20:00 Dundalk

Wednesday 19 December 2018

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Fund Raising Made Easy At Dundalk Handicap (45-75)

Off time: 20:00 | Winning time: 2m 35.76s

(7)

Secret Wizard^t¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Robbie Colgan| T: S Lavery| OR: 75| C

7/1

Course winner with plenty placed form, including previous two starst here over 1m2½f. Should be in the mix again despite edging up in the ratings.

Form: 603022

(5)

Pedisnap¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: S M Crosse⁽⁵⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 74

3/1

Three from 12 on turf but without a win in eight starts here. Footstepsinthesand filly has gone close twice over 1m2½f recently and will be a player if seeing this trip out.

Form: 026924

(8)

Markhan^t⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Declan McDonogh| T: G Elliott| OR: 73

5/1

Ayr scorer over a mile in August and running well over hurdles since. Won a Punchestown charity race last month (1m7f, good) and has handled this surface in the past.

Form: 353172

(6)

Shadow Seven^b,t¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: Alan Persse⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 71| CD

9/4

Off the mark over C&D last month and scored again since over shorter trip. Lightly-raced sort, taken seriously despite the handicapper doling out another 8lb rise.

Form: 473311

(4)

Sharjah¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: Paddy Harnett⁽¹⁰⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 68| CD

20/1

Winner of no less than nine races here, three of them over this trip, the most recent of which came in March from a 4lb higher mark. Not at best in two recent starts here but never one to write off.

Form: 135509

(10)

Itsalonglongroad^h,t²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Colin Keane| T: J C McConnell| OR: 67

14/1

Caught the eye on AW debut here when finishing third of 10 beaten 1L behind Leaderboard in October over this trip. Both runs here since over shorter, could go better back up in distance.

Form: 053808

(14)

Earl Of Bunnacurry⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Gary Carroll| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 66| BF

14/1

Pair of AW wins in Britain last month, both off a mark of 52. Ran well last time at Southwell over a mile and can be competitive from current perch, though stamina is a concern.

Form: 991172

(3)

Attack At Dawn³³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Gary Halpin| T: K Prendergast| OR: 63

25/1

Six-race maiden who requires a chunk of improvement to play a role here having been well fended off last month on return from a break over shorter trip.

Form: 395579

(1)

Easy Pass^p1,t¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Emma Sara Holden⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 59

33/1

Poor 19-race maiden who will have disappointed connections with a series of dismal efforts to date. Makes little appeal.

Form: 5/85-460

(11)

Yamato^p¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-7| J: N G McCullagh| T: M Halford| OR: 54| C

33/1

Dual winner here over a mile (latest in September 2017) but comes here off a quartet of disappointing runs so far this winter and hard to recommend on form.

Form: 099970

(12)

Foza^t¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-5| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: P Byrne| OR: 52

50/1

Mare with very few miles on the clock, not disgraced in two maidens here recently over 1m-1m2½f, but surely must find a sizeable improvement now going handicapping.

Form: 775

(9)

Realtin Geal^t⁷⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Rory Cleary| T: J S Bolger| OR: 56

20/1

Lightly-raced filly, ran well here over a mile a year ago in one previous visit. Handicap mark has dropped 11lb since, unexposed over this trip and might have a challenge in her.

Form: 54-0830

(2)

Manomine⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 8-4| J: Killian Leonard⁽³⁾| T: R K Watson| OR: 51| D

20/1

Fairly modest handicapper these days with his last win coming in the summer of 2017. Well beaten at Newcastle four days ago over longer trip and 1-26 strike rate on the AW tells a tale.

Form: 3-80807

(13)

Lady Maritime²⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: Wayne Lordan| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 52

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden, shown very little in those outings and will need strong market vibes to suggest the required improvement is forthcoming on handicap bow.

Form: 050

Forecasts

Shadow Seven (9/4), Pedisnap (3/1), Markhan (5/1), Secret Wizard (7/1), Itsalonglongroad (14/1), Earl Of Bunnacurry (14/1), Sharjah (20/1), Manomine (20/1), Realtin Geal (20/1), Attack At Dawn (25/1), Yamato (33/1), Easy Pass (33/1), Foza (50/1), Lady Maritime (50/1)

Shadow Seven is thriving and should have more to offer but the handicapper has taken another swipe and an additional 8lb might tell now. Secret Wizard has twice finished second here over shorter recently and should go well up in journey, while Pedisnap has also knocked on the door lately and can do so again of handling the extended trip. Itsalonglongroad and Markhan are on the short list but perhaps the return here will perk REALTIN GEAL up. She ran well over a mile here last December in a nursery on her only visit and is on a potentially viable mark now.