17:50 Cork
Friday 19 May 2017
All17:1517:5018:2018:5519:2520:0020:35
Cork Racecourse Apprentice Handicap
- 4YO plus  |  6f  |  Good to Firm (Round Course: Good)  |  16 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 17:53Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 1m 11.39s
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Horse A-Z
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Won on the AW at Dundalk but still on a 3lb higher mark and yet to prove as effective on turf; looks to face a tough test on these terms.
Improved to win on the AW for his current yard but has been struggling since reverting to turf. Weighted to the hilt and may have to settle for a minor role again.
A previous C&D winner that is back on a handy mark. But has been badly out of form this term and hard to fancy on recent evidence.
Effective over 6f and versatile regarding the ground - the predicted good to firm ground should suit him ideally. Should be fully wound up after a handful of outings already this season. One to bear in mind for a speculative punt if supported.
Mainly consistent in low-grade handicaps since joining her current yard but is her losing sequence is becoming habitual and she looks one to be wary of for win only purposes. 7lb lower than her last winning mark but the near two-year barren spell is off-putting.
Absent since October and was no match for Mo Henry on the AW at Dundalk when last seen out. Capable of going well fresh but three previous visits to this track have been fruitless. Nothing to suggest he can make it fourth-time lucky.
Won off much higher marks in the past, so would be dangerous to write-off completely. Recent form needs to be bettered, however, and there is more than a sneaking suspicion that he is better over the minimum trip these days.
Won off a mark as high as 74 for his former yard but seemed to lose his way of late. Both starts for his current trainer have been uninspiring and not hard to overlook this time around.
Still a maiden but is less exposed than many. Being by Dandy Man, it is fair to suggest he could have been expected to struggle over the extended 10f trip of his last outing. Today's distance will be more to his liking, so would be interesting if support in the betting arrives to back up his claims.
The penny seems to have dropped with this fellow and he arrives here on the back of a string of consistent efforts. Ideally berthed in the stalls and the rail will help if he is forced into a front-running mantle. Solid claims in this company. A cautionary note, is that he has never raced at this course before, so needs to prove he can cope with a straight dash for the line.
Cost 20,000 gns and shaped up well in his first couple of starts. Poor effort last time though and not ideally drawn for his first start on turf and handicap debut.
0-from-16 for his previous yard and has plenty to prove on his debut for a new stable after being absent since October. May also need more cut in the ground than he is likely to encounter this evening.
Won on the AW at Lingfield from a mark of 58 during his time with Mark Tompkins but soon dipped back into the obscurity of even more modest handicaps. Starts for his new yard have left a lot to be desired and others make more appeal.
Nicely bred and relatively unexposed but nothing to set the pulse racing from his starts up to press and it's hard to make a solid case for him posting an improved effort. Best to look elsewhere.
Lightly raced since winning over 1m at Bellewstown in August 2014 and has obviously endured training set backs. Hard to fancy from out of the weights.
Posted a solid effort under what looked to be a similarly stiff test from out of the weights last time out. Dangerous to dismiss if in the same frame of mind but worth noting her three previous starts had been very poor and she needs to prove her latest effort wasn't just a one-off performance.
Non-Runners
17
Acroleina7
Weight: 8-4|Â Â Age: 6
T: H Rogers  J: Reserve 1
NR
Forecasts
Pillar (11/4), Bluesbreaker (5/1), Burren View Lady (7/1), Blue Bounty (8/1), Battleroftheboyne (8/1), Mo Henry (11/1), Town Ranger (12/1), Hatton Cross (14/1), Oor Jock (14/1), Guanabara Bay (14/1), Aggression (14/1), Stanley Daley (16/1), Acroleina (16/1), Kings Of Luxor (20/1), Mctaggart (25/1), Adelena (33/1), Qatar Delight (40/1)
The draw has been kind to PILLAR, who has come to hand at the right time for this and may be hard to peg back if he can nab a handy position on the stands rail. Town Ranger may have a little more to offer after she posted an encouraging effort behind the selection last time out and could represent good value to make the frame, while Mo Henry can play hand at this level and, like Adelena, doesn't have much to find to get competitive in this company.
- Pillar
- Town Ranger
- Mo Henry
Prize Money
1st: €6,775.002nd: €2,101.003rd: €1,002.004th: €450.005th: €176.00
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