August 26 / 17.25 Killarney

17.25

Good

Kellihers Toyota Handicap Chase (Listed Race)

  • Prize money: £23495.58
  • 2m 4f 180y
  • 8 runners
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Kellihers Toyota Handicap Chase (Listed Race)

Runners: 8 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

OUR TIP

5/1 (Won)

  • Win: £2.30
  • Place: £1.20

Form: 02-112 CD

Last run: 43 days

W: 10st 2lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 129

Form & Verdict
Capable at 2m4f but he does stay well as he showed in winning the 3m Connacht National at Roscommon in June; couldn't confirm those placings with the second at Kilbeggan (3m1f) but lost nothing in defeat; has got himself high in the weights, up another 5lb for last time.
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3

11th May 2025

Good

3m 2f 0y

16:50 Killarney

Stealthy Tom

11st 10lb

J: Simon Torrens

T: E Bolger

Course specialist has won six chases in total, four of them here at 2m4f-2m7f on yielding to soft and good ground; runner up in this last season off 140 and same mark here; chance once a fall over the banks at Punchestown hasn't dented his confidence.

12/1

3

11th May 2025

Good

3m 2f 0y

16:50 Killarney

Stealthy Tom

11st 10lb

J: Simon Torrens

T: E Bolger

Course specialist has won six chases in total, four of them here at 2m4f-2m7f on yielding to soft and good ground; runner up in this last season off 140 and same mark here; chance once a fall over the banks at Punchestown hasn't dented his confidence.

12/1

6/1

  • Place: £2.20

Form: 80-12U D

Last run: 22 days

W: 10st 0lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 124

Form & Verdict
Won a beginners' chase at Clonmel then second in a Tipperary novice; unseated early on his switch to handicaps at Galway but was only 10-1 there; 3lb out of the weights.
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2

8th Sep 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 6f 111y

18:52 Galway

Mr Saxobeat

11st 11lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: Thomas Gibney

Sole win from 20 attempts over fences came in a Clonmel beginners' chase in 2023; second on seasonal return at Wexford in July; pulled up in the Summer Plate at Market Rasen; suffered the same fate at Killarney last time.

20/1

15

23rd Aug 2025

Good

2m 4f 180y

16:50 Killarney

Mr Saxobeat

10st 4lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: Thomas Gibney

Sole win from 20 attempts over fences came in a Clonmel beginners' chase in 2023; however, he has been running well in defeat, with several placed finishes including on seasonal return at Wexford in July (2m3f, good); pulled up at Market Rasen when last seen.

18/1

12

19th Jul 2025

Good

2m 5f 89y

Class 1

15:12 Market Rasen

Mr Saxobeat

10st 2lb

J: Jonathan Burke

T: Thomas Gibney

Irish challenger; 3lb out of the weights and over two years since he last won (overall strike-rate of 2-33); however, good second at Wexford on his return from a break and he's one who won't mind what the weather does.

33/1

5/1

  • Place: £1.30

Form: 02-F13 D BF

Last run: 63 days

W: 10st 2lb

7 yo Gelding

OR: 129

Form & Verdict
Delivered a career-best performance in winning the Perth Gold Cup (3m, good to soft) in June but fared less well back there two months ago when fitted with a tongue-tie (retained); could do with some rain on this drop back in trip.
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Form: 343U-0 D

Last run: 24 days

W: 11st 12lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 153

Form & Verdict
Runner-up in last season's Troytown (3m, soft) off 3lb lower when last partnered by Conor Smithers; faced some tough tasks in the meantime and it was always asking a lot of him to dominate (as he likes) in the Galway Plate last time; expect a positive ride back at this trip and could take some reeling in.
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3rd

5

11th May 2026

Good To Yielding

2m 7f 0y

19:37 Killarney

Lifetime Ambition

11st 11lb

J: Mr Derek O’Connor

T: P M J Doyle

Third when odds-on for this race 12 months ago; he'll run better this time if he can repeat his close fourth behind some class acts at Punchestown (3m, yielding).

2/1

4th

9

1st May 2026

Yielding

3m 0f 160y

16:15 Punchestown

Lifetime Ambition

12st 0lb

J: Mr J L Scallan

T: P M J Doyle

7-14 in points and a five-time winner on the track; has often run well in races at this level, notably when second to Its On The line in this race in 2024 and third in the 2025 Aintree Foxhunter; no match for Panda Boy at Thurles in January; readily outpointed by Wonderwall at Dromahane 19 days ago

12/1

2nd

5

18th Jan 2026

Yielding

3m 0f 184y

15:55 Thurles

Lifetime Ambition

11st 11lb

J: Ms E C Costello

T: P M J Doyle

Thoroughly reliable performer on points, seven wins and five seconds from 13 starts; also a five-time winner under rules with smart form in this category; best of the Irish when third in last season's Aintree Foxhunters; beaten odds-on chance when third to Bartlemy Boy at Killarney in May; won readily at Turtulla nine weeks ago; rider doing well in points.

11/2

Form: P7-450

Last run: 22 days

W: 10st 0lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 126

Form & Verdict
Initially very promising over fences but losing run stretches back to winning a 3m1f handicap chase at this fixture two years ago; ideally wants further than this.
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11

23rd Jul 2025

Yielding To Soft

3m 1f 110y

16:45 Wexford

Fairyhill Run

10st 6lb

J: Daniel King

T: John Patrick Ryan

Last of five career wins came in 3m1f Kilbeggan handicap chase nearly four years ago; rapidly declining mark of late but glimpses of form, albeit plenty to find with Pride Of Place on latest Tipperary effort.

12/1

4th

6

1st Jul 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 7f 35y

15:18 Tipperary

Fairyhill Run

11st 5lb

J: Patrick M O’Brien

T: John Patrick Ryan

Came back from an absence this year and best run at Ballinrobe last time, beaten 9l; has to build on that but could do so.

8/1

Form: FF-702 D

Last run: 36 days

W: 10st 1lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 128

Form & Verdict
Fine servant to his connections and made a timely return to form when chasing home the ill-fated Sole Pretender in a Listed handicap over 2m1f here last month; has yet to win a handicap over fences but is not without hope of putting that right here over a more suitable trip.
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4

16th Apr 2026

Soft

2m 3f 60y

16:30 Limerick

The Little Yank

11st 8lb

J: John Aherne

T: John Patrick Ryan

Veteran improved his hurdles strike-rate to 5-60 with Clonmel victory on the 101st outing of his career in January off 93; generally unpredictable; pulled up on his three most recent attempts.

66/1

3

12th Mar 2026

Soft To Heavy

2m 6f 170y

13:34 Limerick

The Little Yank

11st 10lb

J: John Aherne

T: John Patrick Ryan

Improved his hurdling strike rate to 5-60 with Clonmel victory over Coffeys Forge on the 101st outing of his career; generally unpredictable in recent seasons; pulled up on his two most recent attempts.

20/1

15

10th Feb 2026

Heavy

2m 5f 0y

14:25 Limerick

The Little Yank

11st 12lb

J: John Aherne

T: John Patrick Ryan

Improved his hurdling strike rate to 5-60 with Clonmel victory over Coffeys Forge on the 101st outing of his career; generally unpredictable in recent seasons; pulled up at Thurles last Thursday; first reserve.

Form: 3U-964

Last run: 50 days

W: 10st 0lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 126

Form & Verdict
Low miles for a 9yo; best form has come over shorter and 2m4f looked a stretch when tried in cheekpieces at Wexford the last time; still early days over fences but looks vulnerable to stronger stayers.
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7th

2

8th Aug 2024

Good

2m 4f 110y

19:35 Sligo

All Those Years

11st 11lb

J: Philip Byrnes

T: C Byrnes

Won a chase at Limerick last year but his form, and jumping, disimproved as the year went on; long time since he's shown any worthwhile hurdles form and off eight months.

12/1

0

12

9th Dec 2023

Soft

2m 4f 100y

14:17 Navan

All Those Years

10st 0lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: C Byrnes

didn't always jump with fluency, in rear

6/1

0

3

22nd Oct 2023

Heavy

2m 3f 0y

16:50 Limerick

All Those Years

11st 11lb

J: Simon Torrens

T: C Byrnes

Bumper/hurdles winner is lightly raced for his age; off the mark over fences here in March; held when completing in handicaps and that looked likely to be the case again when falling three out at Killarney, but handles heavy and you'd be slow to rule him out.

6/1

Form: 958-30

Last run: 22 days

W: 10st 0lb

9 yo Mare

OR: 126

Form & Verdict
Lightly raced chaser who was third over this far at Wexford before finishing mid-division back over hurdles at Galway, a track she runs well; could be more at home over this distance than some of these.
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5

3rd Dec 2023

Soft

2m 4f 0y

11:55 Fairyhouse

Sit Down Lucy

10st 11lb

J: Sean Flanagan

T: Peter Fahey

in touch with leaders, mistake 5th, mistake and lost ground 9th

16/1

7th

7

11th Nov 2023

Soft

2m 0f 190y

13:45 Down Royal

Sit Down Lucy

10st 9lb

J: Kieran Callaghan

T: Peter Fahey

Three-time winner over jumps but has struggled to find her best form over hurdles or fences since the spring; others preferred.

20/1

6th

4

22nd Oct 2023

Heavy

2m 3f 0y

16:50 Limerick

Sit Down Lucy

11st 11lb

J: Sean Flanagan

T: Peter Fahey

Won big pot over hurdles at last year's Galway festival and made winning start over fences at same track; not competitive in good company next few chase starts but creditable third in Wexford handicap in July and not done with when departing two out at Killarney; trip fine but would prefer better grouund.

7/1

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Payout
Exacta €22.90
Straight Forecast €24.01
Tricast €107.60
Trifecta €151.50

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Lifetime Ambition

POSTDATA:

Sit Down Lucy

The Irish Sun:

Stealthy Tom

RP RATINGS (IRE):

The Little Yank

TOPSPEED:

Lifetime Ambition