August 25 / 19.38 Killarney

19.38

Good

Bunkers Bar & Restaurant Killorglin Handicap Chase

  • Prize money: £8615.04
  • 2m 1f 0y
  • 8 runners
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Bunkers Bar & Restaurant Killorglin Handicap Chase

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

13/2 (Won)

  • Win: £8.70
  • Place: £2.20

Form: 136U15 D

Last run: 13 days

W: 11st 10lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 126

Form & Verdict
Three-time Tipperary chase winner, including over 2m1f there on penultimate start, beating Jack Holiday by 8l; finished behind The Dasher Conway and Too Bright at Kilbeggan latest.
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6

21st Aug 2025

Good

2m 1f 0y

19:37 Killarney

Good As Hell

11st 0lb

J: Niall Moore

T: Philip Fenton

Six chase wins including this race in 2023; has been regressive this year and was poor at Galway last time; coming back here may help, though.

14/1

7th

12

3rd Aug 2025

Good

2m 2f 54y

15:30 Galway

Good As Hell

10st 4lb

J: Niall Moore

T: Philip Fenton

Best known as a four-time winner at Tipperary; not at best there in race won by Arctic Fly and previously tailed off at Kilbeggan.

25/1

8

1st Jul 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 0f 120y

14:18 Tipperary

Good As Hell

11st 3lb

J: Niall Moore

T: Philip Fenton

Four of her six chase wins have come at this track but she has been mostly well below her best lately and others appeal more.

16/1

20/1

  • Place: £3.70

Form: -87299 D

Last run: 14 days

W: 10st 0lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 100

Form & Verdict
In rear at Wexford last time and previously ran moderately over hurdles; hard to win with (3-45) but often placed; others preferred.
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2

12th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 1f 48y

19:00 Ballinrobe

Jack Holiday

11st 10lb

J: Peter Smithers

T: D M Christie

Veteran 4-time chase winner; ran with credit over timber at Sligo in July but lacklustre efforts twice, including back over fences last month; still above highest winning mark and easy to look elsewhere.

16/1

9

21st Aug 2025

Good

2m 1f 0y

19:37 Killarney

Jack Holiday

10st 8lb

J: Peter Smithers

T: D M Christie

One of his four chase wins came over C&D; mixed form over hurdles and fences this season but has a shout if back to his best.

9/1

11

3rd Aug 2025

Good

2m 0f 160y

13:50 Galway

Jack Holiday

10st 10lb

J: Peter Smithers

T: D M Christie

Veteran six-time winner; Veteran is rated 10lb lower than over fences; second at Sligo last time gives him a slight edge over Pahlavi; this looks like a stronger race.

14/1

9/2

  • Place: £1.70

Form: -73161 CD

Last run: 18 days

W: 10st 0lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 100

Form & Verdict
Good form at a modest level over hurdles lately, winning two of his last three races; not hugely disadvantaged by being 2lb out of the handicap and he has the merit of being a dual course winner.
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4

6th Jun 2025

Good

2m 0f 190y

17:35 Clonmel

Ricky Langford

11st 10lb

J: Tony Ellis

T: P J Rothwell

Seven-time winner between hurdles and fences; only beaten approx' 3l on last hurdles start at Thurles back in March and a repeat of that will see him competitive.

8/1

OUR TIP

Form: 8U8-36 D

Last run: 19 days

W: 11st 12lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 128

Form & Verdict
Won at Galway last season for Gordon Elliott; unplaced in same race this year, but down in class here and chance should be taken seriously.
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3rd

14

30th May 2024

Good To Firm

2m 0f 100y

17:15 Limerick

Vado Forte

10st 8lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: Ross O’Sullivan

midfield

7/2

6th

2

7th May 2024

Yielding To Soft

2m 1f 31y

19:50 Ballinrobe

Vado Forte

11st 11lb

J: Shane O’Callaghan

T: Ross O’Sullivan

towards rear, some headway 3 out, no impression from last

10/1

6th

2

7th May 2024

Yielding To Soft

2m 1f 31y

19:50 Ballinrobe

Vado Forte

11st 11lb

J: Shane O’Callaghan

T: Ross O’Sullivan

towards rear

10/1

Form: -022PP CD

Last run: 35 days

W: 11st 8lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 124

Form & Verdict
Twice second in small-field events in June, notably at Kilbeggan when in front of both Too Bright and Defan; pulled-up on his last two starts, the Tipperary race won by Good As Hell and C&D contest in which The Dasher Conway was third; questions to answer.
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3rd

11

31st May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 4f 80y

17:00 Kilbeggan

The Dara Man

10st 6lb

J: Daniel King

T: John Patrick Ryan

Modest strike-rate of 3-39 over fences with last win coming over C&D in August 2024; jumped badly when pulled up on final two starts in 2025; possibly needed the run at Limerick ten days ago.

20/1

8th

5

21st May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 3f 176y

18:18 Limerick

The Dara Man

11st 4lb

J: J J Slevin

T: John Patrick Ryan

Modest strike-rate of 3-38 over fences with last win coming at Kilbeggan in August last year; jumping awry when pulled up in his two most recent starts in December; suited by better ground but others preferred.

22/1

6th

10

31st Oct 2025

Good

2m 0f 100y

15:12 Down Royal

The Dara Man

11st 0lb

J: Daniel King

T: John Patrick Ryan

Modest strike-rate of 3-35 over fences; is 9lb below his last win and was still going okay when unseating three out at Cork (16.5f, good) on penultimate; 2m5f may have stretched him on latest at Clonmel; good ground key.

14/1

Form: 17-8F7 D

Last run: 13 days

W: 10st 12lb

10 yo Mare

OR: 114

Form & Verdict
Won off this mark for Robert Tyner 14 months ago; a long way below her best this year and looks held by The Dasher Conway, Too Bright and Good As Hell on the basis of a recent Kilbegggan clash.
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0

12

22nd Sep 2023

Yielding To Soft

2m 1f 0y

16:25 Listowel

Nellys Money

10st 0lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: John Patrick Ryan

Two Wexford wins for Robert Tyner last year; held by a few of these on recent evidence; behind Irish Blaze and The Dara Man at Kilbeggan two weeks ago.

20/1

5th

8

8th Sep 2023

Good

2m 3f 0y

18:50 Kilbeggan

Nellys Money

10st 11lb

J: Philip Donovan

T: John Patrick Ryan

in rear

33/1

6th

9

25th Aug 2023

Good

2m 1f 0y

19:38 Killarney

Nellys Money

10st 12lb

J: Mark McDonagh

T: John Patrick Ryan

Won off this mark for Robert Tyner 14 months ago; a long way below her best this year and looks held by The Dasher Conway, Too Bright and Good As Hell on the basis of a recent Kilbegggan clash.

20/1

Form: 1660-5 D

Last run: 67 days

W: 11st 10lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 126

Form & Verdict
Last success came early last season when he landed a Ballinrobe handicap chase by a big margin from Nelly's Money; has struggled in four races since then, and remains 7lb higher; first time with cheekpieces.
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2

19th Jun 2024

Good

2m 4f 0y

Class 4

14:40 Worcester

Defan

11st 13lb

J: Nick Scholfield

T: Alexandra Dunn

held up in rear, slow jump and detached 6th, pulled up before 7th

16/1

4th

1

7th Oct 2023

Good

2m 1f 165y

Class 3

14:50 Fontwell

Defan

11st 12lb

J: Nick Scholfield

T: Alexandra Dunn

Romped home in a Ballinrobe handicap in May 2022 (for Henry De Bromhead) but unplaced in five subsequent starts, the latest when tried in cheekpieces in August; bought last month for £10,000 and possibly best watched.

12/1

Form: 374-44

Last run: 14 days

W: 10st 6lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 108

Form & Verdict
Maiden hurdle winner; showed promise in a couple of his chase starts last year; three consecutive fourth placings in handicaps indicates that he needs to find improvement
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0

10

25th Aug 2023

Good

2m 1f 0y

19:38 Killarney

Western Cowboy

10st 6lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: Henry De Bromhead

Maiden hurdle winner; showed promise in a couple of his chase starts last year; three consecutive fourth placings in handicaps indicates that he needs to find improvement

12/1

4th

7

11th Aug 2023

Good To Yielding

2m 3f 170y

19:15 Wexford

Western Cowboy

11st 9lb

J: Conor Brassil

T: Henry De Bromhead

Maiden hurdle winner; showed promise in a couple of his chase starts last year and probably needed his return when tailed off over 2m here in June; first-time cheekpieces may help back up in trip but probably in need of a career best.

6/1

4th

3

20th Jun 2023

Good

2m 0f 0y

16:00 Wexford

Western Cowboy

11st 4lb

J: Mike O’Connor

T: Henry De Bromhead

Winning hurdler over this trip; was beaten 15l in first handicap chase at Killarney in August; off since; yard had double on Sunday.

13/2

Non-runners

The Dasher Conway, Too Bright, Flaming Moon, Irish Blaze

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €45.90
Straight Forecast €91.01
Tricast €382.41
Trifecta €920.10

Selections

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Irish Blaze

TOPSPEED:

Vado Forte

SPOTLIGHT:

Ricky Langford

POSTDATA:

Irish Blaze

The Irish Sun:

Vado Forte