15:30 Leopardstown

Sunday 2 March 2025

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Cancer Fund For Children Charity Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 3m 59.02s

Desert Friend¹³¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Cian Quirke⁽³⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 109| D

28/1

Respectable seventh of 17 in handicap (16/1) at the Curragh (10f, soft). Switches from Flat to hurdles. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 5P037-U

Jolie Jewel⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: B McMahon| OR: 109

4/1

Creditable sixth of 23 in handicap hurdle (9/1) at this course (19.8f, good) 64 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 155036

Crescent Moon¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 106| BF

10/1

Promising type. Fifteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (19.8f, heavy, 9/2) 15 days ago. Has good chance on form.

Form: 2-58020

Liberated Light^p⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J L Gleeson⁽³⁾| T: J & T Kiely| OR: 104| D

16/1

Winner in hurdle at Limerick in December. Respectable fourth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16.9f, soft, 7/2) 44 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 087814

Moylussa⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: M Magnussen| OR: 103| D

14/1

Winner in hurdle at Tipperary in November. 9/2, ninth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Naas (18.9f, heavy) 56 days ago. Opposable.

Form: 455169

Burren Song^t⁹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: E Walsh| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 102| C

40/1

Fifth of 7 in handicap (16/1) at Dundalk (16f). Switches from Flat to hurdles. 8/12 on last hurdle outing. Others make more appeal.

Form: 342/008

Desert Haven^t¹¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Sam Ewing| T: N Meade| OR: 102| C

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 7f on the Flat. Fourteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Cork (16.3f, good to soft) 119 days ago.

Form: 0700

Peckham Springs^p,t⁴⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 99| D

40/1

Fifteen runs since last win in 2022. Unseated rider in handicap hurdle (50/1) at Down Royal (17.2f, soft) 40 days ago. Readily passed over.

Form: 526-00U

Kilda Kelle³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 96

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. 33/1, good fifth of 13 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.4f, soft) 36 days ago. Back down in trip for this handicap hurdle debut and she may well improve.

Form: 7875

Makfils^t⁴⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 96| D

12/1

One win from 25 NH runs. 9/1, first run since leaving Peter Fahey when below form fifth of 9 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.4f, soft) 48 days ago.

Form: 9-18785

Arnacoeur^h³⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁵⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 95

50/1

Fifteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.2f, heavy, 100/1) 34 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 3/3640-0

Great Realisation^p⁸⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: Simon Torrens| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 92

50/1

Fourteenth of 19 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Cheltenham (16.4f, good). Off over 2 years.

Form: 632230/

Shashado¹⁵⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: R Deegan| T: M M McNiff| OR: 92

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Sixteenth of 17 in novice hurdle at Listowel (16f, soft, 125/1) 155 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 860

Gustavo Goodway^b1⁷⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-6| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 89

18/1

9/1, ninth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, good to soft) 78 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 720389

Imadpour⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: Caragh Monaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: Ian Donoghue| OR: 89

18/1

Well held on debut for this yard in a Downpatrick handicap hurdle (17.5f, soft, 9/1) on debut for new yard in January. Others more persuasive.

Form: 6-800P8

Tremaine^p1,t¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-5| J: D King| T: D Hogan| OR: 98

25/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Last of 7 in handicap (28/1) at Dundalk (10.7f) on IRE flat debut 18 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles and cheekpieces on 1st time. Open to improvement on handicap debut in this sphere.

Form: 900

Darcy's Friend²⁷⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-4| J: Donagh Meyler| T: E Mullins| OR: 87

5/6

Lightly-raced maiden. 25/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Wexford (17f, good to soft), losing touch 3 out. Off 9 months. First run for yard after leaving S. M. Duffy.

Form: 3P009-P

Non-Runners

Pralognan⁶⁶

Weight: 10-9| Age: 6

T: A J Martin J: Rachael Blackmore

Forecasts

Darcy's Friend (5/6), Jolie Jewel (4/1), Crescent Moon (10/1), Pralognan (10/1), Makfils (12/1), Moylussa (14/1), Liberated Light (16/1), Imadpour (18/1), Kilda Kelle (18/1), Gustavo Goodway (18/1), Tremaine (25/1), Desert Friend (28/1), Burren Song (40/1), Peckham Springs (40/1), Arnacoeur (50/1), Desert Haven (50/1), Great Realisation (50/1), Shashado (150/1)

The modest pace probably didn't help CRESCENT MOON when upped to 19.8f at Gowran recently and, better judged on her handicap debut second at Cork in January, she is well worth another chance back down in trip here. Tremaine could be about to take a step forward now pitched into a handicap debut in this sphere and he is one to note in the betting, while Liberated Light is also shortlisted.