17:55 Downpatrick

Saturday 15 June 2019

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Down Time Festival (Ladies Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 17:55 | Winning time: 4m 42.30s

Arakan Quest¹¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Miss T Quail⁽⁷⁾| T: B R Hamilton

12/1

Gelding by Arakan out of a Medaaly mare. Half-brother to chase winner Redmond. Sixth of 17 in a February point-to-point and likely to come on for debut run under rules.

Form: 6-

Gone Racing³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Ms H Mooney⁽⁷⁾| T: K Purcell

25/1

Out of luck in a couple of point-to-point starts since March and subsequently brought down on hurdling debut at the second in a Clonmel maiden last month. Looks a long term prospect.

Form: U8-B

Jakoby^b¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Miss M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: N Meade

7/2

Gelding by Frozen Fire out of a Acatenango mare. Improved performance when finishing third of 11 beaten 6¼L in a Kilbeggan 2m bumper earlier this month. More than capable of a big run here for respected connections.

Form: 9-43

Santana Plessis²⁹

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

1/1

Beaten favourite on his fourth bumper start at Kilbeggan last month, finishing second of nine over 2m. Overall efforts have been positive and this Saints Des Saints gelding looks a solid option.

Form: 3/28-2

Three Is Company⁹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Miss Georgie Benson⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

4/1

Gelding by Mahler out of a Bach mare. Has moved for €11,000 as as three-year-old and £20,000 as a five-year-old. Market likely to reveal expectations on debut.

Form: 72-

Maine Danger^v1²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Miss M Fortune⁽⁷⁾| T: N Slevin

33/1

Modest form in the point-to-point ranks and on a couple of dismal bumper starts. Runs in first-time visor but is unlikely to be playing a part at the business end of proceedings.

Form: P32F-P6

Orena Bay²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Ms K Ferris⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Bryson

14/1

Not disgraced in a couple of maiden hurdle spins here last month but is possibly best watched reverting back to bumpers, unless the market suggests otherwise.

Form: 0-74

Stowaway Sarah¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy

15/2

Will have disappointed connections on return to action at Ballinrobe last month following a couple of promising starts last summer. Others look open to more improvement.

Form: 9/43-5

Forecasts

Santana Plessis (1/1), Jakoby (7/2), Three Is Company (4/1), Stowaway Sarah (15/2), Arakan Quest (12/1), Orena Bay (14/1), Gone Racing (25/1), Maine Danger (33/1)

The trainer/jockey combination of Gordon Elliott and Lisa O'Neill can land the closing race of the day with the Saint Des Saints gelding, SANTANA PLESSIS. The five-year-old can getoff the mark for connections at the fifth attempt at the expense of stablemate, Three Is Company and the Noel Meade-trained potential improver, Jakoby.