18:00 Roscommon

Monday 28 August 2017

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Eurona BriskNet Handicap

Off time: 18:02 | Winning time: 1m 39.38s

(13)

Bubbly Bellini^p²³

Age: 10| Weight: 9-12| J: Colin Keane| T: A McGuinness| OR: 72| D

7/1

Three wins on soft ground put's him in the mix here. Winner at 20/1 at the Galway festival over 7f and raised by the handicapper 5lb.

Form: 654851

(5)

Burn The Boats^e/s1⁴⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 9-12| J: Gary Halpin⁽³⁾| T: J Feane| OR: 72| BF| D

16/1

Distance winner, but is only one win from 10 in fields of this size and has been well beaten in his last five Flat starts. Now 14lb lower than last win and is definitely regressing. First-time eye shield.

Form: 306754

(3)

Excelli³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: Leigh Roche| T: A A Howard| OR: 71

33/1

Beaten a total of 142L in his last four starts, three in maiden hurdles and last of 10 last time out at Curragh over 7f. Easily passed over.

Form: 20485-0

(14)

Compass Hill^h⁷⁰⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Shane Foley| T: J J Murphy| OR: 70

20/1

Not seen since September 2015 and makes belated seasonal debut here. Winner of that maiden last time out, but comes here on 10lb lower mark.

Form: 292661/

(1)

Fair Game^b1,t³³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Billy Lee| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 69| D

7/1

One win and a place on heavy ground and is a dual distance winner. Will need to improve on last run and is slowly slipping down the handicap.

Form: 048070

(8)

Stoked³¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Rory Cleary| T: L Comer| OR: 69| D

16/1

Not seen since winning a 7f handicap at Yarmouth when with Chris Dwyer. Joined this yard in January so a delayed seasonal debut here and probably best watched.

Form: 985001-

(9)

Tom Dooley¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-4| J: Sean Davis⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Brien| OR: 64| CD

14/1

Put together some fine performances and a hat-trick of wins in July and has improved a full 20lbs since joining this yard in June this year.

Form: 111606

(11)

World's Greatest¹²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: R P Downey⁽³⁾| T: K H Clarke| OR: 64| D

33/1

Not seen since April when seventh of 14 at Dundalk. One win from seven on Flat turf contests. Hard to make a case here and possibly best watched.

Form: 030057

(7)

Youceeyouceecee^p²³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Killian Leonard⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss S A Finn| OR: 64| D

8/1

Beaten over 68L in his last four starts, including 10th of 15 last time out at the Galway festival on soft ground over 7f. Now 10lb lower than last win.

Form: 31-0980

(15)

Stamp Of Authority^t¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: K J Manning| T: T G McCourt| OR: 61| D

25/1

One from 12 on turf, with two third places thrown in. May well struggle here given he is still 5lb higher than last win.

Form: 030027

(6)

Texas Katie²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: E J McNamara| T: R Hackett| OR: 66| CD

13/2

CD winner and dual distance winner, raised 3lb for last time out win here, beating Camiyra, a neck, earlier this month. Previous performances weren't exactly impressive, could slip back to those ways.

Form: 657-081

(2)

Botanical Lady^h,t³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Chris Hayes| T: H Rogers| OR: 59| D

5/1

4lb higher than last win that came at Cork last August. Could build on last three consistent runs, though has struggled on heavy ground in the past.

Form: 9-80223

(10)

Iftikaar¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: D Hogan| OR: 58

25/1

Three-time winner on the Flat in Britain, though most recent of those is now more than two years ago. Well beaten on stable debut, but is 5lb lower than last win.

Form: 06/449-0

(12)

Greenpanda^b⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 61| BF

11/2

First-time blinkers brought massive improvement when winning at Ballinrobe in June, but has since lost on four occasions since. and is still a big 12lb higher than that last win. Promising 1L defeat last time out.

Form: 501343

(4)

Handsome Maverick^t⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-7| J: N G McCullagh| T: D Kinsella| OR: 53

9/2

Put a poor string of performances behind him with a shock 28/1 win at Curragh last Sunday in the competitive 26-runner handicap. Carries 7lb extra today.

Form: 0-07701

Non-Runners

William Ashford⁸

Weight: 8-7| Age: 5

T: J C Hayden J: Reserve 1

True Companion¹⁰

Weight: 8-7| Age: 4

T: A B Joyce J: Reserve 2

Truly Genius⁷⁷

Weight: 8-6| Age: 9

T: C P Donoghue J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Handsome Maverick (9/2), Botanical Lady (5/1), Greenpanda (11/2), Texas Katie (13/2), Bubbly Bellini (7/1), Fair Game (7/1), Youceeyouceecee (8/1), Tom Dooley (14/1), Stoked (16/1), Burn The Boats (16/1), Compass Hill (20/1), Stamp Of Authority (25/1), Iftikaar (25/1), Excelli (33/1), World's Greatest (33/1), William Ashford (33/1), True Companion (50/1), Truly Genius (150/1)

Not a great deal of pace on for a big field and it may be possible that Greenpanda, takes the field along with Texas Katie in behind. Three for the shortlist are, Stamp Of Authority, Fair Game and the inform, BUBBLY BELLINI, winner at 20/1 at the Galway festival over this trip.