17:20 Cork

Monday 2 April 2018

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Pegus Horse Feed Point-To-Point Flat Race

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 5m 38.90s

Billaway⁵⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr T Hamilton⁽⁵⁾| T: W P Mullins

15/8

Fell on debut but produced a fine win last time out in a 3m point-to-point and likely to be a warm order here for powerful connections.

Form: F1

Calderone³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr R O Harding⁽³⁾| T: J J Hanlon

16/1

Tailed off on sole bumper when finishing 13th of 14 beaten 37L in December 2016 at Punchestown over 2m. Winner on the point-to-point circuit and looks up against it here.

Form: 0-1P

Crossley Tender⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J C Barry⁽⁵⁾| T: G Kelleher

33/1

Gelding that never seem to run two races the same in the point-to-point ranks. Unlikely to play a part in the finish.

Form: 5-PP52P

Judkin^t1²³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Mangan

12/1

Well bred gelding with two solid point-to-point results to date in February and March. Needs to show significant improvement though in this company.

Form: 21

Occupied²²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: E O'Grady

5/1

Jockey booking could well be the only positive here for the Golan gelding who finished second of three in a March point-to-point and looks up against it on racecourse debut.

Form: 2

Speedy Buck¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr B M Linehan⁽⁷⁾| T: P F Cashman

7/2

Nothing wrong with his point-to-point win last month over 3m beating 13 rivals 1L. Will handle the ground and has big place claims.

Form: 1

The Dabbler⁶⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D G Lavery⁽³⁾| T: M Phelan

7/2

Solid effort last time out when winning a 3m point-to-point beating 13 rivals 6L on yielding to soft ground. One for the shortlist.

Form: 1

Three Loud Knocks⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr R W Barron⁽⁷⁾| T: A J McNamara

33/1

Point-to-point winner in November but has produced three gloomy displays since. Will need to improve in this company.

Form: 321433

Forecasts

Billaway (15/8), The Dabbler (7/2), Speedy Buck (7/2), Occupied (5/1), Judkin (12/1), Calderone (16/1), Crossley Tender (33/1), Three Loud Knocks (33/1)

Hard to see further than BILLAWAY who won on his last point-to-point start in February over 3m and is likely to be a warm order in this contest. The Dabbler on racecourse debut and the Paul Cashman-trained Speedy Buck look future prospects but can hit the frame here.