19:25 Kilbeggan

Saturday 12 August 2023

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

Kieran Kelly Memorial Handicap Chase (0-109)

  • 4YO plus  |   3m 100y  |   Yielding  |   11 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 19:25  |   Winning time: 6m 42.7s
1st
Horse silk
4
10/3f
T: D M ChristieJ: D J 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
2nd
Horse silk
1 ¼
3
5/1
T: J MotherwayJ: D J 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
3rd
Horse silk
12
5
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
4th
Horse silk
38
2
7/2
T: G ElliottJ: K M 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
5th
Horse silk
4
9
11/1
T: D E PrendergastJ: P T 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
6th
Horse silk
¾
12
14/1
T: E CawleyJ: S 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
7th
Horse silk
5 ½
6
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
8th
Horse silk
11
1
40/1
T: S AherneJ: S F O'Keeffe
Mistake 1st and never better than mid-division, mistake 3 out, ridden and no extra from next op 22/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
7
18/1
T: R P BurnsJ: S W Flanagan
Always towards rear, not fluent 1st and 5th, still in touch when pulled up before 4 out op 12/1
F
Horse silk
10
18/1
T: J P RyanJ: T Joseph Kelly (7)
Towards rear, not fluent 7th, bad mistake and unseated rider next op 14/1 tchd 20/1
PU
Horse silk
11
16/1
T: J P RyanJ: P K 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

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Non-Runners

8
Horse silk
Birdie Blitz92
Weight: 11-2|  Age: 8
T: A A Howard  J: S D Torrens
NR

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), Birdie Blitz (16/1), Highland Sting (16/1), Napoleon Blue (18/1), Chief Seattle (18/1), Black Samurai (40/1)

Verdict

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.

  1. HARDWIRED (IRE)
  2. WALKING THE WALK (IRE)
  3. ROOM TO ROAM (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022
Pairc Na Ngael
Weight: 12-0  |Age: 8
J: M P Walsh  |  T: C Byrnes
9/4

Prize Money

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

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