16:30 Curragh

Sunday 20 August 2017

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Derek O'Sullivan Memorial Apprentice Handicap (50-70)

Off time: 16:31 | Winning time: 2m 13.12s

(20)

Carrigeen Prince²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁴⁾| T: G Donnelly| OR: 69

16/1

Winner over a mile at Naas on penultimate start and since gone well over this trip at Down Royal under penalty. Well treated in this line-up seemingly.

Form: 660013

(19)

El Tren^b²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: D W O'Connor| T: J F Levins| OR: 69| BF

15/2

Winner at Tipperary over 1m4f in June (landing a gamble in the process) and acquitted himself well in two outings over further since, still well enough handicapped and drop in distance to suit.

Form: 0-08133

(2)

Storm Ranger¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: D P Linehan⁽²⁾| T: P J Flynn| OR: 69

7/1

Winner at Tipperary in June (1m1f, good) and continues to hold his form well but most recent evidence suggests handicapper has won the argument for the time being.

Form: 512207

(9)

Il Piccolo Grande^h¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: E T Daly⁽⁴⁾| T: G M Lyons| OR: 67

12/1

Running well enough since joining the Lyons team, without picking up a win. Can give his running once more but high enough in the weights for now to bypass.

Form: 070530

(17)

Kandahari⁴^{(ex 6)}

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Killian Leonard⁽²⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 61

5/1

Career-best effort in winning 17-runner handicap at Gowran Park (1m1½f, good to soft) earlier in the week. Due to carry 6lb penalty but still capable of going well (engaged at Tramore Saturday evening).

Form: 215-871

(12)

Dandy Dude^t⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Ross Coakley| T: K H Clarke| OR: 66

33/1

Recent Bellewstown run (1m, good) was another poor one, no real signs of encouragement this year and looks to be up against it again.

Form: 790447

(3)

Wither Hills^p¹⁷⁷

Age: 11| Weight: 9-8| J: Scott McCullagh⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 64| C

33/1

Not getting any easier to predict with age, previous Flat turf run was over 1m4f here in August 2015, out of form on AW in the spring and off since. Little to recommend currently.

Form: 1466-09

(16)

Blue Skimmer¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: D E Hogan⁽⁴⁾| T: Nicole McKenna| OR: 63

16/1

A 16-race maiden coming here on the back of a flop at Galway, previous at Fairyhouse (1m4f, good) in June would offer some hope however if willing to forgive Ballybrit no-show.

Form: 704-230

(18)

Dazzle The Duel^p³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Nathan Crosse⁽⁴⁾| T: D Bunyan & G O'Leary| OR: 62

20/1

Relatively lightly-raced since winning over 1m at Newbury (soft) in August 2015 and well held in both starts so far this season.

Form: 0950-00

(14)

Commander Won^t¹⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: C J McGovern⁽²⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 61

20/1

Showing some tentative signs of progress on the AW early in the year, been off 177 days now however and plenty to find on previous turf showings.

Form: 384-036

(1)

In Our Blood²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: D M Redmond⁽²⁾| T: N Lupini| OR: 61

5/1

Bold effort from the front on return at Gowran Park last month, showed game attitude in finishing 2L second of 16 over 1m4f (yielding) thee and chance if able to replicate that improved form now.

Form: 27000-2

(5)

Asian Wing^p¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: Paul J Jones⁽⁷⁾| T: J Feane| OR: 59

25/1

Now an 8yo and record is 1/22 on turf, returned from a break with lifeless effort over a mile here this month and hard to recommend on that evidence.

Form: 40-2730

(10)

Simafar^v1¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: O J Orr⁽²⁾| T: R P McNamara| OR: 64

6/1

Has been running sound races in four starts for promising trainer, gets a first-time visor on here and Orr claims useful 2lb to go with reduced mark. Caught the eye last time at Leopardstown staying on, worth noting in betting.

Form: 45-3545

(7)

Bo Bridget⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: A J Breslin⁽⁴⁾| T: A Murray| OR: 55| BF

11/1

Couple of promising efforts for this trainer already over shorter trips, still a maiden but potential lurks in there and dangerous to write off going up in trip.

Form: 8040-23

(6)

British Art^p¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: K P Moriarty⁽⁴⁾| T: R K Watson| OR: 54

33/1

Well fended off on return to Flat racing over 1m1f at Leopardstown this month and maiden is likely to face a similar fate in this contest.

Form: 80/400-0

(8)

Emily Square¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Sean Davis⁽⁴⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 54| BF

12/1

Has run a couple of decent races on the Flat this summer from three outings and didn't exactly enjoy much luck in running last time at Cork (1m4f, soft). Not discounted.

Form: 670-624

(4)

Great Uncle^b1³²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: W T Byrne⁽⁷⁾| T: B W Duke| OR: 59

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden, hasn't shown anything in pair of handicaps at Naas and Killarney to warrant support here, latest run over 1m perhaps too short. First-time blinkers on, much more called for.

Form: 7-8900

(15)

Nightly Wailing^p1¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Gavin Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: J S Bolger| OR: 56

16/1

Mostly tame efforts in maidens and beaten 10L on handicap bow at Cork over 1m4f (soft) earlier this month. Cheekpieces added now but fair chunk of improvement is required.

Form: 800385

Non-Runners

(11)

Striking Gold¹⁵

Weight: 9-11| Age: 4

T: Mrs J Harrington J: T P Madden

(13)

Reinas Queen¹⁰

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: Mrs S Dawson J: K K Hennessy

Forecasts

Kandahari (5/1), In Our Blood (5/1), Simafar (6/1), Storm Ranger (7/1), El Tren (15/2), Bo Bridget (11/1), Emily Square (12/1), Il Piccolo Grande (12/1), Carrigeen Prince (16/1), Blue Skimmer (16/1), Nightly Wailing (16/1), Dazzle The Duel (20/1), Commander Won (20/1), Striking Gold (20/1), Reinas Queen (20/1), Asian Wing (25/1), British Art (33/1), Dandy Dude (33/1), Wither Hills (33/1), Great Uncle (50/1)

Kandahari is an interesting starting place having won at Gowran Park last time with something in hand, she's turned out quickly and a 6lb penalty is not certain to ground her ambitions. There was money around for El Tren when he won at Tipperary in June and his chance should improve now back down in trip while Carrigeen Prince looks fairly treated in this line-up despite top weight and should be thereabouts. In Our Blood was bold from the front last time and has a chance if repeating that improved form while Bo Bridget has looked capable of gaining a win since joining current trainer. Similar sentiments apply to SIMAFAR, who caught the eye late on at Leopardstown last time doing some good work. His trainer was amongst the winners on Friday evening at Tramore and with Oisin Orr taking off a handy 2lb, he's capable of a big run here.

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