15:05 Leopardstown

Saturday 19 October 2019

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Tote Supporting Irish Racing Since 1930 Handicap

Off time: 15:07 | Winning time: 1m 50.62s

(1)

Spanish Tenor^b⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Andrew Slattery⁽⁵⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 95| C| D

7/2

First time blinkers and switch to front running worked wonders when he trounced his rivals on heavy ground at Limerick a week ago. 11lb rise was to be expected but excellent claimer nullifies some of that and has to claims of quick follow up.

Form: 843891

(8)

Quizical¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: S M Crosse⁽⁵⁾| T: S Lavery| OR: 93| D

10/3

Not disgraced in a Group 3 last time but sole win was gained in 2017 and beaten off this mark plenty of times since.

Form: 684147

(5)

Fastar⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Gavin Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: G O'Leary| OR: 79| D

6/1

Used to go well on bad ground when with Brian Meehan. Was running well in the spring but not quite so good since returning from a break and others make more appeal.

Form: 842806

(6)

Ideal Pal¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Nathan Crosse⁽⁵⁾| T: M Mulvany| OR: 82| D

8/1

Rattled off a good ground hat-trick in the summer and ran right up to that form twice on soft ground this autumn but needs to bounce back from a rare poor run last time.

Form: 038328

(2)

Massa Lubrense^t²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁷⁾| T: J Geoghegan| OR: 79| D

4/1

Clear cut win in big field at The Curragh on penultimate start and better than shown last time when not getting a clear run at the same venue since. No surprise should he go well again here.

Form: 564315

(4)

Sagittarius Rising^h,t¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-10| J: R P Downey| T: J C McConnell| OR: 77

8/1

Running well on soft ground over 7f at present though has to prove he stays this far and just the one career victory that was gained over a year ago.

Form: 9-70524

(7)

Lusis Naturea¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 8-9| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Paul Traynor| OR: 76

8/1

Usually seen over much further and last run on turf was over 2m2f though trainer in good form and good young apprentice claims a valuable 10lb.

Form: 133526

(3)

Gee Rex^p,t1²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-8| J: C P Hoban| T: J C Hayden| OR: 78

25/1

Han't built on some fair efforts last season and not sure how good he is at present with stamina at this trip not assured either. Others make more appeal.

Form: 589608

Forecasts

Quizical (10/3), Spanish Tenor (7/2), Massa Lubrense (4/1), Fastar (6/1), Lusis Naturea (8/1), Ideal Pal (8/1), Sagittarius Rising (8/1), Gee Rex (25/1)

SPANISH TENOR isn't guaranteed to get an easy time up front but such was his dominance last week that he may be able to shrug off his weight rise .Massa Lubrense remains in good heart and is better than showed last time and along with Ideal Pal may give the selection most to do.