18:30 Dundalk

Friday 9 March 2018

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32Red Handicap

Off time: 18:32 | Winning time: 1m 27.82s

(9)

Lady Godiva^t1¹³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: D O'Brien| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 69

8/1

69-rated handicapper Richard Hannon finishing fourth of 13 beaten 1½L when last seen in a Yarmouth handicap in October. Interesting stable debutante.

Form: 86494-

(2)

Highly Approved^t²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Wayne Lordan| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 66| C

3/1

Placed off a mark of 57 when second in a 7f handicap at Chelmsford at the end of January before winning here over 6f in a 14-runner maiden last month. Another bold show looks likely.

Form: 7564-21

(7)

Lucky Red⁵⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: N G McCullagh| T: L Smyth| OR: 66

10/1

Best race to date latest when a running on second here in a 1m handicap before disappointing over this trip in December and January. Will need to improve to figure.

Form: 87520-9

(10)

Innamorare¹³²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: T P Madden⁽⁵⁾| T: C Cannon| OR: 64

16/1

Well beaten on last two starts over C&D last year and hard to fancy until she shows a hint of ability.

Form: 50570-

(1)

Tagle^b1¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Billy Lee| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 64

12/1

Has produced a number of laboured runs here this year. Plenty to work on based on what he has shown so far but improvement possible in first-time blinkers.

Form: 977

(4)

Patrick Joseph¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: P J Smullen| T: D Marnane| OR: 62| BF

5/2

Fifth of 10 beaten 3¼L last month over 1m before hitting the post later in the month over 6f when beaten ½L after blowing the start as beaten favourite. Chance to put the record straight here.

Form: 700-352

(5)

Lady Sandy⁵⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: K K Hennessy⁽⁵⁾| T: A Fogarty| OR: 60

12/1

Modest 52-rated handicapper for David Barron without a win in nine starts over distances between five and 7f. Looks out of her depth here on debut for yard.

Form: 8604-54

(12)

Downtown Diva¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Shane Foley| T: J Davison| OR: 55

10/1

Not disgraced when not beaten far on her last two starts in February including a 3¾L defeat here over 6f. Looks in good form with herself and could hit the frame.

Form: 2054-27

(6)

Slievenabrock²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-9| J: C P Hoban| T: M Halford| OR: 54

16/1

Will have disappointed connections with three dismal performances here since October including on return to the track last month. May find this a tough assignment.

Form: 00-0

(8)

Raise The Tempo⁵⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Killian Leonard⁽³⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 53

25/1

Modest efforts on turf were followed by a defeat on AW debut here earlier in the month. Looks opposable.

Form: 90-7

(3)

Tea Roses^h²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: Chris Hayes| T: A A Howard| OR: 49

20/1

Well beaten and never a factor in three starts when in the hands of trainer-Patrick Martin last year. Never on terms on stable debut when sent off at 100/1 last month.

Form: 000-6

(11)

Taylor Velvet¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: Rory Cleary| T: T Cleary| OR: 49

8/1

Not beaten far in two C&D performances in December and January before two more solid runs over 1m and 6f. Not the greatest of draws but place claims if getting the luck.

Form: 887-685

Forecasts

Patrick Joseph (5/2), Highly Approved (3/1), Taylor Velvet (8/1), Lady Godiva (8/1), Downtown Diva (10/1), Lucky Red (10/1), Lady Sandy (12/1), Tagle (12/1), Innamorare (16/1), Slievenabrock (16/1), Tea Roses (20/1), Raise The Tempo (25/1)

Downtown Diva likes to get on with things from the front but is in stall 12 so it may be left to Lady Sandy on stable debut to give the Joseph O'Brien-trained HIGHLY APPROVED the toe in to the race he requires. The three-year-old is taken to build on his win over 6f last month and take advantage of any shortcomings at the start from Patrick Joseph who has missed the break in two of his last three starts here.