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Saturday 23 September 2023

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Kathleen Walsh Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 1)

Off time: 15:20 | Winning time: 5m 19.4s

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Selected odds by:

Gekkota¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: T J O'Mara| OR: 102| D

9/2

11/1, creditable third of 14 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.6f, soft) 12 days ago. Back up in trip. Not taken lightly.

Form: 5-04583

Humanitarian²²

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 102

18/1

40/1, ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (16.9f, good to soft) 22 days ago.

Form: 346369

Nazine^b⁶⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 100

16/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2021. Eleventh of 15 in handicap hurdle (28/1) at Killarney (20f, good) 65 days ago.

Form: 6/530-00

Kitsilano¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Ricky Doyle| T: J J Murphy| OR: 97

7/1

Seventh of 14 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.6f, soft, 18/1) 12 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 705-757

Smallcraftwarning^t³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: D E Mullins| T: Miss E McCutcheon| OR: 97

40/1

Ninth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (20.6f, good to soft, 50/1) 31 days ago.

Form: 408-479

Kellie's Dream⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 96

5/1

Creditable ninth of 18 in handicap hurdle (11/2) at Navan (15.6f, good to soft) 7 days ago. Back up in trip. Can give a good account.

Form: 57-4169

Run Like Fada¹⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: T Joseph Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 95

10/1

Respectable fifth of 14 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Ballinrobe (16.6f, good to soft) 144 days ago, best work finish. Up in trip. Can make presence felt.

Form: 32870-5

Indie Belle^t¹⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: J J Slevin| T: Robert Widger| OR: 94| D

9/2

7/1, career best when winning 12-runner handicap chase at Punchestown (21.2f, good to soft) 149 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 466011-

Kalanisi Dubh¹⁷⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: K C Sexton| T: S Fahey| OR: 94

11/1

Winner in hurdle at Down Royal in December. 16/1, below form fifteenth of 23 in handicap hurdle at Naas (18.9f, soft) 177 days ago.

Form: 991240-

Light Parade⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: W J Burke| OR: 94

10/1

Fourth of 5 in minor event hurdle (40/1) at this C&D (good to soft) 6 days ago.

Form: 46-4034

Miss Arccol²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 93

18/1

Fell in handicap hurdle at Bellewstown (20.4f, good, 12/1) 24 days ago.

Form: 16P/78F

Navy Waves^p1²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: E Dwan⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs J Cashin| OR: 93

20/1

Tenth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (19f, good to soft, 50/1) 29 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 706-000

Millstream Lady⁶⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara| OR: 92

16/1

Last of 16 in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Killarney (20f, good) 65 days ago.

Form: 6002P-0

Rockbrook²⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: S D Torrens| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 92

22/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (20.6f, heavy, 33/1). Off 8 months.

Form: 60/00-

Non-Runners

Everystep Oftheway¹⁴⁴

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: O McKiernan J: R J Condon

Inchidaly Robin¹

Weight: 11-5| Age: 6

T: A Ott J: Mr A Burke-Ott

Action Station⁴⁴

Weight: 11-2| Age: 7

T: Mrs P Dobbs J: Reserve 1

Sunwalk⁷⁴

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: S Neville J: Reserve 2

Roman Parish¹

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: D M O'Brien J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Indie Belle (9/2), Gekkota (9/2), Kellie's Dream (5/1), Kitsilano (7/1), Everystep Oftheway (8/1), Run Like Fada (10/1), Light Parade (10/1), Roman Parish (10/1), Kalanisi Dubh (11/1), Millstream Lady (16/1), Nazine (16/1), Humanitarian (18/1), Miss Arccol (18/1), Navy Waves (20/1), Action Station (20/1), Inchidaly Robin (20/1), Rockbrook (22/1), Smallcraftwarning (40/1), Sunwalk (50/1)

INDIE BELLE has looked as good as ever when winning her last 2 starts over fences and is taken to complete the hat-trick. Gekkota and Run Like Fada head the dangers.