16:45 Galway

Tuesday 18 September 2018

All16:1516:4517:1517:4518:1518:4519:15

Donnellys Of Barna Rated Race

Off time: 16:47 | Winning time: 1m 57.52s

(11)

Dream Walker^t¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 9-11| J: Chris Hayes| T: J P Fahey| OR: 87| C

5/1

Yet to win in five starts since moving from Brian Ellison but goes well here and has many conditions to suit running 3lb below last winning mark.

Form: 0-97590

(4)

Tony The Gent²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 87| CD

8/1

Fine stable servant winning three of his 21 starts, while hitting the frame on a further eight occasion. C&D winner now racing 6lb below last winning mark.

Form: 252247

(8)

Wentwood⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: Ben Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: D K Weld| OR: 87

16/1

Good ground maiden winner at Listowel in June before a couple of defeats since. Better than his last run suggests but needs to improve here.

Form: 7120

(9)

Escamillo^t1¹⁰⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: D O'Brien| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 85

7/1

Struggling in three starts since March and first time tongue-tie unlikely to bring about the required amount of improvement needed to play a role here.

Form: 91-344

(5)

Great Grey¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: N G McCullagh| T: L Comer| OR: 85

12/1

Has shown plenty of promise in a couple of handicap starts since June including when finishing 5L adrift of Thiswaycadeaux at Roscommon earlier this month. Liable to find one or two quicker.

Form: 51494

(13)

Georgian Bay²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 9-4| J: Rory Cleary| T: A McGuinness| OR: 79

33/1

Has failed to build on a promising run in a Curragh 7f handicap on good ground in July, finishing down the field in a number of below-par starts since last month.

Form: 365560

(6)

No Education^p¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: S M Crosse⁽⁷⁾| T: J Feane| OR: 78

10/1

Sole win came when trained in France as a two-year-old over three years ago. Well down the field in a series of disappointing displays since March and others preferred.

Form: 606-608

(10)

Onlyhuman¹³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Declan McDonogh| T: E Lynam| OR: 76| D

7/1

Has show glimpses of returning to the form of 12-months ago with a couple of encouraging spins at Limerick and Cork when last seen in May. Could be capable of having his say in this company.

Form: 1250-24

(7)

Beckwith Place⁴⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: Ronan Whelan| T: T Collins| OR: 78

7/1

Won a 7f Tipperary maiden in May only to disappoint at the Galway festival when upped in trip. Market likely to reveal expectations.

Form: 4-18

(2)

Escapability^p⁶³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: C O'Donoghue| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 78

10/1

Something claearly wrong on his most recent run at Killarney in June - possible good ground - but the three-year-old is better than that run suggests.

Form: 6-32526

(1)

Implement²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: S Foley| T: K J Condon| OR: 78

5/1

By Holy Roman Emperor out of a Stephen Got Even mare. Didn't disappoint on debut winning a 7½f Roscommon maiden last month. Another bold show looks likely.

Form: 1

(3)

Talk Now^p¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: A J Slattery⁽⁷⁾| T: G Webb| OR: 47

100/1

Nine-race maiden with four defeats coming when in the care of Ger Lyons. Well held here in August and this looks another tall order.

Form: 347007

(12)

Vocal Music⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 79

10/1

Solid and consistent in three starts recently including over this trip earlier this month at Naas when 3L down on Raphael. Remains open to improvement.

Form: 3-25124

Non-Runners

(14)

Chiavari⁶

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: Miss Ellmarie Holden J: Sean Davis

Forecasts

Dream Walker (5/1), Implement (5/1), Onlyhuman (7/1), Beckwith Place (7/1), Escamillo (7/1), Tony The Gent (8/1), Escapability (10/1), No Education (10/1), Vocal Music (10/1), Chiavari (10/1), Great Grey (12/1), Wentwood (16/1), Georgian Bay (33/1), Talk Now (100/1)

Stable stalwart TONY THE GENT won over C&D at the 2016 festival off a 2lb higher mark and there is no reason why the well-drawn five-year-old cannot pick up the winning thread once again here. Dream Walker has been running his usual gallant races in defeat since May but is always susceptible to one or two in these type of contests. Potential improver Onlyhuman is more than capable of worrying the main protagonists here while J J Feane's No Education can go well at a price.