19:30 Dundalk

Friday 27 January 2017

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Shabra Charity Foundation Handicap (45-65) (Div 1)

Off time: 19:30 | Winning time: 1m 26.51s

(7)

Our Manekineko^b,t²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 67

9/2

Back on his game last week when winning over a mile here, should go well again but mark of 67 is high enough.

Form: 044040

(6)

Guanabara Bay⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 64

25/1

Maiden but has gone close on occasion, including over 7f on AW at Wolverhampton in September. Disappointing on final start for previous trainer and comes here off a break.

Form: 700590

(13)

Settle For Red¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: C R King| T: D Marnane| OR: 62

10/1

One-paced at the finish over C&D seven days ago, in keeping with most of his recent form.

Form: 455254

(14)

Captain Midnight²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: Colin Keane| T: Joseph Murray| OR: 59

4/1

Dual C&D scorer in November 2015, ran a decent race to be third here a fortnight ago but must find extra.

Form: 244764

(12)

My Painter²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: M A Enright| T: D Hogan| OR: 59

25/1

Comes back here having been hurdling latest, recent Flat form isn't laden with promise but would be dangerous to write her off on current mark.

Form: 310-000

(5)

Mercury^b,t1²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: N G McCullagh| T: A B Joyce| OR: 57

33/1

Well below best on two spins around here recently and hard to see a prominent role in this.

Form: 103804

(9)

Opt Out⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-6| J: D W O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: J F Levins| OR: 57

12/1

Two runs for this yard have been disappointing, dropped to 5f last time and now goes in the other direction, doesn't make much appeal.

Form: 455241

(3)

Shepherds Crook²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 55

5/1

Good effort over a mile here seven days ago, first start back from a break. Drops back in trip now and could have more to come with that run behind him.

Form: 0-45600

(11)

Twistsandturns²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: P J Smullen| T: P J Flynn| OR: 55

7/1

Four-time course winner including in November over 6f although well below that for in one run since.

Form: 022241

(4)

Alans Pride¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Billy Lee| T: R O'Brien| OR: 51

9/2

Improved on second start for trainer to be runner-up in apprentice contest over C&D a fortnight ago, could build on that effort off this mark.

Form: 154729

(1)

Angie's Angel⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Michelle Hamilton⁽¹⁰⁾| T: G Donnelly| OR: 49

66/1

Failed to much of an impact in four starts on turf for previous yards, first start for this trainer and hasn't raced since June.

Form: 90/00-00

(10)

Angelic Demon^p¹⁹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Killian Leonard⁽⁵⁾| T: R Sweeney| OR: 45

66/1

Remains a maiden after 15 runs, not seen since July and is not favoured by the weights for this race.

Form: 70009

(2)

Erelight¹⁰⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 8-8| J: Rory Cleary| T: G J Power| OR: 45

25/1

Switched yards since latest disappointing effort at Cork in October, wrong at the weight now and hard to build any case.

Form: 3020/60-

(8)

Take A Drop^t⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Wayne Lordan| T: P Martin| OR: 45

25/1

Recent efforts have all been of a poor standard, including AW bow here earlier this month.

Form: 335400

Non-Runners

Ebony Princess⁵⁷⁵

Weight: 8-13| Age: 7

T: K P Cotter J: Reserve 1

Prince Connoisseur⁵⁶

Weight: 8-8| Age: 6

T: J Feane J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Captain Midnight (4/1), Alans Pride (9/2), Our Manekineko (9/2), Shepherds Crook (5/1), Twistsandturns (7/1), Settle For Red (10/1), Opt Out (12/1), Ebony Princess (12/1), Prince Connoisseur (16/1), Guanabara Bay (25/1), Take A Drop (25/1), Erelight (25/1), My Painter (25/1), Mercury (33/1), Angelic Demon (66/1), Angie's Angel (66/1)

An open look to this with last week's scorer Our Manekineko looking up against it in the bid to follow up of new mark and dropped in trip. He should run his race however, which is more than can be said for some of these. Alans Pride improved last time out and could take a leading role if building on that in just his third start for current yard. Captain Midnight ran well a fortnight ago and should get involved again but the vote goes to SHEPHERDS CROOK on the back of a promising return last week. He drops to 7f for this and is entitled to mound a bold bid. Twistsandturns is another that could go well if reproducing November's form, when landing a fourth course success. 1. Shepherds Crook 2. Alans Pride 3. Our Manekineko