15:50 Limerick

Saturday 29 December 2018

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Irish Field Flat Race

Off time: 15:50 | Winning time: 4m 48.50s

Active Force³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr M J O'Hare⁽³⁾| T: N Meade

15/8

Purchased for £165,000 at the sales subsequent to winning lone point-to-point. Well held against some smart sorts to date but should be popular in the market for leading owners.

Form: 1/4-23

Castle North²²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr W J Gleeson⁽⁷⁾| T: W P Mullins| BF

5/2

Beaten in three career bumper starts to date but has been given plenty of time since last run in May. Worth a market check.

Form: F/22-8

Delaney's Cross^t1

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr L J McGuinness⁽⁷⁾| T: S J Mahon

50/1

Gelding by Stowaway out of an Accordion mare. €16,000 as a three-year-old and probably best watched on debut with tongue-tie already fitted.

Form:

Imperial Grey³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: R Deegan| T: P Hennessy

25/1

Cost €70,000 as a three-year-old but things obviously haven't panned out as first planned. Left Willie Mullins after just one start last December and was tailed off 12-months later at Down Royal recently on stable debut. Hard to recommend.

Form: 6-7

Latest Exhibition

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: P Nolan

16/1

Oscar gelding out of a Supreme Leader mare. Worth a check in the market from a yard who have a decent return at this meeting in the last three years.

Form:

Osmotic

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Ms L O'Neill| T: G Elliott

9/2

Cost €60,000 as a three-year-old. Gelding by Fracas out of a Accordion mare is likely to be popular in the market for leading bumper owner/trainer/jockey combination.

Form:

Western Doyen

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: V T O'Brien

20/1

Unraced Doyen gelding out of a Kahyasi mare. Probably best left from a yard without success in ten bumpers starts this term.

Form:

Fiddlerontheroof²⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr H C Swan⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Walsh

12/1

Stowaway gelding out of a Montjeu mare. Cost €38,000 as a three-year-old but has shown little ability in a couple of point-to-point starts to date.

Form: 4-5

Heroes Of Renown

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr J W Hannon⁽⁷⁾| T: J Motherway

11/2

Beneficial gelding out of a Presenting mare. Cost €140,000 as a three-year-old the half-brother to Death Duty is worth a check in the betting on debut.

Form:

Urban Cruiser

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr J J Clifford⁽⁷⁾| T: J O Clifford

33/1

Unraced gelding by Getaway out of a Supreme Leader mare. Yard not renowned for their bumper runners and others look more convincing in this contest.

Form:

Linda's Dreams³¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J Williams⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Neill

66/1

Daughter of Stowaway out of a Supreme Leader mare. Last of nine on debut in a Thurles bumper when last seen in February and easily dismissed here.

Form: 9-

Forecasts

Active Force (15/8), Castle North (5/2), Osmotic (9/2), Heroes Of Renown (11/2), Fiddlerontheroof (12/1), Latest Exhibition (16/1), Western Doyen (20/1), Imperial Grey (25/1), Urban Cruiser (33/1), Delaney's Cross (50/1), Linda's Dreams (66/1)

HEROES OF RENOWN can land a shock in the closer. The Beneficial gelding cost €140,000 as a three-year-old and the half-brother of Death Duty can hold off the attentions of the Willie Mullins-trained Castle North and the two Gigginstown House Stud-owned, Active Force and half-brother to Fauheen, Osmotic.