 ½

Bay Hill

611-9

9/2

T: C RocheJ: J S McGarvey

Chased leaders, 6th from 4th, slight mistake 5th, closed travelling smoothly approaching 2 out, soon bumped slightly, 3rd before last, soon one pace tchd 4/1

4^th

Nulife

511-9

3/1f

T: D HoganJ: D G Hogan

Tracked leaders, 4th from 4th, not fluent 5th, on terms from before 2 out where not fluent, soon headed, dropped to 4th from before last where not fluent, no extra op 10/3

5^th

1 ¾

Granny Biddy

610-12

5/1

T: M WintersJ: B J Foley (7)

Tracked leaders, 3rd from 4th, pushed along straight, kept on same pace from 2 out

6^th

1 ½

Fairymount Boy

810-5

20/1

T: M HouriganJ: A E Lynch

Held up, 11th from 4th, headway and impeded briefly after 3 out, slight mistake next, one pace tchd 22/1

7^th

3 ¼

Kilcaragh Boy

810-12

8/1

T: Miss D O'SheaJ: J J Burke

Chased leaders, 5th from 4th, closed up from 4 out, no extra and one pace from 2 out op 11/1 tchd 12/1

8^th

1 ¼

Analyse That

1110-10

20/1

T: S AherneJ: Miss S Ahern (7)

Chased leaders early, dropped to 13th from 4th, no impression approaching 2 out, kept on without threatening from before last

9^th

Crazy Queen

510-7

14/1

T: D CullenJ: Paul Townend

Led, slight mistake 4th, headed before 2 out, no extra and not fluent last op 16/1

10^th

1 ¼

Constable Buckley

510-11

10/1

T: J MorrisonJ: R Loughran

Held up, a little keen and prominent before 2nd, not fluent 5th, lost place into straight, soon no impression op 12/1

11^th

5 ½

Arctic Light

511-12

14/1

T: T MullinsJ: D J Mullins

Mid-division, 8th from 4th, pushed along approaching straight, no impression approaching 2 out, soon no extra

12^th

Coherent

410-13

14/1

T: P J RothwellJ: Danny Mullins

Soon mid-division, 10th from 4th, no impression approaching 2 out, soon no extra

13^th

A Fine Young Mare

610-7

40/1

T: M WintersJ: Brian Hayes

Held up, last from 4th, no impression approaching 2 out, soon no extra

14^th

6 ½

Call His Bluff

510-11

50/1

T: N P HennessyJ: P F Mangan

Held up, 15th from 4th, dropped to last after 6th, no impression approaching 2 out, soon no extra

15^th

Ellie's Choice

810-7

80/1

T: D DonovanJ: P W O'Reilly (7)

Not fluent jumping, soon towards rear, reminder 3rd, 14th from 4th, under pressure from 4 out, soon no impression, no extra straight

Also Ran

Silent Account

610-8

66/1

T: D DonovanJ: Phillip Enright

Held up, 12th from 4th, ridden along from 4 out, soon dropped behind and pulled up before 3 out

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Non-Runners

Sierra Law¹²

Weight: 10-5| Age: 4

T: K Thornton J: Donagh Meyler

Jackapies Bay¹³

Weight: 10-4| Age: 9

T: T P O'Connor J: M A Enright

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€10.30Pl:€1.80, €2.40, €1.50, €1.40EX:€123.70Trifecta:€898.70Tricast:€521.40SF:€111.26

Forecasts

Nulife (3/1), Bay Hill (9/2), Granny Biddy (5/1), For Pedro (8/1), Kilcaragh Boy (8/1), Sierra Law (8/1), Constable Buckley (10/1), Touch Of Gold (12/1), Crazy Queen (14/1), Arctic Light (14/1), Coherent (14/1), Fairymount Boy (20/1), Analyse That (20/1), Jackapies Bay (33/1), A Fine Young Mare (40/1), Call His Bluff (50/1), Silent Account (66/1), Ellie's Choice (80/1)

A large field, low grade handicap hurdle where solid form-lines are relatively thin on the ground. Many of the runners enter this race as maidens so can be readily discounted, but that still leaves a tough puzzle to solve. Nulife shed the maiden tag when winning at Wexford recently, and in all fairness he is largely unexposed over hurdles, and there should be more to come. Coherent looks to be gradually finding his level as he slowly improves with more hurdles experience and ought to win a race at some point, but the tentative votes goes to BAY HILL. The Christy Roche trained six-year-old has enjoyed recent success on the Flat and did okay when switched back to hurdles at Bellewstown a fortnight ago.