20:30 Leopardstown

Thursday 8 June 2017

All17:5018:2018:5019:2519:5520:3021:00

Grant Thornton Handicap

  • 4YO plus  |   1m 5f  |   Yielding to Soft  |   18 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 20:30  |   Winning time: 2m 53.70s
Odds by:
The word Sky in blue and Bet in white with a red background.
Cloth number
Live Odds
Odds
1
Coffee
20/1
3
Automated
10/3, 3/1, 11/4, 5/2, 9/4
5/2
4
All Body And Soul
9/1, 10/1, 9/1
8/1
5
He's Our Man
33/1
6
Jan Van Eyck
25/1
7
Easy Pass
25/1, 20/1
25/1
8
Time For Mabel
16/1
9
English Pale
10/1, 11/1, 12/1
14/1
10
Ormskirk
12/1
14/1
11
Papal Parade
16/1
20/1
12
Pirolo
7/1
13
Sir Raston
20/1
16/1
14
Creative Talent
14/1, 16/1, 14/1
12/1
16
Gladiator King
16/1
20/1
18
Dara Tango
20/1
19
Why Me
33/1, 28/1, 20/1
16/1
20
Glib Speech
20/1
16/1
21
Ondamoura
5/1
SP Book Percentage 143.09

Non-Runners

15
(11)
Horse silk
Dodgybingo25
Weight: 8-13|  Age: 4
T: N Meade  J: Shane Foley
NR
17
(3)
Horse silk
Our Rachael139
Weight: 8-8|  Age: 5
T: A J Martin  J: Wayne Lordan
NR
2
(4)
Horse silk
Ligeti13
Weight: 9-12|  Age: 4
T: J P O'Brien  J: D O'Brien
NR

Forecasts

Automated (5/2), Ondamoura (5/1), Ligeti (5/1), Pirolo (7/1), All Body And Soul (8/1), Our Rachael (8/1), Creative Talent (12/1), Dodgybingo (12/1), English Pale (14/1), Ormskirk (14/1), Glib Speech (16/1), Why Me (16/1), Time For Mabel (16/1), Sir Raston (16/1), Dara Tango (20/1), Coffee (20/1), Papal Parade (20/1), Gladiator King (20/1), Jan Van Eyck (25/1), Easy Pass (25/1), He's Our Man (33/1)

Verdict

LIGETI looked progressive on the AW earlier in the year and produced his best turf outing to date last time out when finding only one too strong over C&D. He's been raised just the minimum for that effort and ought to go close again in this. Automated was out of form when last seen in this sphere but hurdles form since means he commands respect while last week's Fairyhouse scorer Pirolo should also have a say despite the penalty he carries. With Tony Martin aiming three at the race, it will be interesting to see which of the trio the market favours and the bottom weight Ondamoura is another meriting closer inspection back on the level with blinkers returned.
  1. Ligeti
  2. Automated
  3. Pirolo

Prize Money

1st: €8,932.002nd: €2,769.003rd: €1,320.004th: €594.005th: €232.00

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