20:30 Dundalk

Friday 16 March 2018

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Kellihers Electrical Handicap

Off time: 20:32 | Winning time: 1m 39.26s

(2)

Iron Blue²³⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Chris Hayes| T: K Prendergast| OR: 69

10/3

Looked to be progressing well in three summer starts in June and July and continuation expected to continue in this company on AW debut.

Form: 725-

(3)

Turnkey¹²⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Shane Foley| T: C O'Brien| OR: 66

5/2

Failed to build on encouraging AW debut here in October when finishing sixth of 10 well beaten over 7f. Could well appreciate the return to 1m and worth a market check.

Form: 066-

(4)

Lucky Red⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Sean Davis⁽⁵⁾| T: L Smyth| OR: 64

14/1

Well beaten latest and 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: 7520-90

(8)

Charmed Pearl¹⁶⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: L Smyth| OR: 63

20/1

Finished 10th of 14 beaten over 6L on AW debut when last seen in December. Looks to be up against it on return to the track.

Form: 050-

(5)

Innamorare⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Colin Keane| T: C Cannon| OR: 62

14/1

Well beaten on last three starts over 7f here and hard to fancy until she shows a hint of ability.

Form: 50570-0

(6)

Tagle^b⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Wayne Lordan| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 62

6/1

Generally well beaten and no impression in five starts here since the turn of the year including finishing over 13L behind Highly Approved last time out.

Form: 97764

(1)

Ishigati³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: P J Smullen| T: D K Weld| OR: 59

9/4

Two promising starts already on the board in February and gives the impression she could have a say in this company.

Form: 7-43

(7)

Slievenabrock^p1⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: C P Hoban| T: M Halford| OR: 50

20/1

Will have disappointed connections with four dismal performances here since October including finishing last of 12 here last week. First-time cheekpieces unlikely to make any difference.

Form: 00-00

(9)

Let It Go Papa⁹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: Killian Leonard⁽³⁾| T: P D Deegan| OR: 49

25/1

Poor form in a number of dismal performances towards the end of last year over a variety of trips. Hard to construct much of a case for him.

Form: 0000-

Forecasts

Ishigati (9/4), Turnkey (5/2), Iron Blue (10/3), Tagle (6/1), Lucky Red (14/1), Innamorare (14/1), Charmed Pearl (20/1), Slievenabrock (20/1), Let It Go Papa (25/1)

The early lead in this contest could come from Charmed Pearl with Tagle and Iron Blue up close behind. In a race that wont take a lot of winning preference is for the Dermot Weld-trained three-year-old ISHIGATI who bumped in to a fired-up Highly Approved here last month over 6f. Turnkey, on handicap debut and Tagle can hit the frame.