16:10 Gowran Park

Thursday 24 January 2019

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P.J. Foley Memorial Flat Race

Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 4m 12.8s

Blue Sari

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

15/8

Saddex gelding out of a Astarabad mare. Yard have a strong 30% strike rate with their bumper runners this season and the four-year-old is likely to be a warm order here.

Form:

Front View

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: J P O'Brien

13/8

Konig Turf gelding out of a Dom Alco mare representing leading owner. Market likely to reveal expectations on debut.

Form:

Little Saint

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

7/1

Morozov gelding out of a Carroll House mare. Yards last 16 national hunt runners have been beaten and are two from 22 with their bumper representatives this term.

Form:

Shinnecock¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr D Johnston⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Fitzgerald

66/1

Gelding by So You Think out of a Sinndar mare. Always in rear when never a factor finishing last of nine on debut at Naas earlier this month.

Form: 9

The Miser

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr N Gault⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Bryson

22/1

Gelding by Yeats out of a Callernish mare. Possibly best watched on debut, yard without a winner in five years and unlikely to play a part in the finish.

Form:

Thousand Tears

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J M Burke⁽⁷⁾| T: J M Burke

33/1

By the French-bred Recital out of a Rainbow Quest mare. Yard just one from 41 with their bumper runners in the last five years. Others preferred.

Form:

Whatsnotoknow

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: M F Morris

4/1

Mahler gelding out of a Bravefoot mare. Stables three most recent runners were all well beaten and yard are two from 34 this term. Others hold stronger profiles.

Form:

Non-Runners

Barnes Des Mottes

Weight: 11-7| Age: 4

T: Miss E Doyle J: Mr F Maguire

Walking Fame

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: T J Taaffe J: Mr Pat Taaffe

Forecasts

Front View (13/8), Blue Sari (15/8), Whatsnotoknow (4/1), Barnes Des Mottes (5/1), Walking Fame (13/2), Little Saint (7/1), The Miser (22/1), Thousand Tears (33/1), Shinnecock (66/1)

Possibly best to go with leading trainer/jockey in bumpers combination here with BLUE SARI expected to come in for plenty of support in the closer for trainer Willie Mullins and son Patrick on the Saddex gelding. The J P McManus-owned Front View could emerge as the biggest danger, while Barnes Des Mottes and the Mouse Morris-trained Whatsnottoknow look the best of the rest.