15:10 Gowran Park

Saturday 22 September 2018

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Gowran Park Race

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 1m 41.59s

(2)

Tony The Gent⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 86| C| D

7/2

Fine stable servant winning three of his 21 starts, while hitting the frame on a further eight occasion. Course winner who has also won over the trip and is sure to give a good account of himself once again.

Form: 522475

(10)

Burning Question¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Gary Carroll| T: S Lavery| OR: 102| D

10/11

Winner of two of her last three starts and demolished a 12-runner field at Listowel earlier in the month winning a 1m handicap by 12L. Rated 11lb clear of anything else here and open to even more improvement.

Form: 6-32141

(9)

Drombeg Dream¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Shane Foley| T: A Leahy| OR: 91| D

10/1

Progression shown in the spring appears to have ground to a halt following heavy defeats at Tipperary and Listowel recently. Could be up against it here.

Form: 8-81069

(1)

So Long Marianne¹⁰⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: Billy Lee| T: W McCreery| OR: 81

12/1

Winner of a Naas maiden on racecourse debut in April before disappointing in a Listed contest at the same venue in May. Well held since and looks out of her depth in this company.

Form: 105

(3)

Chiavari¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Sean Davis⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss Ellmarie Holden| OR: 79

9/1

Winner on debut in France for Andre Fabre but has largely been disappointing for current connections in a couple of drab performances.

Form: 5240-63

(6)

Merited¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Wayne Lordan| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 71

50/1

Late developer, well beaten and no impression on her most recent disappointing starts at Leopardstown and Naas earlier this month. Looks a little vulnerable.

Form: 3508

(5)

Savitar¹²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger

50/1

Home-bred who has been well down the field in a couple of disappointing career starts to date. Others look more convincing at this level.

Form: 48

(7)

Venetian Rock²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| BF

10/1

Fastnet Rock colt. Half-brother to 6f winner Focus On Venice and winner up to 1m2f Vociferous Marina. Seventh of 18 beaten 5L on debut in a Curragh maiden last month. May struggle in this company but worth checking for any market movement.

Form: 7

(4)

Santorini Sun¹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Ben Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: W T Farrell| OR: 66

50/1

Broke her maiden on debut for Mick Channon but struggled in Group company subsequently including seven defeats for current connections. Slight promise last time here over C&D but more needed this time round.

Form: 346684

Non-Runners

(8)

North Face¹⁴

Weight: 9-7| Age: 3

T: A P O'Brien J: D O'Brien

Forecasts

Burning Question (10/11), North Face (2/1), Tony The Gent (7/2), Chiavari (9/1), Drombeg Dream (10/1), Venetian Rock (10/1), So Long Marianne (12/1), Merited (50/1), Savitar (50/1), Santorini Sun (50/1)

Facile 12L winner at the Listowel festival recently on soft to heavy ground, BURNING QUESTION can confirm her superiority and prove a difficult opponent with conditions in her favour here. The Aidan O'Brien colt North Face won on his only start at Navan earlier in the month and can prove the biggest danger if handling the heavy ground, while the gallant Tony The Gent can chase the pair home.