18:50 Naas

Tuesday 20 June 2017

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  • 3YO plus  |   1m 2f  |   Good to Firm  |   12 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 18:51  |   Winning time: 2m 12.13s
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Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
1
(8)
Horse silk
Heavy Weightt12
Age: 8|  Weight: 10-0| J: D M Redmond(2)| T: J S Bolger| OR:  64| BF
9/2
Yet to score in eight attempts on turf, while possessing an impressive record of 4/9 on the AW. Latest success came over this type of drip at Dundalk in December but well held in two mile starts on turf recently.
2
(4)
Horse silk
Carvelas98
Age: 8|  Weight: 9-10| J: D W O'Connor| T: P J F Murphy| OR:  60
20/1
Has run some decent races on the AW this year including victory over 1m4f at Wolverhampton in in February. Will be running on turf for the first time since 2014 here and remains a maiden on this surface.
3
(14)
Horse silk
Missguidedb19
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-10| J: T P Madden| T: Peter Fahey| OR:  60
7/2
Eye-catching progress late on in 1m2f Fairyhouse apprentice contest early this month, worth consideration for this race on the back of that.
4
(10)
Horse silk
Belclare Boy15
Age: 7|  Weight: 9-9| J: O J Orr| T: P Meany| OR:  59
14/1
Got off the mark last month at Gowran Park (1m1f, yielding to soft) at the 18th time of asking, has since flopped back at the same venue over a slightly shorter trip and hard to fancy now.
5
(12)
Horse silk
Sarah Ash Calum15
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-7| J: Ross Coakley| T: P Meany| OR:  57
50/1
Very poor towards the end of last year and was beaten 35L over a mile this month on reappearance run at Gowran Park. May have needed that run but hard to trust at the moment.
7
(11)
Horse silk
Easy Boyp,t19
Age: 5|  Weight: 9-5| J: Gary Halpin| T: P Martin| OR:  55
6/1
Cast aside doubts over stamina when running a good second in similar event at Fairyhouse earlier this month (just ahead of Missguided) and a similar showing here puts him right in the mix.
8
(1)
Horse silk
Reinas Queenp8
Age: 4|  Weight: 9-3| J: D E Sheehy(4)| T: Mrs S Dawson| OR:  53
12/1
Filly isn't exactly reliable but she did go well on seasonal but at Leopardstown (1m2f, good) and while was behind a few of these subsequently at Fairyhouse she has since run a cracker at Ayr to be close second (1m2f, soft) and runs off the same mark now.
9
(7)
Horse silk
Claregate Street31
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-13| J: C J McGovern(2)| T: M Halford| OR:  61
13/2
Well beaten in three maidens but shaped better on handicap debut. Raised 3lb for that and needs to show he can handle these slower conditions.
10
(6)
Horse silk
House Limitp,t19
Age: 8|  Weight: 8-9| J: Sean Davis(4)| T: J Larkin| OR:  45| D
20/1
Beaten close to 9L at Fairyhouse over 1m2f earlier this month when going back out on the Flat, has a bit of improvement to find against some seemingly better equipped rivals.
11
(3)
Horse silk
Lizard Pointv15
Age: 4|  Weight: 8-9| J: R P Downey| T: P J Flynn| OR:  45
14/1
Nine-race maiden has been well beat in two starts this year at Gowran Park, goes up in distance for this but isn't coming off well at these weights.
12
(9)
Horse silk
Less Of That15
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-7| J: Killian Leonard| T: J Feane| OR:  55| BF
7/2
Three good runs already this season, including over this trip at Navan last month when close second of 22. Looks to be one of the more likely sorts in this field.
14
(5)
Horse silk
Kitsune102
Age: 3|  Weight: 8-4| J: Damien Melia(4)| T: P Maher| OR:  52
50/1
Well beaten in four maiden thus far, makes handicap debut and tackles a distance beyond the mile for the first time. Best watched at the moment.

Non-Runners

6
(2)
Horse silk
Sharp Operator28
Weight: 9-6|  Age: 4
T: C O'Brien  J: Gavin Brouder
NR
13
(13)
Horse silk
Marvellous Ways15
Weight: 8-4|  Age: 3
T: W McCreery  J: Nathan Crosse
NR

Forecasts

Less Of That (7/2), Missguided (7/2), Heavy Weight (9/2), Easy Boy (6/1), Claregate Street (13/2), Reinas Queen (12/1), Lizard Point (14/1), Belclare Boy (14/1), Sharp Operator (14/1), Marvellous Ways (16/1), Carvelas (20/1), House Limit (20/1), Sarah Ash Calum (50/1), Kitsune (50/1)

Verdict

Less Of That has been running very consistently in three starts this season and is entitled to go very close in this seemingly, while Claregate Street is one that produced an improved run on handicap debut and could build on it now. It might be worth resting however with a pair that went well in a similar race at Fairyhouse last time out. Easy Boy was second in that race, removing some doubts about his stamina in the process but there was also lots to like about the late closing of MISSGUIDED, who seemed to appreciate the longer trip and can now be expected to go well over this distance.
  1. Missguided
  2. Easy Boy
  3. Less Of That

Prize Money

1st: €6,468.002nd: €2,005.003rd: €956.004th: €431.005th: €168.00

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