20:30 Dundalk

Wednesday 28 March 2018

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Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (45-65)

Off time: 20:31 | Winning time: 2m 32.38s

(6)

Noble Intention³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Colin Keane| T: A J Martin| OR: 63| C

9/2

Successful over 1m here a couple of years ago and placed on the Flat last summer. Struggled over hurdles since and worth a check in the market today.

Form: 820404-

(13)

Time For Mabel^t¹¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: S Foley| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 62| BF

6/1

Placed over an extended 1m2f here in October but held twice since including over C&D on his penultimate outing. Won on the AW in France as a juvenile.

Form: 932837-

(10)

Colla Pier⁴⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 9-11| J: W J Lee| T: D P Dunne| OR: 61| C

7/1

Winner of a 2m handicap here in May last year and put in a decent effort when finishing sixth over C&D on her seasonal debut last month.

Form: 3284/1-6

(5)

Papal Motel¹⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: D P Linehan⁽⁵⁾| T: A McNamara| OR: 59

8/1

Winner on turf in 2016 and performed well when placed twice last August including over this trip at Galway. Fair efforts over hurdles the last twice and one for the shortlist today.

Form: 8138/23-

(1)

Easy Boy^t,v¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: K J Leonard⁽³⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 56| CD

9/2

Consistent gelding and narrowly beaten when finishing runner-up over C&D last month. Fair effort dropping in trip here subsequently and he is an interesting runner today.

Form: 9-45125

(3)

Fairy Flute^p1⁶⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: J R Wildman⁽¹⁰⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 56

14/1

Placed twice over 1m on turf last summer and not beaten far despite finishing eighth on her seasonal debut over C&D in January. Wears cheekpieces for the first time today.

Form: 00/230-8

(2)

Schoolboy Error¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Chris Hayes| T: S Nolan| OR: 54

9/1

Finished third over C&D last month and respectable efforts in defeat twice over shorter subsequently. Return to this trip looks likely to suit.

Form: 8/07357

(14)

Sbraase⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 9-3| J: D W O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: J F Levins| OR: 53| D

12/1

Disappointing in two starts over 1m since finishing fourth over an extended 1m2f here in January. Market support would be noteworthy having run well over this distance in the past.

Form: 005-400

(8)

Shake The Bucket^p1³³

Age: 11| Weight: 8-13| J: T P Madden⁽⁵⁾| T: N Madden| OR: 49| CD

8/1

Regular here and ran well to finish runner-up over an extended 1m2f here on his penultimate outing. Has finished fifth over C&D since and wears cheekpieces for the first time today.

Form: 155-625

(9)

Mubtakker¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: L F Roche| T: A McGuinness| OR: 45

66/1

Struggled on the Flat and in a hurdle in 2016 and well held on stable debut following over 12 months off the track here recently.

Form: 06700/8

(12)

Stadius¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-9| J: Ben Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: D P Nagle| OR: 45

16/1

14 race maiden but put in a fair effort when finishing fifth in a handicap over an extended 1m2f here last time out. Likely to find a few too good once more.

Form: 9009-56

(7)

Streak¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 8-9| J: N G McCullagh| T: T Mullins| OR: 45

33/1

Successful on the AW as a two-year-old but well held here on her return to the Flat earlier this month and others have a more obvious chance today.

Form: 00500-0

(4)

Erquy^p1³³

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A Mullins| OR: 45

20/1

Maiden after nine starts and finished a well beaten 13th of 14 over C&D on his return from a break last time out. Wears cheekpieces for the first time today.

Form: 00074-0

(11)

Lamh Ar Lamh⁴⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger| OR: 45

12/1

11 race maiden though beaten just 1¾L when fourth over C&D on her penultimate outing. Return to this trip should suit having been beaten over shorter last time out.

Form: 7840-49

Forecasts

Easy Boy (9/2), Noble Intention (9/2), Time For Mabel (6/1), Colla Pier (7/1), Papal Motel (8/1), Shake The Bucket (8/1), Schoolboy Error (9/1), Sbraase (12/1), Lamh Ar Lamh (12/1), Fairy Flute (14/1), Stadius (16/1), Erquy (20/1), Streak (33/1), Mubtakker (66/1)

PAPAL MOTEL can make a winning return to the Flat by taking this 1m4f handicap for trainer Andrew McNamara. The selection was placed off a 2lb higher mark on turf last summer and can see off the veteran Shake The Bucket in what looks a highly competitive contest. Easy Boy has been running well here so far this season and he can finish third this time.