20:45 Kilbeggan

Friday 11 May 2018

All17:3518:0518:4019:1019:4520:1520:45

Midland Veterinary (Tullamore) Ltd. (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 20:45 | Winning time: 4m 3.7s

Active Force¹³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr M J O'Hare⁽⁵⁾| T: N Meade

1/1

Point-to-point winner 13 months ago and ran well to finish 3½L fourth in a bumper on debut at Leopardstown (2m, soft) in December. Represents a stable with a 21% strike-rate (6/29) in recent weeks.

Form: 1/4-

Cemister⁸²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: W P Mullins| BF

8/1

Placed in a point-to-point on yielding-to-soft ground in January last year but proved a disappointment when favourite for a Navan bumper in February. Interesting to see how he fares in this contest.

Form: 2/5-

In With Conor¹⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: C A Landers⁽⁷⁾| T: M A Gunn

50/1

Beaten 68L when making his debut in a Thurles bumper run on heavy ground back in December. Probably best watched at present.

Form: 8-

Lough Allen Lad²⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: T N Brett⁽⁷⁾| T: A Mullins

25/1

Fair effort in finishing 15L sixth in an eight runner bumper at Listowel (heavy) on debut last autumn. Worth a check in the market in this contest.

Form: 6-

Pike County¹⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Ms L O'Neill⁽³⁾| T: Mrs D Foster

12/1

Finished a well beaten sixth when making his debut at Punchestown (2m, heavy) in December and others have a more obvious chance on this occasion.

Form: 6-

Sam Chisolm⁶⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Miss K Harrington⁽³⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington

10/1

Failed to trouble the judge in two starts in bumpers so far and is probably best watched in this contest.

Form: 76-

Humps And Bumps

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: D J Hand⁽⁷⁾| T: P Croke

33/1

Unraced daughter of Court Cave and a half-sister to multiple winners Skylander and Gettysburg Address. Market support would be interesting on racecourse debut.

Form:

Sancta Simona¹⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins| BF

2/1

Strong in the market prior to finishing 19L second in a Thurles (heavy) bumper when making her debut last December. Likely to run well once more.

Form: 2-

Non-Runners

Ozzie's Way¹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: D Hogan J: Mr B O'Neill

Russian Soldier⁴⁹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: L Comer J: Mr D T Kelly

Sunday At Augusta²⁵

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: E Mullins J: Mr C Fahy

Turnpike Thunder⁹²

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: J M Burke J: Mr J M Burke

Shimmer And Shine²²

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: P Croke J: Mr H D Dunne

Forecasts

Active Force (1/1), Sancta Simona (2/1), Sunday At Augusta (3/1), Cemister (8/1), Sam Chisolm (10/1), Pike County (12/1), Ozzie's Way (20/1), Lough Allen Lad (25/1), Russian Soldier (25/1), Humps And Bumps (33/1), Shimmer And Shine (33/1), In With Conor (50/1), Turnpike Thunder (50/1)

SANCTA SIMONA can go one better than when finishing runner-up on her debut last season by taking the concluding bumper under jockey Patrick Mullins. The mare should appreciate the better ground forecast here and can take this with Active Force capable of claiming second for 2016's winning trainer Noel Meade. Sunday At August, runner-up in a four runner contest last time can finish third.