19:55 Gowran Park

Wednesday 8 May 2019

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Racing Again At Gowran Park 29th May Handicap (45-65) (Div 1)

Off time: 19:55 | Winning time: 1m 45.46s

(4)

Maunganui¹⁸⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Colin Keane| T: J P Fahey| OR: 62

14/1

Twelve-race maiden whose best efforts in 2018 came over further. Lost her way towards the end of 2018 and the headgear fitted to address the decline is omitted today.

Form: 570406-

(2)

Insane Bolt³^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 65| CD

5/2

Appreciated the step up to a mile to score over C&D on Sunday. Carries a 6lb penalty and reopposed by the second and third. Has come out best of the three in the draw here and should go close again.

Form: 00-041

(12)

Tember^t1²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: C D Maxwell⁽³⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 55

33/1

Sole win in 21 starts came in a 7f Leicester seller and he has barely beaten a rival in his last three outings. Stable in better form lately but remains hard to fancy.

Form: 47400-0

(9)

Ho Ho Bird²⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: C O'Donoghue| T: J M Oxx| OR: 65

20/1

Well bred Dark Angel filly. Ran a race full of promise on debut last year and on a fair opening mark based on it, however well held in three runs since and questions to answer on handicap debut.

Form: 50-00

(1)

Summer's Dream^h1³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-4| J: Chris Hayes| T: T Doyle| OR: 52

7/1

Hasn't really progressed and remains a maiden following ten starts. Ran he best race for a while at Clonmel on her reappearance but disappointing again since and hood tried today.

Form: 407-387

(16)

Delaire^t⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: Seamie Heffernan| T: N Dooly| OR: 50

50/1

Nearer last than first on latest three starts and soon under pressure on each occasion. Top rider taking over from claimers this time but still hard to fancy.

Form: 547/00-0

(14)

Gatsby Cap^p³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Andrew Slattery⁽⁷⁾| T: J A Stack| OR: 60| D

7/2

Dundalk winner missed the break here on Sunday when behind Insane Bolt and Meryems Way. Drawn wide again but sounder surface is a positive as he attempts to reverse placings.

Form: 785613

(6)

Mr Whoppit^t⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 8-11| J: Wayne Lordan| T: P J F Murphy| OR: 45

12/1

Nine-race maiden would come into calculations granted any deterioration in the ground. Met with trouble at the start last time and best judged on his strong finishing sixth at Leopardstown.

Form: 0830-69

(8)

Rise Again^b,t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: N G McCullagh| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 45

16/1

Without a win since landing a Naas maiden on her second start. Officially rated 41 now though and effectively 4lb out of the weights.

Form: 859-704

(10)

Tiernaur General^p³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: C P Hoban| T: H Rogers| OR: 45

25/1

Showed little in debut season but returned from a year off to finish fourth at Dundalk in December. Nearer last than first in two starts since and 4lb out of the handicap.

Form: 000/4-00

(3)

Champagne Terri¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: Leigh Roche| T: A Keatley| OR: 55

33/1

Poor form at big prices in a trio of maidens. Faces a tough task on handicap debut from her opening mark.

Form: 000

(13)

Meryems Way³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Killian Leonard⁽³⁾| T: P Martin| OR: 54| C

4/1

Has been much better lately around here lately and narrowly failed to follow up last month's success when going down by a neck to Insane Bolt on Sunday. That rival has again fared better in the draw, but she is 6lb better off.

Form: 0039-12

(15)

Force Of Cashen^h⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-5| J: Rory Cleary| T: P Croke| OR: 52

10/1

Looked a much better prospect on reappearance when encountering trouble early before staying on late to take fifth on handicap debut. Gets stronger handling today and improvement likely.

Form: 0005

Non-Runners

(11)

Gloria Thrillo³

Weight: 9-5| Age: 4

T: P Stafford J: Alan Persse

(7)

Bendzonic³¹

Weight: 9-2| Age: 3

T: D Hogan J: Ross Coakley

(5)

Quare Lucky⁹

Weight: 9-0| Age: 3

T: Peter Fahey J: Shane Foley

Forecasts

Insane Bolt (5/2), Gatsby Cap (7/2), Meryems Way (4/1), Summer's Dream (7/1), Force Of Cashen (10/1), Mr Whoppit (12/1), Maunganui (14/1), Rise Again (16/1), Ho Ho Bird (20/1), Bendzonic (20/1), Gloria Thrillo (20/1), Quare Lucky (20/1), Tiernaur General (25/1), Champagne Terri (33/1), Tember (33/1), Delaire (50/1)

Insane Bolt, Meryems Way and GATSBY CAP filled the first three places here on Sunday. The former has done better again with the draw but a 6lb penalty makes his task harder. Meryems Way has improved since getting softer ground but, with conditions here expected to be a shade quicker, the advantage may have swung in favour of the selection who was also hindered by uncharacteristically missing the break. Force Of Cashen was an eyecatcher on his return and Mr Whoppit is better than his last run so would be a threat in the event of rain.