18:30 Dundalk

Friday 24 February 2017

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Anglo Printers Handicap

Off time: 18:30 | Winning time: 1m 38.37s

(5)

Political Policy^p,t¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Ronan Whelan| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 89

6/1

Quite a while since he won but has been running very well over longer trips previous two weeks, has four wins to his name around here at the mile so every chance he'll go well again.

Form: 844249

(4)

Aussie Valentine⁷⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: K J Manning| T: P D Deegan| OR: 87

11/2

Ran a fair race when sixth behind Red Avenger in December off a break, is a C&D winner and could go well in this off fair rating.

Form: 006-423

(8)

Geological¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Rory Cleary| T: D English| OR: 82

9/2

C&D winner last month and since gone close over 6f off this mark. Looks sure to there or thereabouts once again.

Form: 221608

(6)

Dark Alliance³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: P J Smullen| T: A Keatley| OR: 80

7/1

Won apprentice handicap over C&D in October on final start before joining this trainer. Very disappointing over 7f last month.

Form: 021-830

(1)

Poetic Choice⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: R P Downey⁽³⁾| T: K H Clarke| OR: 78

3/1

Mare has run very well two most recent starts over this trip, posting a win and a runner-up finish latest off this mark. Every chance she's going to be in the firing ling again.

Form: 826890

(3)

Shannon Soul^b1²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: C P Hoban| T: M Halford| OR: 73

4/1

Is a C&D winner but losing run stretches back to 2014 and didn't show much earlier this month, staying on from unpromising position without threatening the principles.

Form: 54-7111

(7)

Coreczka¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-4| J: Wayne Lordan| T: C Cannon| OR: 68

12/1

Racked up a hat-trick around here last spring, returned from a layoff in C&D handicap a fortnight ago and, with fitness gained, is weighted to give this a real push.

Form: 118-877

Non-Runners

(2)

Tribal Path¹⁵²

Weight: 9-6| Age: 7

T: D English J: D W O'Connor

Forecasts

Poetic Choice (3/1), Shannon Soul (4/1), Geological (9/2), Aussie Valentine (11/2), Political Policy (6/1), Dark Alliance (7/1), Tribal Path (10/1), Coreczka (12/1)

CORECZKA was perfectly entitled to a blow out on first start for 268 days over C&D a fortnight ago. She's got to improve but the jockey booking suggests connections are confident there is more to come and she might be worth siding with at a price. Political Policy has been in great heart over longer trips and must command respect again dropped to the mile he has excelled at in the past while last month's C&D winner Geological is one to watch having subsequently run well over a shorter trip. Poetic Choice is another coming here seemingly on top of her game for what looks a wide open contest. 1. Coreczka 2. Political Policy 3. Poetic Choice