20:10 Galway

Tuesday 31 July 2018

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Caulfield Industrial Handicap (55-70)

Off time: 20:11 | Winning time: 1m 52.98s

(6)

California Lad^t,v⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-4| J: D P Linehan⁽⁵⁾| T: F Birrane| OR: 74

22/1

Running well over similar distances at Ballinrobe recently including second of nine beaten a neck earlier this month. One win on turf in 14 starts on the Flat is a concern.

Form: 495042

(14)

St Gallen^b³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: D M Redmond⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Murphy| OR: 70

12/1

Well held in four below par displays since April including finishing fifth of 13 beaten 7L behind Roibeard on Saturday. Each way claims at best.

Form: 4-53655

(13)

Edification²¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: M A Enright| T: R P McNamara| OR: 69

50/1

Sole turf win on the Flat came in a Salisbury 1m handicap when in the care of trainer Martyn Meade in 2016. Well beaten since and likely to struggle here on first start since December.

Form: 06/2047-

(7)

Keep Believing⁷⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Luke McAteer⁽⁷⁾| T: B Nolan| OR: 69

11/2

Solid and consistent in two starts in May at the Curragh and in a Sligo 7f handicap on yielding ground finishing runner-up on both occasions. Market likely to be the best guide here.

Form: 4-85722

(12)

Ace Of Diamonds^h¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: O J Orr⁽³⁾| T: D K Weld| OR: 68

6/1

Losing run now stands at eight following a win at Leopardstown over 1m2f on soft ground in April 2017 off a 5lb higher mark. Market likely to be informative.

Form: 00-8367

(15)

Lady Nathaniel^b1¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 68

16/1

Remains a 12-race maiden under rules despite a number of encouraging runs over a variety of trips. Second of eight beaten 7L on a Hamilton raid in May when not justifying favouritism. Consistent sort who ought to go well again.

Form: 2-02244

(4)

Serefeli²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: Ronan Whelan| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 68| CD

4/1

C&D winner of this race 12-months ago off a similar mark. Beaten but not disgraced since and holds a strong chance now back on a winning mark.

Form: 177-454

(3)

Dinkum Diamond¹⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 9-11| J: A J Slattery⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 67

20/1

Consistent and popular veteran who generally gives a good account of himself. Not won since 2015 and always vulnerable to more handily handicapped sorts.

Form: 506266

(10)

Flowerhill Nova^h,t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Ben Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 67

33/1

Lightly raced in recent years and finished well beaten over similar trip at Bellewstown and Leopardstown earlier this month. Others hold stronger claims.

Form: 06-0889

(5)

Heart Of Gold^h⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: A Ring⁽⁵⁾| T: R K Watson| OR: 67

20/1

66-rated handicapper for trainer William Muir but is still without a win in 10 starts and plenty to prove at present.

Form: 23-5298

(11)

Try Again⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: S Foley| T: P W Flynn| OR: 67

10/1

Useful 102-rated hurdler of late and ran a promising race when second of 16 in a Leopardstown 1m1f handicap in April. Needs to step up on that performance here.

Form: 66043-2

(17)

Alfirak²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Rory Cleary| T: D English| OR: 66| BF

25/1

Far from disgraced in two starts on turf earlier this month including when beaten favourite at Roscommon recently finishing fourth of 13. Needs to improve in this company.

Form: 738124

(2)

Delegating^h³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Dylan Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 66

12/1

Still a maiden after 17 starts and she was below par in her two most recent outings on the AW at Dundalk and Cork before a promising fifth of 13 beaten 2L in a Curragh 7f handicap at the start of the month.

Form: 56-2805

(1)

Hitchcock^b¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: J A Heffernan| T: Barry J Murphy| OR: 66

33/1

Formerly with Kevin Ryan when a 65-rated handicapper. Possibly needed the run on first start back following a break since November, when well held at Leopardstown earlier this month.

Form: 70125-0

(18)

Avalanche³⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 9-9| J: Wayne Lordan| T: T J O'Mara| OR: 65| D

20/1

Not disgraced in three seasonal starts not beaten more than 5¼L on each occasion in decent sized handicap fields. Could be of interest.

Form: 348-402

(8)

Dream Focus³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 65

9/2

Good form of the yard continued over the weekend. This Intense Focus colt will be looking to build on a promising second behind Roibeard on Saturday when finishing over 4L clear of the rest of the 13-runner field.

Form: 5252

(9)

Guanabara Bay^b¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Declan McDonogh| T: A McGuinness| OR: 65

10/1

Frequent runner having his fourth start of the month. Consistent and game sort has finished behind useful types recently but likely to find one or two better handicapped sorts lurking.

Form: 2-15143

Non-Runners

(16)

Lyfka⁷⁰

Weight: 10-0| Age: 6

T: J Feane J: A J Farragher

Storm Ranger¹²

Weight: 9-8| Age: 6

T: P J Flynn J: Reserve 1

Tessonna⁸

Weight: 9-8| Age: 5

T: J P Ryan J: Reserve 2

Yamato⁶²

Weight: 9-8| Age: 5

T: M Halford J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Serefeli (4/1), Dream Focus (9/2), Keep Believing (11/2), Ace Of Diamonds (6/1), Try Again (10/1), Guanabara Bay (10/1), St Gallen (12/1), Delegating (12/1), Storm Ranger (14/1), Lady Nathaniel (16/1), Dinkum Diamond (20/1), Avalanche (20/1), Heart Of Gold (20/1), California Lad (22/1), Alfirak (25/1), Hitchcock (33/1), Flowerhill Nova (33/1), Lyfka (33/1), Yamato (33/1), Tessonna (33/1), Edification (50/1)

With the yard in such good form DREAM FOCUS is taken to build on a number of promising and solid starts since May to get off the mark here. The Jim Bolger-trained four-year-old was hampered at Roscommon last month before finishing behind Roibeard at Gowran Park on Saturday but over 4L clear of the rest of the 13-runner field. Keep Believing, Serefeli and Delegating can all hit the frame doing all their best work at the business end of proceedings.