16:30 Kilbeggan

Sunday 2 June 2024

All13:4514:2014:5515:3016:0016:3017:00

Cooke's Bar & Restaurant Caragh Handicap Chase (0-123)

Off time: 16:30 | Winning time: 5m 7.80s

1^st

Mousey Brown

711-0

3/1j

T: D A McLoughlinJ: P J O'Hanlon (3)

Mid-division and not fluent 4th, 7th halfway, good progress from 2 out and pushed along to lead before last, ridden and kept on well run-in tchd 10/3

2^nd

3 ¼

Optional Mix

811-10

14/1

T: E DoyleJ: Shane O'Callaghan (5)

Tracked leader in 2nd, dropped to 3rd before 4th, went 2nd again from 5 out, not fluent 3 out, again not fluent 2 out and soon improved to lead, pushed along and headed before last, ridden and no extra run-in tchd 16/1

3^rd

Somptueux

911-12

14/1

T: H De BromheadJ: Rachael Blackmore

Mid-division and 6th halfway, progress before 2 out where not fluent, soon went 3rd and a bit short of room before last, ridden and no extra run-in, kept on same pace op 10/1

4^th

6 ½

The Gradual Slope

712-0

12/1

T: S O O'BrienJ: Mark McDonagh

Towards rear and not fluent at times, slightly hampered 2nd, mistake 4th and 9th halfway, pushed along in moderate 8th 2 out, ridden and progress into 5th before last, kept on into 4th run-in, never nearer op 7/1

5^th

Marelly

711-0

33/1

T: P J RothwellJ: J P O'Sullivan

Tracked leaders, dropped to mid-division before 4th, 5th halfway, progress into close 3rd before 3 out, mistake next and lost place, soon ridden and no extra before last, kept on same pace op 22/1

6^th

Whatsafellatodo

1111-5

3/1j

T: Richard DanielsJ: J J Slevin

Towards rear early under keen hold, progress before 3rd and led from next, not fluent 3 out and soon pressed, again not fluent 2 out, soon pushed along and headed, ridden and weakened before last op 10/3 tchd 5/2

7^th

A Mere Bagatelle

711-5

11/1

T: J J HanlonJ: Paddy Hanlon (7)

Led, headed and dropped to 2nd before 4th, not fluent next, again not fluent 5 out and soon dropped to 3rd, ridden from 3 out, soon no extra and weakened

8^th

General Clermont

810-12

7/2

T: D E FitzgeraldJ: Gavin Brouder (5)

Tracked leaders on outer and 4th halfway, not fluent 4 out, ridden after 2 out, soon no extra and weakened op 6/1

Also Ran

Say It Ain't So

912-0

22/1

T: R HackettJ: Liam Quinlan (3)

Towards rear, not fluent 4th and 5th, jumped left in rear 6th, soon detached and pulled up after 5 out op 18/1

Time Marches On

811-8

11/1

T: J MotherwayJ: Keith Donoghue

Soon towards rear, jumped left 3rd, pushed along in 8th halfway, eased and pulled up after 5 out op 12/1

Lake Chad

910-6

28/1

T: P FentonJ: Niall Moore (7)

Towards rear, bad mistake and unseated rider 2nd op 14/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€4.00Pl:€1.50, €3.60, €3.70EX:€51.30Trifecta:€656.60Tricast:€525.10SF:€43.43

Forecasts

Mousey Brown (3/1), Whatsafellatodo (3/1), General Clermont (7/2), A Mere Bagatelle (11/1), Time Marches On (11/1), The Gradual Slope (12/1), Optional Mix (14/1), Somptueux (14/1), Say It Ain't So (22/1), Lake Chad (28/1), Marelly (33/1)

WHATSAFELLATODO bumped into a formerly useful sort back on song in a pretty good veterans' handicap at Ballinrobe last week and could be the way to go. Mousey Brown, General Clermont and last year's winner A Mere Bagatelle are feared.

WHATSAFELLATODO (IRE)
MOUSEY BROWN (IRE)
GENERAL CLERMONT (FR)

Previous Winners

2023

A Mere Bagatelle

Weight: 10-0 |Age: 6

J: Simon Torrens | T: J J Hanlon

8/1

Prize Money

1st: €9,000.002nd: €3,000.003rd: €1,500.004th: €750.005th: €450.006th: €300.00