17:35 Gowran Park

Wednesday 6 September 2017

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Kilkenny Apprentice Handicap (45-65)

Off time: 17:35 | Winning time: 1m 32.84s

(1)

Complicit^h¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: D W O'Connor| T: J F Levins| OR: 64| D

16/1

Tends to do best work on the AW (5/6 career wins) and has been very tame in recent runs here (1m) and Galway (7f) before also coming up well short over 5f at the Curragh.

Form: 655000

(10)

Breezolini⁴^{(ex 6)}

Age: 9| Weight: 9-12| J: R M Short⁽⁴⁾| T: A B Joyce| OR: 57

4/1

Mare gained first win since 2012 at Hamilton four days ago, also a first win beyond 5f and must now prove she can do it over a furlong longer with a 6lb penalty to defy.

Form: 452401

(16)

Burren View Lady¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: K K Hennessy⁽²⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 63| D

25/1

Twice a winner over this trip already this year, may well have found 5f at the Curragh 18 days ago on the sharp side and should be more at home now.

Form: 934160

(11)

Lake George¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 9-10| J: Luke McAteer⁽⁷⁾| T: J M Barrett| OR: 61| D

12/1

Gelding had been slowing going the right way in three starts this term before tame effort at the Curragh 17 days ago (6½f, yielding to soft). Underfoot conditions here are again a worry.

Form: 60-0720

(9)

Hatton Cross¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-8| J: Killian Leonard| T: T J O'Mara| OR: 59| D

9/2

Winless run goes back to October 2015, but close second in similar race over 1m at Killarney a fortnight ago in soft ground and given a chance to go well again from 2lb higher.

Form: 256842

(13)

Admirality³⁵⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Ross Coakley| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 61

25/1

Been off the track for 350 days and will need to improve markedly on form of four previous runs to play a significant role in this. Watch market.

Form: 7070-

(12)

Punches Pious^b¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-5| J: Sean Davis⁽⁴⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 56| C| D

16/1

Easy winner over C&D in June in one of these contests but was duly raised 10lb and no sign of a repeat in four outings since.

Form: 315000

(6)

Iftikaar⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: E T Daly⁽⁴⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 55

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 both runs for this yard, but is 8lb lower than last win.

Form: 6/449-00

(3)

Enough Is Enough^h²¹

Age: 10| Weight: 9-3| J: D P Linehan⁽²⁾| T: P Meany| OR: 54| CD

10/1

Mare won over 7f (heavy) around here on final start of 2016, but hasn't shaped anything like as well in five runs this season. She is now 3lb below that previous winning mark as a result.

Form: 1-00000

(14)

Qatar Delight²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: D M Redmond⁽²⁾| T: S G O'Donnell| OR: 54

33/1

Mare has been unconvincing for majority of five runs so far, over a variety of trips, including when ninth of 10 at Cork last time over this trip on heavy ground. Hard to fancy.

Form: 8-6059

(7)

True Companion^b⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: O J Orr| T: A B Joyce| OR: 51| D

4/1

Only win came over this trip at Dundalk (AW) in October 2015, mostly been toiling since and was beaten 8½L over C&D in July. May not want the ground as soft as seems probable now.

Form: 040-076

(4)

Dont Have It Then¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Sean Kirrane⁽⁷⁾| T: J F Levins| OR: 49

8/1

No win since December 2014 and very little in terms of positives to go on lately, mark has tumbled down but hard to have any confidence currently.

Form: 000050

(8)

Zircon²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Scott McCullagh⁽⁷⁾| T: S Lavery| OR: 49

25/1

Beaten a combined total of almost 33L in two summer starts here over 1m1½f, drops back significantly in trip now and has plenty work to do.

Form: 9-0900

(5)

Apache Gold^p⁸⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 8-8| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁴⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 45| C| D

8/1

Made it 20 runs without a win when well held over extended mile at Cork in June, best effort this year came over significantly longer trip. Others have more going for them.

Form: 936770

(2)

Moll Dote³³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: A J Breslin⁽⁴⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 45

25/1

Well beaten in three maidens last year, all over 1m+, down in trip for this return from 338 days off. Needs to improve dramatically on form.

Form: 670-

(15)

Mr Morocco^p,t⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁴⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 45

40/1

Made belated reappearance at Roscommon nine days ago (1m4f, soft) and was eased in the closing stages having failed to muster a challenge. Very best form would give a squeak but no certainty to produce that.

Form: 89600-0

Non-Runners

Cracking Name⁶

Weight: 8-13| Age: 3

T: P D Deegan J: Reserve 1

Latchet¹⁵⁷

Weight: 9-4| Age: 3

T: J S Bolger J: Reserve 2

Miss Opportunity¹⁸

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: E O'Connell J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Cracking Name (7/2), True Companion (4/1), Breezolini (4/1), Hatton Cross (9/2), Apache Gold (8/1), Dont Have It Then (8/1), Enough Is Enough (10/1), Lake George (12/1), Latchet (12/1), Punches Pious (16/1), Complicit (16/1), Admirality (25/1), Zircon (25/1), Iftikaar (25/1), Moll Dote (25/1), Burren View Lady (25/1), Miss Opportunity (25/1), Qatar Delight (33/1), Mr Morocco (40/1)

Breezolini ended a long winless streak with an all-the-way success over the weekend at Hamilton. That was her first win beyond 5f and so the step up in trip is not necessarily a positive now. She also carries a 6lb penalty and might prove vulnerable in the follow up attempt. Burren View Lady has twice scored over this trip already this year, though heavy ground might be a worry while Cracking Name would make plenty appeal if getting off the reserve list. HATTON CROSS is another without a win for some time but showed enough over longer trip at Killarney recently to merit strong consideration from just a 2lb higher mark now.