19:45 Dundalk

Friday 15 March 2019

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BarOneRacing.com Dual Race Night Friday 29th March Handicap (45-65)

Off time: 19:46 | Winning time: 1m 27.19s

(10)

Bluesbreaker^t²⁰¹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-12| J: Gary Carroll| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 63| CD

20/1

Winner of two of his 19 starts at this venue but missing from the track since August when well beaten at the Curragh. Looks opposable.

Form: 254380-

(12)

Ken's Sam's^p⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: S Foley| T: A McGuinness| OR: 61| C

9/2

Beaten 2L when finishing seventh of 14 here over 6f earlier this month. Yard have a good record here in the last three years boasting a 31% win and place strike rate in the month of March. Should be a leading player.

Form: 0-61237

(5)

Fivehundredmiles¹¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: G M Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Lambe| OR: 60

33/1

Not won for over 18 months but was running off a mark of 79 at his best. Well held in a number of starts here towards the end of the year and hard to make a case for him on form to hand.

Form: 654000-

(6)

Latchet⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Luke McAteer⁽⁷⁾| T: J S Bolger| OR: 60| BF| C

10/3

Impressive figures over 1m winning here in January and hitting the frame on a further four occasions. Has hit the frame in one of her three starts over C&D and is one for the shortlist in this company.

Form: 20-1622

(3)

Crest Of A Wave²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-8| J: Declan McDonogh| T: C O'Brien| OR: 59| BF

14/1

Beaten favourite last time out when eased inside the final furlong to finish last of 12 over C&D last month. Improved effort would not surprise.

Form: 67-720

(11)

Blue Whisper^p⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Colin Keane| T: S Donohoe| OR: 57

9/1

Modest 67-rated handicapper for trainer James Eustace. Not disgraced but generally finds one or two better handicapped sorts in the field running over a variety of trips. Others make more appeal.

Form: 560-555

(14)

Pedro De Styles^t²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-5| J: Wayne Lordan| T: T J O'Mara| OR: 56

13/2

Well held in three starts on turf before a promising sixth of 14 beaten 2L on AW debut over C&D in November. Plenty to like about his most recent run in February and looks open to plenty of improvement.

Form: 0976-04

(8)

Very Smart^h²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: K J Leonard⁽³⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 55| D

16/1

Distance winner of a Down Royal handicap last summer and ran a couple of decent races in defeat over C&D since. Well held on latest start last month and needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 510-430

(9)

Northern Surprise⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-3| J: Emma Louise Doyle⁽¹⁰⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 54| CD

16/1

Two from 10 over C&D, ran well in defeat when finishing 2½L adrift of Cappadocia over the combination last month. Encouraging run over 1m here last time out and hold place claims in this contest.

Form: 69-1074

(7)

Zeb City^t1²²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: J A Heffernan| T: A Murray| OR: 54

16/1

Had a strange three-year-old season with attempts at everything from 5f to 1m2f. Placed in one of his two starts over C&D back in September 2017 and looks opposable on first run since August.

Form: 384000-

(13)

Flojo^p1³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: D N Curran⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J G Coogan| OR: 51

50/1

Four race maiden who is yet to start at odds less than 33/1. First time cheekpieces unlikely to bring about the required amount of improvement needed to play a role here.

Form: 909/7

(1)

Hey Pretty^b²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Ben Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 49| D

10/1

Distance winner who has finished runner-up over C&D in two of his last five visits, beaten less than 1L on both occasions. Disappointed over 7f last month and others preferred for win purposes.

Form: 020-249

(4)

Iseebreeze²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-12| J: Nathan Crosse⁽⁷⁾| T: A Mulholland| OR: 49

13/2

Plenty to like about her most recent start over C&D when finishing second of 12 beaten a head behind Amazing One last month on handicap debut. Entitled to be in the mix.

Form: 788-72

(2)

Three Majors^h,v²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: A J Slattery⁽⁷⁾| T: A McCann| OR: 47| CD

10/1

Consistent sort who is rarely disgraced in runs here over a variety of trip. C7D winner of one of his 14 starts here and likely to find a couple stronger in the finish once again.

Form: 84-3075

Non-Runners

Takeachancejimmy¹⁷⁴

Weight: 8-9| Age: 5

T: N Slevin J: Reserve 1

Burren View Lady²⁸

Weight: 9-12| Age: 9

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 2

Conversant²⁸

Weight: 9-12| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Latchet (10/3), Ken's Sam's (9/2), Iseebreeze (13/2), Pedro De Styles (13/2), Blue Whisper (9/1), Hey Pretty (10/1), Three Majors (10/1), Crest Of A Wave (14/1), Very Smart (16/1), Northern Surprise (16/1), Zeb City (16/1), Bluesbreaker (20/1), Burren View Lady (20/1), Conversant (20/1), Fivehundredmiles (33/1), Takeachancejimmy (33/1), Flojo (50/1)

Jockey Luke McAteer gets another chance to get the head of LACHET in from following a couple of close calls recently. The drop in trip for the mare could be a positive as she attempts to get back to winning ways for trainer Jim Bolger. Iseebreeze, second of 12 over C&D last month and Ken's Sam's for the Adrian McGuinness yard can fill the places.