19:30 Naas

Wednesday 27 June 2018

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Hermitage Green Live After Racing Handicap

Off time: 19:31 | Winning time: 2m 10.34s

(5)

Ringside Humour²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 70| D

9/2

8-55 record and, although she has won twice over this trip, she lacks the turn of foot to be as effective nowadays.

Form: 506303

(4)

Serefeli¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: Ronan Whelan| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 69

6/1

Winner of four races looked as good as ever on return and if building on that looks capable off this mark and down in grade.

Form: 02177-4

(7)

Machiavelli^p¹⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: Y Nonaka⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 74

10/3

Consistent type but beginning to look one paced. Different tactics and headgear have been tried and likely to find something too good again.

Form: 64-3442

(12)

Bay of St Malo^b1¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Rory Cleary| T: L Comer| OR: 61

28/1

Dual-winner for Richard Hannon over a mile but has been tried over various distances by new yard with mixed results. Yet to prove she stays this far and blinkers tried this time.

Form: 5/06-048

(2)

Sheila's Hope^h²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: T P Madden⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 58| D

10/3

Has improved over the winter to develop into a progressive handicapper. Looks uncomplicated and her winning spree may not yet be over.

Form: 0970-11

(1)

Ar Eagla Na Heagla^t1³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Karen Kenny⁽⁷⁾| T: Francis Casey| OR: 53

16/1

12-race maiden produced a couple of more solid performances a couple of months ago, but neither start since has been good enough.

Form: 0000-20

(8)

Jessamine¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: L F Roche| T: P J Flynn| OR: 52| BF

14/1

Dual Dundalk winner has work to do off this mark and given her previous more moderate form on turf.

Form: 001328-

(6)

Bo Bridget^b1⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: Sean Davis⁽⁷⁾| T: A Murray| OR: 50

25/1

Without a win from 17 starts but would have a chance based on last season's early form. Not as good in last three starts and blinkers need to be highly motivational.

Form: 7338-80

(10)

Emily Square¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-6| J: Chris Hayes| T: T Mullins| OR: 48

10/1

1-30 record under both codes and yet to prove she handles conditions as fast as forecast. Has looked better over further.

Form: 2389-09

(11)

Rocky Blue³³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: N G McCullagh| T: T Mullins| OR: 58

20/1

Well beaten in three maidens and needs to step up considerably on handicap debut over a new trip. Bred to be better than we have seen so worth a check in the market.

Form: 990

(9)

Annie Irish⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 8-4| J: K J Leonard⁽⁵⁾| T: R Donohoe| OR: 46

20/1

Without a win for almost two years. Hard to see that run ending given current performances and from out of the handicap.

Form: 00-7007

Non-Runners

(3)

Lourdes⁴⁰²

Weight: 9-4| Age: 5

T: Barry J Murphy J: J A Heffernan

Forecasts

Sheila's Hope (10/3), Machiavelli (10/3), Ringside Humour (9/2), Serefeli (6/1), Emily Square (10/1), Jessamine (14/1), Ar Eagla Na Heagla (16/1), Annie Irish (20/1), Rocky Blue (20/1), Lourdes (20/1), Bo Bridget (25/1), Bay of St Malo (28/1)

Sheila's Hope is on a hat-trick and probably has more to offer but SEREFELI is on a good mark at present and shaped well on his return when producing an effort close to his best. Any improvement on that would make him hard to beat. Machiavelli may be one paced but should not be far away.