17:20 Gowran Park

Monday 14 October 2019

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Gowran Park Golf Memberships For 2020 Handicap

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 3m 25.2s

Monotype¹⁷⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: G M Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 96| BF

50/1

Has been hurdling and chasing of late and has not raced on the Flat for three years; hard to accurately assess his chances here but has been fairly consistent in the jumping sphere of late.

Form: 52261P/

Contrapposto³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: Adrian O'Shea⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs A M O'Shea| OR: 81

25/1

Just a maiden win to his name to date and that came back in 2016. Has run well in defeat over several different trips this year but clearly comes with risks attached given his strike-rate.

Form: 359440

Noble Expression^v⁵¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Darragh O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: R K Watson| OR: 81| D

28/1

Three Flat wins from 15 starts but the Sir Percy gelding is still looking for his breakthrough success in six starts on turf; disappointing once again last time out at Killarney; hard to get excited about.

Form: 010444

Tirmizi^h,t⁸⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 79

25/1

Ran some fair races in spring before going off the boil by July; returns here fresh and may just needs this before getting back into the groove.

Form: 132664

Father Ailbe⁴⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: A J Slattery⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 72

28/1

A couple of fair efforts over hurdles followed a decent performance over 1m4f at the Galway festival in August; one to note and could be of particular interest if the money is down.

Form: 31230-2

Vitudurum^h⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-1| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 67

8/1

Sole win on turf came in a Listowel maiden over 1m4f on his racecourse debut over 12 months ago; decent recent effort at Thurles four days ago and interesting he is turned out again so quickly; interesting contender.

Form: 805553

Smart Living⁸⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 66

25/1

Lightly-raced colt who has put in a few decent performances in his short career notably at Down Royal on his second start; open to plenty of improvement and difficult to assess at present.

Form: 435

Universal Focus^b¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-13| J: W J Lee| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 65

16/1

Very conssitent and likable gelding who put in one of his better performances over this trip on his penultimate start at Navan; a repeat of that would very much put him in the firing line.

Form: 543130

Pasley^t¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: D O'Brien| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 71| BF

7/4

Great effort last time out at this track over and extended nine furlongs; interesting to see how he copes with the step up in trip but holds every chance if handles it.

Form: 0-042

Molly Kaye²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 8-11| J: N G McCullagh| T: S M Duffy| OR: 63

20/1

Failed to land a hat-trick at Galway following good wins at Tramore and Ballinrobe earlier in the summer; trip and ground no problem but looks a bit vulnerable at the weights.

Form: 023117

Harvest Bow⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Colin Keane| T: N Meade| OR: 69| BF| C

11/10

Only caught on the line four days ago at Thurles and if running up to the same level then she could be very hard to beat given the overall level of her form and general toughness.

Form: 23-6532

Liars Corner^p,t⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: Wayne Lordan| T: J C McConnell| OR: 62

16/1

Has been showing some progressive form of late and will handle the ground should it turn heavy; much to like about his recent attitude and one for the shortlist.

Form: 421325

Non-Runners

Royal Aide¹

Weight: 9-12| Age: 3

T: J P O'Brien J: Declan McDonogh

Forecasts

Harvest Bow (11/10), Pasley (7/4), Royal Aide (7/2), Vitudurum (8/1), Liars Corner (16/1), Universal Focus (16/1), Molly Kaye (20/1), Tirmizi (25/1), Smart Living (25/1), Contrapposto (25/1), Father Ailbe (28/1), Noble Expression (28/1), Monotype (50/1)

HARVEST BOW has been going from strength to strength of late and he is taken to get back to winning ways having only been caught close home last time out at Thurles. Another consistent type is Liars Corner and the gelding can take advantage of any chinks in the selection's armour given his liking for bottomless ground and his decent recent form. Vitudurum is another to consider and if running to the best of the form he should last year then he is a very interesting contender.