Wednesday 4 September · Kilbeggan, Eire

15:45 Kilbeggan Racecourse Novice Handicap Hurdle (80-116)

Distance: 2m 3f 0y
Going: Yielding
Class: 0
Prize: EUR 11000
Runners: 6

Race preview

ARCLAND has run solidly in third and fourth on his last two outings at this track, and being patiently ridden could serve him well in this field. Several of these like to race prominently and those tactics worked for Leading Lion in Bellewstown last week. He was a shade keen there, but was well on top at the business end and has to be respected. Churchwarden was just pipped by a short head over a similar trip at this track on his penultimate outing, so is another contender. Desert Cave won comprehensively in a lesser grade over a staying trip here in June. He received a major hike in the weights and was pulled up when last seen in Galway, though, so there are questions to answer.

Pos	Horse	Form	Jockey	Trainer	Wgt	SP
1	Churchwarden	254-32	B W Harvey	J C McConnell	11 3	15-8
2	Andyourbirdcansing	413367	Cian Quirke	J P Ryan	10 12	10-1
3	Desert Cave	B00-51P	Shane Fitzgerald	D Queally	11 12	15-2
4	Arcland	P4/F-834	Darragh O'Keeffe	H Rogers	11 2	10-3
5	That's About Right	047-110	Conor Owens	P J Rothwell	11 2	6-1
6	Doyen Flyer	874-455	K Callaghan	J Barcoe	10 3	9-2
NR	Leading Lion	0077-1	Jack Kennedy	G Elliott	11 6