20:00 Dundalk

Friday 10 February 2017

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McGeough's Bar & Restaurant, Dundalk Handicap (45-65) (Div 1)

Off time: 20:02 | Winning time: 2m 37.69s

(14)

New Direction¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 65

5/1

Unable to sustain winning run off this mark in December, was chasing four-timer then, is a C&D winner and could go well off a short break.

Form: 368111

(1)

U S Navy Seal^t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: J A Heffernan| T: J R Finn| OR: 65

6/1

Not beaten all that far on stable debut at this venue over the mile in November, goes up in trip now for return and does possess some decent form at 1m4f.

Form: 957685

(6)

No Biggie^p,t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Anastasia O'Brien⁽⁵⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 65

10/1

Improved on recent effort in a claimer at this track seven days ago, goes up in trip this time and others make more obvious appeal on revised ratings.

Form: 1000-40

(12)

Commander Won^t,v¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: R Coakley⁽³⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 60

16/1

Soon beaten in the home straight over C&D just seven days ago, hard to see how he'll turn that form around dramatically.

Form: 5-00384

(8)

Asian Wing^p,t¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: R P Downey⁽³⁾| T: J Feane| OR: 59

5/1

Not the most reliable but last month's C&D second to Duchessofflorence reads well with winner going in again off a mark of 70 subsequently. Entitled to respect.

Form: 637864

(9)

Im Waiting^p,t¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: E J McNamara| T: A McCann| OR: 61

33/1

AW form is not inspiring, comes here having finished tailed off in 2m hurdles race at Fairyhouse recently and doesn't appeal.

Form: 47477

(10)

Tommy Welsh^t²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: D O'Brien⁽³⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 59

6/1

Showed some promise on first handicap start at this venue a fortnight ago, goes up in trip for this and no surprise to see him building on previous effort.

Form: 051168

(13)

Gretzky^b,t⁶³

Age: 10| Weight: 9-7| J: C P Hoban| T: M J Smith| OR: 58

25/1

Toiling at this venue this season, tumbling down the ratings as a result but would need to give some indication he retains appetite before supporting.

Form: 9/80000-

(11)

My Painter²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: M A Enright| T: D Hogan| OR: 58

40/1

Mare has just one win from 22 runs on the Flat, and is none from four on this surface. Likely not suited by 7f here a fortnight ago and goes up in trip but still has something to find.

Form: 310-000

(3)

Rubenesque^t²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Declan McDonogh| T: J J Murphy| OR: 51

12/1

Six-race maiden, entitled to get closer on ratings on just third handicap start but needs to step up on bare form.

Form: 06-902P

(7)

Bottleofsmoke^h,t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Sean Davis⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 48

5/1

Went very close over C&D last month, raised just 1lb for that effort and entitled to give running once more.

Form: 871261

(4)

Ciankyle¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-8| J: Rory Cleary| T: P Cluskey| OR: 45

20/1

Twice went close over shorter trips at this track around this time last year, should be fit from recent spin over hurdles at Gowran and trip to suit.

Form: 50/2440

(2)

Society Ranger^p²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: N G McCullagh| T: S M Duffy| OR: 46

12/1

First run for this trainer, has bit to find with Asian Wing on C&D meeting last month.

Form: 664010

(5)

Trump Card^t¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-6| J: K J Leonard⁽⁵⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 45

20/1

Steps up in distance but well held last month at Wolverhampton over shorter trip and doesn't make any obvious appeal in this.

Form: 479-526

Non-Runners

Crafty Codger¹⁴

Weight: 8-8| Age: 6

T: E O'Connell J: Reserve 1

Snake Eyes⁴⁹

Weight: 9-7| Age: 9

T: N Madden J: Reserve 2

Lucca²⁸

Weight: 9-5| Age: 5

T: J P Fahey J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

New Direction (5/1), Asian Wing (5/1), Bottleofsmoke (5/1), Tommy Welsh (6/1), U S Navy Seal (6/1), No Biggie (10/1), Society Ranger (12/1), Rubenesque (12/1), Commander Won (16/1), Ciankyle (20/1), Trump Card (20/1), Crafty Codger (20/1), Lucca (20/1), Gretzky (25/1), Im Waiting (33/1), Snake Eyes (33/1), My Painter (40/1)

New Direction wasn't able to land the four-timer here last time but has been given a break since and could easily make his presence felt now on return to action. U S Navy Seal is also entitled to do better now upped in trip having shaped well on stable debut at this track in November while Ciankyle is fit from jumping and has threatened to score on the AW before. Tommy Welsh showed some degree of promise on his first handicap start here while Bottleofsmoke wasn't beaten far over C&D last month but isn’t the most reliable so instead ASIAN WING is taken to go one better than when second over track and trip three weeks ago. He was only just worn down in the closing stages then and the winner has since gone on to defy a 6lb rise to score over C&D so the form looks decent and he may be able to gain compensation. 1. Asian Wing 2. New Direction 3. Tommy Welsh