21:00 Dundalk

Friday 12 October 2018

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Crowne Plaza Leading Jockey & Trainer Championship Handicap (45-65)

Off time: 21:01 | Winning time: 2m 15.14s

(12)

Brokopondo¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-12| J: D W O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: J F Levins| OR: 61| CD

12/1

C&D winner who has been a little out of form over the summer suffering a couple of heavy defeats including here last month.

Form: 600080

(14)

Noble Intention^p²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Robbie Colgan| T: A J Martin| OR: 59| C

16/1

Winner of three of his 20 starts here but is now racing 15lb lower than his last winning mark. Any market move should be monitored.

Form: 307988

(5)

Sleepy Head^h²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Ben Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Flynn| OR: 59| CD

3/1

C&D winner and successful in two of her eight starts here. Back below last winning mark - 4lb - and has conditions to suit in this contest.

Form: 504234

(3)

Military Hill^b¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Shane Foley| T: A McGuinness| OR: 57

5/1

Won a couple of claimers at Ballinrobe during the summer but held back in a couple of handicaps before getting on the board again in a Hamilton handicap over 1m½f last month. Leading player on another solid run at Navan latest.

Form: 115612

(11)

Easy Boy^t,v¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 9-7| J: Ross Coakley⁽³⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 56| C

8/1

Winner of two of his 27 starts at this venue and caught the eye here on return last month when finishing fourth of 14. Enters calculations here.

Form: 502404

(7)

Belle Free^h¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 57

25/1

Well beaten on her sole start here over 12-months ago. Nothing of note since and hard to fancy in this company.

Form: 8-96600

(1)

Power Drive²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Declan McDonogh| T: C O'Brien| OR: 57

10/1

Finished sixth of 13 well beaten over 8L here last month. Will need to raise overall performance to land a blow here.

Form: 071796

(2)

Song Cito^p1⁵⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: D A McCormack⁽⁵⁾| T: N Lawlor| OR: 51

25/1

Not much to shout about in three starts here last season and on a run at Gowran Park in August. First time cheekpieces less likely to bring about the required amount of progression needed to land a blow here.

Form: 750-0

(10)

Shelbe¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Colin Keane| T: S Wilson| OR: 50| CD

10/1

C&D winner who has a number of conditions in her favour here but is liable to find one or two better handicapped in this contest.

Form: 053868

(9)

Lady De Vesci¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 49

5/1

Seven-race maiden who has been running well in defeat and can hit the frame here for yard that have a 52% win and place strike rate in early/mid October at the track.

Form: 895435

(4)

Cristal Icon⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Gary Halpin| T: T Mullins| OR: 45

22/1

Has produced a number of laboured runs over the summer including a couple of defeats at the venue. Looks opposable.

Form: 0-00090

(6)

Dreams Of Winter³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Chris Hayes| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 45

20/1

Promise in second of three races for current yard but otherwise little to shout about in her career including a 9L defeat at Gowran Park earlier this month. Others hold stronger profiles.

Form: 00-8508

(13)

Marino Marvel^v¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: Killian Leonard⁽³⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 45

20/1

Running well in defeat here over C&D around the turn of the year and finished 6¾L adrift of Park Row here last month. Not ruled out but a couple of below par runs to shake off.

Form: 23-2099

(8)

Lorente^h¹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-6| J: Rory Cleary| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 45

25/1

Performance rates have dwindled since debut run at Listowel over 12-months ago. Others appear to be progressing at a quicker rate.

Form: 508-88

Non-Runners

Jessamine¹⁰

Weight: 8-13| Age: 6

T: P J Flynn J: Reserve 1

Queluz¹³

Weight: 10-2| Age: 5

T: J Geoghegan J: Reserve 2

Mountain Fox³⁷⁸

Weight: 9-7| Age: 5

T: F Oakes J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Sleepy Head (3/1), Lady De Vesci (5/1), Military Hill (5/1), Easy Boy (8/1), Power Drive (10/1), Shelbe (10/1), Mountain Fox (10/1), Brokopondo (12/1), Jessamine (14/1), Queluz (14/1), Noble Intention (16/1), Dreams Of Winter (20/1), Marino Marvel (20/1), Cristal Icon (22/1), Lorente (25/1), Belle Free (25/1), Song Cito (25/1)

In a weak looking closing race of the evening it may pay to be on the side of course form, which will benefit C&D winner SLEEPY HEAD who is back to 4lb below her last winning mark and has conditions to suit in this contest. Course winner Easy Boy, can improve for his run here last month while Brokopondo can go well for his 5lb claimer, Donagh O'Connor and hit the frame.