19:25 Kilbeggan

Saturday 12 August 2023

All16:5517:2517:5518:2518:5519:2519:5520:25

Kieran Kelly Memorial Handicap Chase (0-109)

Off time: 19:25 | Winning time: 6m 42.70s

1^st

Menindee

711-9

10/3f

T: D M ChristieJ: Darragh O'Keeffe

Led, slow jump 2nd and dropped to 2nd, ridden to challenge before last and soon led, pressed run-in and kept on well close home tchd 7/2

2^nd

1 ¼

Goodnightngodbless

1011-12

5/1

T: J MotherwayJ: Danny Gilligan (5)

Mid-division, good progress into 3rd from 5 out and pushed along from 3 out, ridden before last and soon went 2nd, challenged run-in and kept on without matching winner close home op 6/1

3^rd

Room To Roam

911-7

9/1

T: J C McConnellJ: B W Harvey (3)

Tracked leader in 2nd, improved to lead 2nd, ridden before last and headed, soon dropped to 3rd and no extra run-in op 7/1

4^th

Walking The Walk

812-0

7/2

T: G ElliottJ: Keith Donoghue

Mid-division, went 4th from 5 out and pushed along from 3 out, ridden from next and soon no impression on principals, kept on same pace tchd 4/1

5^th

Gonedairy

711-0

11/1

T: D E PrendergastJ: Phillip Enright

Tracked leaders, dropped to mid-division from halfway, pushed along in 5th from 2 out, soon no extra and kept on same pace op 16/1

6^th

Any Day Now

810-0

14/1

T: E CawleyJ: Shane O'Callaghan (7)

Mid-division, not fluent 1st, bad mistake 5 out, pushed along in rear before 3 out and soon no impression, some modest late headway into 6th before last op 18/1 tchd 20/1

7^th

5 ½

Hardwired

711-5

11/2

T: T M WalshJ: M J M O'Sullivan

Mid-division, not fluent 2nd, pushed along in 6th from 3 out, dropped to 7th and no extra from next op 5/1 tchd 9/2

8^th

Black Samurai

912-0

40/1

T: S AherneJ: Sean O'Keeffe

Mistake 1st and never better than mid-division, mistake 3 out, ridden and no extra from next op 22/1

Also Ran

Napoleon Blue

1011-3

18/1

T: R P BurnsJ: Sean Flanagan

Always towards rear, not fluent 1st and 5th, still in touch when pulled up before 4 out op 12/1

Chief Seattle

810-4

18/1

T: J P RyanJ: Tom Kelly (7)

Towards rear, not fluent 7th, bad mistake and unseated rider next op 14/1 tchd 20/1

Highland Sting

710-3

16/1

T: J P RyanJ: Philip Donovan (5)

Tracked leaders in 3rd, not fluent at times, lost place from 5 out, no extra in 5th from 2 out, eased and pulled up before last op 20/1

Unlimited Replays

of all UK and Irish races with our Race Replays

Discover Sporting Life Plus Benefits Sporting Life Plus - Join For Free

Non-Runners

Birdie Blitz⁹²

Weight: 11-2| Age: 8

T: A A Howard J: Simon Torrens

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€4.60Pl:€1.80, €2.20, €1.60EX:€26.40Trifecta:€110.60Tricast:€141.40SF:€21.83

Forecasts

Menindee (10/3), Walking The Walk (7/2), Goodnightngodbless (5/1), Hardwired (11/2), Room To Roam (9/1), Gonedairy (11/1), Any Day Now (14/1), Highland Sting (16/1), Birdie Blitz (16/1), Chief Seattle (18/1), Napoleon Blue (18/1), Black Samurai (40/1)

HARDWIRED arrives on the back of a comfortable success over hurdles and, if he's in the same form returning to this sphere, he should take all the beating. The in-form Walking The Walk is an obvious danger and Room To Roam should give another good account.

HARDWIRED (IRE)
WALKING THE WALK (IRE)
ROOM TO ROAM (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022

Pairc Na Ngael

Weight: 12-0 |Age: 8

J: Mark Walsh | T: C Byrnes

9/4

Prize Money

1st: €6,600.002nd: €2,200.003rd: €1,099.004th: €550.005th: €330.006th: €220.00