{"id":665073,"date":"2026-10-25T16:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T16:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/665073\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T16:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T16:46:16","slug":"jim-and-kay-whitty-memorial-handicap-chase-wexford-racecards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/665073\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim And Kay Whitty Memorial Handicap Chase &#8211; Wexford Racecards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261025wex132501.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>12\/1<\/p>\n<p>Lightly-raced sort who made a perfect start over fences when winning a Fairyhouse maiden in January, but has failed to build on that in 2 small-field novices and a large-field handicap since. Needs to hit the ground running if he&#8217;s to make a positive impact on return from 6-month break.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261025wex132502.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>7\/1<\/p>\n<p>Prolific point winner who won twice in hunter chases before taking his form up several notches with a pair of 3m cross-country wins at the Punchestown Festival in the spring, beating Fakir d\u2019Oudairies by 10 lengths last time. Potentially well treated now switched to a regulation handicap chase.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261025wex132503.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>9\/1<\/p>\n<p>Point and bumper winner who got off the mark at the third attempt over hurdles but made the perfect start to her chasing career when winning 10-runner mares maiden at Killarney in May. Disappointed at Listowel last time and needs to get back on track now tackling a handicap.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261025wex132504.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>9\/2<\/p>\n<p>Won 2\u00bdm Naas mares maiden chase at the start of the year but wasn&#8217;t able to build on that in 3 subsequent starts. Has a decent record when fresh so not discounted switched to handicap company on return.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261025wex132505.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>7\/2<\/p>\n<p>On a losing run but has been placed 5 times this season, including when \u00bd-length second of 14 to Luck Between Us in a handicap hurdle at Listowel last time. Jack Kennedy is an eye-catching jockey booking.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261025wex132506.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>9\/2<\/p>\n<p>Has made a positive start for current yard this season, winning 2 of his last 3 starts, including 6-runner 2\u00bdm handicap at Gowran last time (cruised clear). Can go well again. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261025wex132507.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>25\/1<\/p>\n<p>Patchy profile over fences, failing to complete on 5 of his 8 starts, including his last 3.<\/p>\n<p>|<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792946773_50_star@3x.png\" alt=\"Image of Stars that are filled with the colour gold\" class=\"Stars__Icon-sc-5fe3fe86-1 jlERTh\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Timeform\" width=\"50\" height=\"11\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792946775_865_timeform.png\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261025wex132508.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>16\/1<\/p>\n<p>Fairly useful over hurdles and has translated that level to chasing but looks one to avoid for win purposes as his weak-finishing tendencies seem ingrained now whatever the trip,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261025wex132509.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>11\/2<\/p>\n<p>Cracking start to this season, winning back-to-back Clonmel handicap chases and Punchestown handicap hurdle on first 3 starts of the campaign. Caught further back than ideal when 6 lengths fifth of 18 to Onlymammycanloveme in 2\u00bdm handicap hurdle at Cork last time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261025wex132510.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>20\/1<\/p>\n<p>Bounced back to winning ways at Limerick last month and beaten just a length in third at Wexford since. Can go well again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"12\/1 Lightly-raced sort who made a perfect start over fences when winning a Fairyhouse maiden in January, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-665073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}