20:25 Leopardstown

Thursday 12 July 2018

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Manguard Plus Handicap

Off time: 20:25 | Winning time: 2m 49.5s

(7)

Abjar¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Ben Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: M Halford| OR: 85

5/1

Broke his maiden over 1m4f at Wolverhampton last August but finished well beaten on debut for this yard at The Curragh (1m4f, good-to-firm) last time. Remains open to improvement.

Form: 6212-5

(4)

Tarazani^p³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: Ronan Whelan| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 78

16/1

Placed in a handicap hurdle at Clonmel (good) on his penultimate outing. Well held there subsequently and worth a check in the market on his return to the Flat.

Form: 47/2005-

(1)

Top Othe Ra¹²

Age: 10| Weight: 9-7| J: N G McCullagh| T: T Mullins| OR: 78| C

7/1

Maiden winner over 1m7f at Leopardstown (good-to-firm) last month. Fair sixth upped to 2m on handicap debut subsequently and worth a check in the market.

Form: 416

(8)

Waterville Dancer⁴⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: W J Lee| T: C Byrnes| OR: 75

12/1

Followed up a maiden hurdle success on yielding ground by finishing runner-up in a conditions hurdle on good last time out. Useful form on the Flat for previous yard and an interesting runner in this contest.

Form: 532254-

(5)

Days Without End⁵⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Declan McDonogh| T: D K Weld| OR: 74| BF

9/2

Bumper winner and placed on all three starts in maiden company. Most recent of those came on soft ground at Tipperary and he is a leading player on this occasion.

Form: 223

(6)

Hurricane Sky¹³

Age: 9| Weight: 9-2| J: T P Madden⁽⁵⁾| T: C O'Brien| OR: 73| CD

7/1

C&D winner on good-to-firm ground last month. Put a couple of disappointing efforts behind him when fifth last time out and he races off a mark 6lb higher than for his latest success.

Form: 96-7195

(3)

The Plan Man^t³⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 8-12| J: Colin Keane| T: A J Martin| OR: 69

12/1

Narrowly beaten on the AW at Dundalk (1m4f) on his penultimate outing. Struggled over C&D subsequently and needs to return to form if he's to take this event.

Form: 5588-27

(2)

Dawn Hoofer¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 80

9/4

Dual winner already this season including over 1m4f at The Curragh (good-to-firm) last time out. Stamina to prove on his first try over this distance.

Form: 461321

Forecasts

Dawn Hoofer (9/4), Days Without End (9/2), Abjar (5/1), Hurricane Sky (7/1), Top Othe Ra (7/1), Waterville Dancer (12/1), The Plan Man (12/1), Tarazani (16/1)

DAYS WITHOUT END can make a winning handicap debut following some decent efforts in maiden company. The selection should handle the quicker ground forecast here with Waterville Dancer, in good form over hurdles when last in action capable of claiming the runner-up sport ahead of Dawn Hoofer who steps up in trip.