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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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8
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)
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
Prize Money
1st: €6,600.002nd: €2,200.003rd: €1,099.004th: €550.005th: €330.006th: €220.00
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