7.45 3m. 1f. 87yds. 13 Declared. Burleigh Accountancy H'cap H'dle of €14,500.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €8,700.00 2nd - €2,900.00 3rd - €1,450.00 4th - €725.00 5th - €435.00 6th - €290.00
FormscanBy Eamonn Murphy - Twice previously victorious here, BROGINE could bring up a hat-trick at the County Mayo venue now. She came off a 269 day break to finish runner-up in a Tipperary handicap chase behind Gunfire Reef on July 19th. It was on to Galway then for Seamus Braddish’s charge and she again performed well for a silver medal. This time it was over the minor obstacles, and it was certainly no disgrace to find only the bang-in-form The Trigger her superior on that occasion. Another Ballinrobe winner, Famous Escape, is an interesting rival. She lacks the experience of her rivals but she could hardly have done it any better, in an albeit very ordinary mares maiden hurdle nineteen days back. Kilkishen found the going too quick at Gowran and he was pulled up lame. Hopefully he’ll find sufficient ease in the surface here. Gordon Elliott’s pair, Tiger Twenty Two and Gealach, are among the others to keep in mind.
An extended handicap hurdle for four years old and upwards (123 = 11st 10lbs)Weights - Top weight in the original handicap and after the time of declaration shall not be less than 11st 10lbs and the minimum weight is 9st 12lbsPenalties - Winner of a hurdle race after calculation of the handicap shall carry 5lb extra for each hurdle race won.