20:20 Roscommon

Monday 19 August 2019

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Sean Cleary Memorial Handicap (45-70)

Off time: 20:21 | Winning time: 2m 50.18s

(8)

Vitudurum^h1²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 70| D

16/1

Distance winner on debut but yet to follow that up. First time hood unlikely to bring about the required amount of improvement needed to play a role here.

Form: 104-80

(7)

Mandamus¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: Ms H Mooney| T: Mrs A Mooney| OR: 69| D

50/1

Thrown in at the deep end on return to action at the Galway festival earlier this month following a 332 day break. Profile suggests he is worth taking on again.

Form: 0/7500-7

(11)

Tomahawk Kid⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Katelyn Young⁽¹⁰⁾| T: L Young| OR: 67

25/1

Winner of three of his 23 Flat starts on turf. Not disgraced in a couple of starts since June but likely to find a couple of better handicapped sorts lurking on the card.

Form: 50-P558

(12)

Adnap³⁰³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: C D Maxwell⁽³⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 65

8/1

Lightly raced son of Casamento comes in on stable debut for his first start since a gelding operation. Possibly best watched unless the market suggests otherwise.

Form: 60/8-

(13)

Dromana¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: A J Slattery⁽⁵⁾| T: J M Oxx| OR: 65| BF

7/2

Frustrating sort, beaten favourite on each of her last three starts following a first win at Limerick in June off a 6lb lower mark. Rates a leading contender once again.

Form: 321329

(6)

Greenpanda^v²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Ben Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 64| BF| CD

4/1

C&D winner running well in defeat in a number of starts since returning to action in June. Completed a hat-trick of runner-up finishes in a Tramore 1m4f handicap on Saturday. Deserves a change in fortune.

Form: 0-45222

(10)

Machiavelli^b⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: James J Doyle| T: D Hogan| OR: 63

10/1

Blotted a decent looking copy book at Ayr recently, but overall efforts over similar trips entitles the gelding a place on the shortlist.

Form: 343259

(18)

Bruinneall^b1¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: Rory Cleary| T: T Cleary| OR: 61

20/1

Improving sort, posted another bold effort in a Sligo 1m2f claimer earlier this month. 13-race maiden on turf needs first-time blinkers to spark further improvement.

Form: 933405

(4)

All Body And Soul²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-4| J: Ronan Whelan| T: T Collins| OR: 60| D

8/1

14-race maiden on turf with the High Chaparral geldings three wins coming on the AW. Best watched in this occasion needing a few to falter.

Form: 8-90545

(15)

Military Hill^v¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Robbie Colgan| T: P Stafford| OR: 58

14/1

Has four wins to his name but the Majestic Missile gelding is yet to taste victory in 23 handicap starts. Can give a decent account without threatening the main protagonists.

Form: 0-50230

(3)

Byron Beauty²

Age: 11| Weight: 9-1| J: Chris Hayes| T: H Rogers| OR: 57

33/1

Veteran, winner of two of her 48 Flat starts on turf. Difficult to make a case for following her sixth of seven well beaten at Tramore on Saturday, her first run for 12 months.

Form: 07805-6

(17)

Universal Focus^b⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 9-1| J: W J Lee| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 57| D

13/2

Running well in defeat in a number of starts since June. Entitled to have designs on prize money now the Intense Focus gelding is running 1lb lower than last winning mark.

Form: 5-72254

(9)

Ard Na Carraig^b,t²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-0| J: S Foley| T: O McKiernan| OR: 56

16/1

13-race maiden who has hit the frame on just one occasion in 12 Flat starts on turf. Another in the field to run at Tramore on Saturday and needs to improve on recent starts to take a hand here.

Form: 26/57-66

(19)

Navajo Ridge^b,t¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: Colin Keane| T: G Keane| OR: 55

7/1

Six-race maiden, ran well in defeat finishing fourth of 14 beaten 5½L at the Galway festival over 1m4f earlier this month. Others hold stronger claims.

Form: 49-9884

(1)

Coasting Along¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: L F Roche| T: J H Scott| OR: 52

50/1

Lightly raced maiden, well held in a number of dismal efforts on the Flat since May. Beaten 17L finishing 10th of 12 on latest start and remains easy to oppose.

Form: 790

(2)

Ringo Kid^p,t¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: K J Leonard| T: Mrs O Byrne| OR: 52

20/1

18-race maiden, still looking for breakthrough success in 15 starts on turf. Encouraging effort at Leopardstown earlier this month but requires first-time cheekpieces to work some magic here.

Form: 0/53258

Non-Runners

(16)

Aasleagh Fawn²

Weight: 8-10| Age: 4

T: G P Cromwell J: Reserve 1

(14)

Steelyeyed²⁴

Weight: 8-9| Age: 5

T: P Martin J: Reserve 2

(5)

Kelter's Dawn¹⁶⁸

Weight: 8-9| Age: 6

T: A J Martin J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Aasleagh Fawn (5/2), Dromana (7/2), Greenpanda (4/1), Universal Focus (13/2), Navajo Ridge (7/1), All Body And Soul (8/1), Adnap (8/1), Machiavelli (10/1), Military Hill (14/1), Vitudurum (16/1), Ard Na Carraig (16/1), Ringo Kid (20/1), Bruinneall (20/1), Tomahawk Kid (25/1), Byron Beauty (33/1), Steelyeyed (33/1), Mandamus (50/1), Coasting Along (50/1), Kelter's Dawn (150/1)

Another bold show, can be expected, from the tough, gutsy and genuine, GREENPANDA in the closing race as the daughter of Jeremy looks to capitalise on a solid number of performances in the last two months. The mare can add to her win here in September holding off any challenge she may get from the likes of the John Oxx-trained Dromana and Universal Focus who is now 1lb lower than last winning mark.