15:20 Naas

Monday 7 May 2018

All13:4014:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:0517:35

Caragh Nurseries Handicap

Off time: 15:22 | Winning time: 1m 0.5s

(3)

Maarek¹⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 10-4| J: J A Heffernan| T: Miss E McCutcheon| OR: 94| CD

12/1

C&D winner who looked in need of the run on his seasonal debut at Navan (5½f, yielding to soft). Dropped 1lb for that run and likely to come on for it. Popular old boy who could go well.

Form: 04319-8

(8)

Sors¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: A J Slattery⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 87| D

9/2

Won well off a 7lb lower mark at Navan (5f, heavy) two starts back. Struggled off this higher mark next time and needs more.

Form: 096-616

(2)

Amanaat^t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: K J Manning| T: J McAuley| OR: 78

9/2

Ex John Gosden runner. Improved last time to finish a close second of 13 at Navan (5½f, yielding to soft). Drop back to minimum trip looks a good move despite being nudged up 2lbs.

Form: 1/7942

(7)

Rattling Jewel¹⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: Wayne Lordan| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 75| D

4/1

Form tailed off dramatically at the back end of 2017. Has dropped a long way in the weights as a result. Starts life today with his new yard and it would be no surprise to see him bounce back to form. Dangerous and market check needed.

Form: 300000-

(4)

Blairmayne¹⁹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: S Foley| T: N Lupini| OR: 72

4/1

Consistent sort who ran well several times without winning last year. Generally needs a run to get him right but not handicapped out of things.

Form: 440833-

(1)

Doonard Prince^b¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 8-5| J: K J Leonard⁽³⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 67| C| D

5/1

Ran well in a big field handicap at Navan (5½f, yielding to soft) last time. Is 2lbs below last winning mark and a danger to all once again.

Form: 5213-29

(9)

Voge^h¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-5| J: C P Hoban| T: E Lynam| OR: 67| D

8/1

Showed lots of promise last year. Likely to have needed the run on reappearance at Navan (5½f, yielding to soft) and is another on a nice mark and progress expected.

Form: 52U13-9

Non-Runners

(6)

Miss Power²⁸²

Weight: 9-7| Age: 5

T: E Lynam J: R P Downey

(5)

Enter The Red²¹¹

Weight: 8-12| Age: 9

T: A A Howard J: Chris Hayes

Forecasts

Blairmayne (4/1), Rattling Jewel (4/1), Miss Power (4/1), Amanaat (9/2), Sors (9/2), Doonard Prince (5/1), Enter The Red (11/2), Voge (8/1), Maarek (12/1)

You can make a decent case for a few of these. Voge is respected having had a run. Miss Power has the potential to improve past her current mark and won this race last year. Enter The Red can go well on the back of a break and is respected to but preference is for RATTLING JEWEL. His form tailed off badly at the back end of last season and as a result he is particularly well handicapped starting life for his new yard.