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title: "Kilbeggan Hurdle Result: Convincing Seals Murphy-Finegan Double"
canonical: "https://readhorseracing.com/2026/08/08/kilbeggan-548-result-convincing/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Markin"
section: "News"
published: "2026-08-08T18:08:00Z"
modified: "2026-08-08T18:08:00Z"
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# Kilbeggan Hurdle Result: Convincing Seals Murphy-Finegan Double

**Convincing** won the 5:48 Kieran Kelly Memorial Handicap Hurdle at Kilbeggan at **7/1**, giving trainer Ciaran Murphy and jockey Eoghan Finegan a double inside half an hour after Facile Ocean’s romp in the opener.

| Pos | Horse | Jockey | SP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1st | Convincing | Eoghan Finegan | 7/1 |
| 2nd | Blue Reed | Jack Kennedy | 7/1 |
| 3rd | Syosset | Michael Kenneally | 7/4F |

Thirteen ran over the two miles on good ground after the withdrawal of Zaryagle, and this one went to the wire: a neck the margin at the line, with the winner clocking 3m 47.30s.

## The Race Story

Where the opener was a procession, this was a scrap. Convincing and Blue Reed drew clear over the final flight and fought out a proper duel to the line, Finegan’s mount finding just enough to hold Jack Kennedy by a neck — Kennedy’s second runner-up finish in as many races at the meeting. The favourite Syosset ran honestly into third for John McConnell but never quite landed the telling blow when the race boiled up.

## Tipster Accountability

The market got this one wrong and so did we: our [Kilbeggan preview](https://readhorseracing.com/2026/08/08/kilbeggan-races-today-tips/) had Syosset as the second leg of the 40/1 acca, and his third place kills that bet after [leg one Facile Ocean had won the 5:18](https://readhorseracing.com/2026/08/08/kilbeggan-518-result-facile-ocean/). The Murphy–Finegan combination, meanwhile, is the story of the evening so far — a 14-length maiden winner followed by a battling handicap score. None of the tracked tipsters in [today’s tipster review](https://readhorseracing.com/2026/08/08/tipster-review-templegate-kealy-oddschecker-day-one/) had money down at Kilbeggan.

## Looking Ahead

Next on the card is the 6:18 Bernard Kenny Maiden Hurdle over 2m3f, where Henry de Bromhead’s Mont Star was 13/8 in the morning. The night then builds to Pets Georgina’s hat-trick bid in the 6:48 Joe Cooney Memorial — the 4/5 Bottom Line pick — and the €25,000 KEPAK feature at 7:48.