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Friday 18 August 2017

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Bar One Racing Double The Odds Goalscorer Special Apprentice Handicap (45-65)

Off time: 17:48 | Winning time: 1m 39.78s

(8)

Stamp Of Authority^t³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: T P Madden| T: T G McCourt| OR: 61

8/1

Best effort for some time came here last month over a mile when 1¾L second of 14, doing best work at finish. Has claims on that form.

Form: 8-03002

(5)

Tennesse Waltz^b¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Killian Leonard⁽²⁾| T: D Marnane| OR: 61| CD

6/4

Winner of 7f apprentice contest at Cork ten days ago, has also won over this C&D and must be on the shortlist despite having extra weight to carry.

Form: 416451

(4)

Baby Power^p1,t³⁷⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: D P Linehan⁽²⁾| T: G B Caldwell| OR: 56

50/1

Best effort so far came when beaten 8¼L into fourth over 7f at Galway (yielding-to-soft) last July. Well beaten the following month and making her first start since sporting first-time cheekpieces here.

Form: 0/540-

(10)

Dont Have It Then¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Sean Kirrane⁽⁷⁾| T: J F Levins| OR: 56

25/1

String of poor efforts already since joining this yard and lowly mark in comparison to old form is about the only positive at the moment.

Form: 000000

(7)

Wild Shot¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: O J Orr⁽²⁾| T: D English| OR: 58

7/1

Last of 17 at the Galway festival over extended 1m on soft ground previously not beaten far when fourth of nine over 1m2f at Ballinrobe (good) wearing a hood (off here) for the first time.

Form: 396840

(12)

Nightflight⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Ross Coakley| T: Joseph Murray| OR: 55

12/1

Reappearance at Fairyhouse last month (6f, good) had some promise to it but hasn't built on it in subsequent outing over longer trip at Roscommon. Unplaced in all five starts and tackling the mile for the first time here.

Form: 007-60

(14)

Sixtyfiveroses^p²³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: D W O'Connor| T: J F Levins| OR: 48

9/1

Mare remains a maiden after 19 runs but she posted a promising show last time out at Naas on good ground over this trip, beaten less than 3L, and has also gone well on this surface in the past. Cheekpieces back on now and worth a look.

Form: 4250-66

(2)

Bob Moore¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: A J Breslin⁽⁴⁾| T: K P Cotter| OR: 47

33/1

No signs of ability thus far in six-race turf career, 28L last of 16 over this trip at the Curragh 11 days ago, makes AW debut now and must improve dramatically.

Form: 06-0080

(3)

Casuist²²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: C J McGovern⁽²⁾| T: M Halford| OR: 53

12/1

Well held in all three maidens and no improvement shown on handicap debut at Leopardstown (1m, good) last month. Plenty to prove in this AW bow.

Form: 09000

(1)

Frozen Moon^p1³¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: D A Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: T Collins| OR: 52

20/1

Has toiled in three turf maidens over this trip, makes handicap/AW bow here and interesting to see if any support arrives. Has plenty to find seemingly.

Form: 768

(13)

Iconic Figure⁸⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Sean Davis⁽⁴⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 46

20/1

Still a maiden after 15 starts and not managed to as much as place for this yard to date. Hard to draw confidence from efforts this year.

Form: 070-987

(6)

Billyford²⁷³

Age: 12| Weight: 8-10| J: D E Hogan⁽⁴⁾| T: L Roche| OR: 45| CD

16/1

Is a three-time C&D winner in the past but now rising 12-years-old and hasn't scored since 2012, was well beaten here in November when last out and mammoth task to score on these terms in this reappearance.

Form: 0/09550-

(11)

Cheers Buddy⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 8-10| J: T M Sherry⁽⁷⁾| T: L Smyth| OR: 45| CD

16/1

Has won over C&D times but no success since 2015 and comes here on the back of a lacklustre effort at Ayr four days ago.

Form: 40600-5

(9)

Noble Aussie^t³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁴⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 45

14/1

Maiden, beaten 6¾L on debut for this yard over C&D last month and has to find a chunk of improvement to get competitive.

Form: 00480-6

Non-Runners

Annie Apple¹⁰

Weight: 8-4| Age: 3

T: D Broad J: Reserve 1

Cascar Cavcha²²

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: H Rogers J: Reserve 2

Eadaoins Pet²⁷

Weight: 10-1| Age: 4

T: J Feane J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Tennesse Waltz (6/4), Wild Shot (7/1), Stamp Of Authority (8/1), Sixtyfiveroses (9/1), Eadaoins Pet (10/1), Nightflight (12/1), Casuist (12/1), Noble Aussie (14/1), Cascar Cavcha (14/1), Cheers Buddy (16/1), Billyford (16/1), Iconic Figure (20/1), Frozen Moon (20/1), Dont Have It Then (25/1), Bob Moore (33/1), Annie Apple (33/1), Baby Power (50/1)

A good few of this field have got questions of one sort or another to answer, so it may prove wises to focus on those with form standing to them. TENNESSE WALTZ is one of those few, having scored in a 7f apprentice contest at Cork last time out. He has won two of five races around here this year and while his new rating is demanding a career best, it is some comfort to know he's in good heart at least. Top weight Stamp Of Authority produced an improved effort here last month and has to go on the shortlist now while Sixtyfiveroses is perhaps best of the remainder while Wild Shot would have some claims if forgiven a poor run at Galway recently.