Race cards · Sat 24 Aug
Saturday 24 August · Killarney, Eire
15:40 Bunkers Bar & Restaurant Handicap Hurdle
- Distance
- 2m 6f 80y
- Going
- Good to Yielding
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 22000
- Runners
- 13
Race preview
CHAMPELLA put in an excellent performance to beat a big field in a mares' handicap hurdle over the minimum trip at the Galway Festival. She has winning form over an extended 2m4f, so should cope with this trip. Tom Harney is back on board and his 7lb claim offsets the bulk of the 9lb rise she got for winning in Ballybrit. Littlebiggie has been very consistent throughout 2024 and her victory came over an almost identical trip at this track in May. The returning Real Steel and Gold Speed both have the ability to get involved if fully wound up for action, while Sligo winner Early Arrival is another to note.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anyway | 153-1PF | Jack Kennedy | D Budds | 10 10 | 8-1 | |
| 2 | Littlebiggie | 623-122 | Liam Quinlan | R Hackett | 11 1 | 4-1 | |
| 3 | Toto Too | 1510-BP | Keith Donoghue | G P Cromwell | 11 12 | 10-1 | |
| 4 | Champella | 86-3241 | T P Harney | R O'Sullivan | 11 5 | 7-1 | |
| 5 | Dorans Law | 8-32431 | Darragh O'Keeffe | P J Rothwell | 10 7 | 13-2 | |
| 6 | Falco Blitz | 434110- | Calum Hogan | E McNamara | 11 1 | 33-1 | |
| 7 | Real Steel | 0P/4653- | C P McNamara | E McNamara | 11 3 | 28-1 | |
| 8 | Early Arrival | 9-21521 | K Callaghan | J Barcoe | 10 2 | 16-1 | |
| 9 | Gold Speed | 574/621- | J J Slevin | A Murray | 11 2 | 18-1 | |
| 10 | Kells Priory | 37323/1 | John Shinnick | Louise G Lyons | 10 2 | 7-1 | |
| 11 | Futurum Regem | F98/P-63 | Paddy Hanlon | H P Finegan | 10 5 | 18-1 | |
| 12 | Peaches And Cream | 3754FP- | Jack Kearney | G P Cromwell | 11 1 | 22-1 | |
| 13 | Ballycashin | 5576-17 | Danny Mullins | A Mullins | 10 7 | 4-1 |