Thursday was a day to forget for my picks at Killarney, in the 5.45 Khartoum was 6th. The 9/4 favourite was slowly away but recovered to sit 2nd early in the straight. However he dropped to 4th a furlong out making no further impression,he had no extra inside the final furlong with the 10/1 shot Horoscope winning by 2 3/4 lengths. In the 7.15 Wonder Laish was a non runner leaving the 7/1 chance Morph Speed to win by a length.
Two meetings take place on Friday with 8 races at both Killarney and Kilbeggan, the feature contest at Killarney comes at 5.00 when 13 start the Rentokil Initial Handicap Hurdle. Dysart Diamond picked up 3 wins from 6 starts last season and after three months off was a very good second at Galway 23 days ago, a similar performance should be enough to see her come out on top here. Visionarian last won at Down Royal in June and he was a very creditable fifth at Galway last time out,he goes down in trip and should be competitive. Wouldn't You Agree was a below form fifth in a listed Hurdle at Galway 23 days ago,that poor run can be put down to a change of tactics and largely forgotten and he definitely cannot be taken lightly in this one. The big race at Kilbeggan is the 7.45 when 17 begin the Kilbeggan Handicap Chase. Jerandme is a course winner who ran an excellent race to finish second at Roscommon in June,he definitely has more to come over fences and should go well. Hewick was a good fourth at Galway 22 days ago,he makes his handicap chase debut here and needs to be taken seriously. Fairyhill Run is looking for her hat-trick after wins at Tipperary and a very easy 14 length victory at Limerick when last seen 41 days ago so she definitely enters calculations. The other shortlisted is Macgiloney who picked up his career best win at Galway at the end of last month although it remains to be seen if he can put in the same level of performance back over fences but if he can he has a chance.
Big race predictions: Killarney: 5: Dysart Diamond Kilbeggan: 5: Jerandme.
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