20:45 Dundalk

Friday 27 September 2019

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Tapas & Cocktails At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (45-65) (Div 2)

Off time: 20:46 | Winning time: 2m 33.10s

(11)

Lady De Vesci⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 65| CD

6/1

Dundalk specialist who rarely runs a poor race at this track; has raced just once since January when well down the field in a Leopardstown handicap; looks one of the more likely types back on her favourite surface.

Form: 131-489

(6)

Waterboy^t⁸²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-13| J: Shane Foley| T: R Brabazon| OR: 64

5/2

Had been running some fair races in defeat until disappointing on latest start at Limerick in July; hard to assess after absence but every chance if fit and racing to his best form.

Form: 7-24750

(15)

One In All In^t¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Colin Keane| T: G O'Loughlin| OR: 62

8/1

Fair chaser and hurdler who only makes the very occasional appearance on the flat; best effort was back in 2016 so difficulties in assessing his chance; maybe the market will provide some clues.

Form: 65034/8-

(2)

Cagey³³³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-8| J: Robbie Colgan| T: N Slevin| OR: 59

50/1

Lightly raced maiden not seen out since 2018; needs to improve vastly on all known form to get serious here.

Form: 37/00-

(13)

Solar Heat^p¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 9-8| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 59| CD

16/1

Veteran dual purpose who did win over course and distance last year but does not look well handicapped at present and others easily preferred.

Form: 90/3116-

(14)

Ingleby Mackenzie^p,t⁶⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: Ross Coakley| T: E Doyle| OR: 54| D

12/1

Has been in better form than most of these on the flat and over hurdles; would not need to improve too much on his two latest runs at Ballinrobe to be a leading contender.

Form: 1-00050

(8)

Feisty Katerina⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Andrew Slattery⁽⁵⁾| T: A B Joyce| OR: 50

25/1

18-race maiden on turf the daughter of Vocalised finished well down the field on her latest start here last week. Hard to see why she will make the necessary improvement to go close.

Form: 002-000

(3)

Magi Gal^t⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: Siobhan Rutledge⁽¹⁰⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 57

6/1

Sprang a big surprise when winning at Navan earlier this month, running on well to lead on the line; followed up over 1m2f at this track latest; step up in trip may suit and certainly one to note.

Form: 780012

(7)

Power Drive²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 8-13| J: Declan McDonogh| T: C O'Brien| OR: 50

6/1

Has run respectably on all six starts here without really threatening to win. Liable to find a couple stronger once again.

Form: 245-840

(10)

Spanish Dawn^h,t⁵³

Age: 5| Weight: 8-11| J: Wayne Lordan| T: J C McConnell| OR: 48| C

8/1

Just one win from 18 starts but never seems to finish too far away; down a few more pounds in the handicap and looks to have solid each way claims.

Form: 540467

(9)

Utalkintomeboy^p1²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-8| J: N G McCullagh| T: T G McCourt| OR: 45

40/1

Very poor form throughout his career and impossible to make a case for from 7lb out of the weights.

Form: 7997-60

(17)

Wedding Photo^p¹⁰⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-8| J: Chris Hayes| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 45

20/1

Only made the frame once in nine starts and will find this a tough task racing from out of the handicap.

Form: 787-080

(4)

Doi Suthep^t²⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽¹⁰⁾| T: A Mullins| OR: 47

25/1

Relatively lightly raced and probably open to more improvement than most; would not need to improve too much to be battling for a place at the very least and certainly one to note in the betting.

Form: 06-080

Non-Runners

(12)

Crystal Pool¹²¹

Weight: 8-8| Age: 4

T: P Martin J: Killian Leonard

(5)

Realpolitik⁷³

Weight: 9-13| Age: 4

T: J J Hanlon J: Reserve 1

(1)

Slainte And Thanks¹³

Weight: 8-8| Age: 7

T: G Ahern J: Reserve 2

(16)

Wild Shot²⁷

Weight: 10-0| Age: 5

T: N C Kelly J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Waterboy (5/2), Wild Shot (4/1), Power Drive (6/1), Magi Gal (6/1), Lady De Vesci (6/1), Spanish Dawn (8/1), One In All In (8/1), Ingleby Mackenzie (12/1), Slainte And Thanks (12/1), Solar Heat (16/1), Realpolitik (16/1), Wedding Photo (20/1), Doi Suthep (25/1), Feisty Katerina (25/1), Crystal Pool (25/1), Utalkintomeboy (40/1), Cagey (50/1)

In what looks a fairly dire race to close proceedings, a chance is taken with DOI SUTHEP who will not jump out as an obvious candidate but he does have the advantage of two decent recent runs. He met trouble in running last time out at Navan and had previously been doing his best work in the closing stages at Gowran Park. Magi Gal ran the best race of her career in defeat last time out at this track and a repeat of that performance over this extra distance should see her holding every chance in the closing stages. Ingleby Mackenzie has run well enough on his latest two starts to suggest he could run a fair race of today's weight.