19:40 Killarney

Tuesday 15 May 2018

All17:4018:1018:4019:1019:4020:1020:40

Dublin Coach Handicap (45-65)

Off time: 19:43 | Winning time: 1m 51.18s

(13)

Intense Stylist^b³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: K P Moriarty⁽⁷⁾| T: A Moriarty| OR: 62| D

33/1

Gained long-awaited success in Listowel maiden (1m, heavy) in September. Ran well enough at Limerick following month before outclassed in Listed contest at Cork. Looked in bad need of the run on reappearance last month.

Form: 61339-0

(10)

Camile^t⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: D O'Brien| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 61| D

2/1

Has won handicaps at Navan and Gowran Park this season already, taking advantage of basement rating in doing so. Latest 8lb hike likely to make things tougher but on good terms with herself.

Form: 7500-11

(5)

Voyageofdiscovery¹⁹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-11| J: Wayne Lordan| T: T J O'Mara| OR: 61| BF| D

14/1

Game winner of handicaps at Gowran Park and Limerick last season, both over 7f on testing ground, back on previous winning mark for seasonal bow. Entitled to need this, market may guide expectations.

Form: 651165-

(2)

Maysonette¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Ben Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 60

10/1

Still a maiden, went close at Cork in April over 7f in handicap on heavy and not disgraced back there in 1m maiden since. Appears to get on well with Ben Coen and 7lb claims helps here, can be competitive.

Form: 367424

(3)

Excelli^p¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: Chris Hayes| T: A A Howard| OR: 59| D

7/1

Winless sequence goes back to 2016, most of last year's efforts were well below standard, and similar this month on reappearance at Clonmel (1m1½f, heavy). Doesn't appeal at this point.

Form: 00924-9

(9)

Total Demolition^h¹⁹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-8| J: R Coakley⁽³⁾| T: J Larkin| OR: 58| D

14/1

Five-time winner but was slowly away in final starts last season and best form last year had come on quicker ground than he's forecast to encounter today, makes for watching brief on seasonal bow.

Form: 066990-

(4)

Cardigan Street³⁶⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Rory Cleary| T: J McAuley| OR: 57

25/1

Ten-race maiden, didn't threaten in two turf starts for Damian English last year, has been off 367 days and now back with previous handler. Handicapper has at least offered some relief and feasibly weighted now.

Form: 330500-

(1)

Hatton Cross^t²⁰⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 9-6| J: Gary Halpin⁽³⁾| T: T J O'Mara| OR: 56

20/1

At no point disgraced in 2017 campaign and came close on more than one occasion, stays the mile and went well of a layoff over 6f at Cork (good to firm) last year. Record of 2-50 on turf suggests he'll fail to hit the target but placed 18 times.

Form: 426829-

(6)

La Cumparsita⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: N G McCullagh| T: J J Murphy| OR: 55

33/1

Only previous turf outing was at Cork in April 2017 over 1m½f on heavy going and saw the Papal Bull filly walking home. Did lift a handicap in this grade on AW at Dundalk in November but poor back there this month on return to action.

Form: 05164-0

(11)

Paved With Gold^p,t1⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Colin Keane| T: J J Murphy| OR: 52| D

14/1

Just the one AW win to show from 16 career starts, form on turf leaves much to be desired and was beaten out of sight in an apprentice contest at Cork (1m2f, heavy) last month. Better effort at Dundalk since, sports new tongue-tie now.

Form: 0226-99

(8)

Bella Rua^h²²

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: W J Lee| T: Miss J M Lee| OR: 48

3/1

Casamento filly remains a maiden after eight starts but has shown ability, including at Navan (1m, yielding to soft) three weeks ago when 3L fourth of 18 runners in this grade off this rating.

Form: 7022-04

(15)

Musical Jewel^v³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: S Lynam| OR: 48

20/1

Remains a maiden through a dozen starts, Invincible Spirit filly produced best effort in Cork apprentice race over this trip on soft ground in August. Dropped 7lb since and has benefit of recent outing. Place money not out of the question.

Form: 45320-0

(12)

Pedisnap²⁷⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: S M Crosse⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 47

25/1

Unplaced in six starts for two trainers to this point, has been off since August and relocated to Joseph O'Brien's yard. Interesting to see if he can elicit any improvement in her fortunes.

Form: 66/9000-

Maid In Manhattan¹³⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A J Martin| OR: 62

20/1

Filly is a five-race maiden on the Flat and was poor over hurdles at Leopardstown in December when last spotted (First Reserve).

Form: 0/0049-

Non-Runners

(7)

Heavy Artillery¹³

Weight: 8-13| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: J A Heffernan

(14)

Coach Bombay⁵³

Weight: 8-10| Age: 10

T: A B Joyce J: S Foley

Shoellen³¹

Weight: 9-3| Age: 5

T: T Doyle J: Reserve 2

Lonely The Brave¹³

Weight: 10-1| Age: 4

T: J McAuley J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Camile (2/1), Bella Rua (3/1), Coach Bombay (6/1), Excelli (7/1), Maysonette (10/1), Total Demolition (14/1), Paved With Gold (14/1), Voyageofdiscovery (14/1), Musical Jewel (20/1), Hatton Cross (20/1), Maid In Manhattan (20/1), Heavy Artillery (20/1), Pedisnap (25/1), Cardigan Street (25/1), Lonely The Brave (25/1), Intense Stylist (33/1), La Cumparsita (33/1), Shoellen (33/1)

Camile comes here in rude health with two wins on the bounce but her latest 8lb hike ought to be enough to stop the sequence. Intense Stylist should be better for the reappearance run while Maysonette gets on with Ben Coen and is feasibly weighted today. The booking of Seamie Heffernan to partner Heavy Artillery is very interesting with new headgear and a basement rating back on turf but BELLE RUA earns the nod. The Casamento filly showed up well on her return at Navan and, from the same mark, may shed the maiden tag here.