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Thursday 22 June 2017

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Hamsandwich Apprentice Handicap (45-75)

Off time: 19:30 | Winning time: 1m 46.1s

(2)

Jet Streaming³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁴⁾| T: A Keatley| OR: 73

4/1

Has improved in a trio of maidens this year, at up to 7½f, should hold strong claims now going in a handicap for the first time.

Form: 343

(3)

Noble Intention¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: O J Orr⁽²⁾| T: G M Lyons| OR: 71| D

3/1

Winner of an AW maiden at Dundalk over the mile in December, has run credibly over longer trip in two turf starts this term, could improve now dropped back to this trip.

Form: 3541-38

(4)

Nutcracker Suite^b1⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Anastasia O'Brien| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 68

4/1

Filly who has had her limitations exposed as a 2yo, including when running in handicap company and never figuring in a Group 3 last summer. Tame in 1m maidens at the Curragh and Listowel this term already, she was well beaten over 1m at Limerick five days ago and gets first-time blinkers now.

Form: 806-906

(6)

Cloudy Miss⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: C J McGovern⁽²⁾| T: M Halford| OR: 62

8/1

Didn't looked progressive in four AW maidens last year, beaten 32L in 1m handicap at Limerick five days on seasonal reappearance and has plenty ground to make up on some of these rivals.

Form: 8388-0

(9)

Purdey^v¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: D E Hogan⁽⁴⁾| T: K Prendergast| OR: 62

14/1

Well and truly beaten in three turf maidens so far, drops significantly in trip for this handicap debut. Could be capable of much better but best to wait and see some improvement.

Form: 707

(7)

Cleona¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: D M Redmond⁽²⁾| T: J S Bolger| OR: 60| BF

5/1

Maiden after 11 starts but has shown ability on a couple of occasions and trainer is likely to get the best out of him sooner or later, though two runs this term haven't hinted that day is looming.

Form: 7365-08

(5)

Elzaa¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: T P Madden| T: Adrian Mcallister| OR: 53

20/1

Flopped last time in a Curragh maiden (1m2f, yielding to soft) is however just 2lb higher than when going close in 1m soft ground handicap at Gowran Park in April. Anything but reliable and was poor on only previous encounter with good to firm ground.

Form: 00-0360

(1)

Cascar Cavcha^t¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Sean Davis⁽⁴⁾| T: H Rogers| OR: 52

12/1

Hasn't done much to convince in two handicap starts this season so far, drops in trip here but others easily make more appeal on form.

Form: 5068-60

(8)

Jamington^b1³⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: Nathan Crosse⁽⁴⁾| T: D Marnane| OR: 51

28/1

Well beaten off so far in three maidens, makes handicap debut in this and shouldn't be completely written off, worth a glimpse in the betting.

Form: 070

Forecasts

Noble Intention (3/1), Jet Streaming (4/1), Nutcracker Suite (4/1), Cleona (5/1), Cloudy Miss (8/1), Cascar Cavcha (12/1), Purdey (14/1), Elzaa (20/1), Jamington (28/1)

Not a big field and in truth plenty of these have questions hanging over them. Nutcracker Suite represents Ballydoyle but has not looked great in anything she's done so far, ensuring the added blinkers here will need to work the oracle. Noble Intention won a maiden over the trip on the AW and has shaped well enough in two turf starts over further this season to suggest he might go well back over a mile but the solid option might be JET SETTING. The Born To Sea filly has showed up well in all three maidens and can land a weak handicap at the first attempt.

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