16:20 Wexford

Monday 28 October 2019

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Jim Whitty Memorial (C & G) (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 4m 0.3s

Axiomatic¹⁷⁸

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

7/2

Point-to-point winner who showed a little promise on both of his bumper outings last season; no reason why he should not have improved over the summer and holds a reasonable chance.

Form: F1/5-8

Battling Warrior¹⁷⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J J Codd| T: Jonathan Sweeney

5/4

Cost €15,000 as a three-year-old; brother to a couple of useful sorts including Avondhu Lady; no show on only racecourse appearance; entitled to improve and worth a market check.

Form: 6

Fortune Street⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: P Nolan

9/4

Ran well at Cork following a long absence from the track when finishing third of eight (front two well in command); should strip fitter here and holds every chance if making a little more progress.

Form: 76/2-3

Fuzzbuster³⁸⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J P Berry⁽⁷⁾| T: J A Berry

66/1

Nice enough pedigree and still time on his side; will probably have to wait a while for his first success based on his weak effort on racecourse debut at Clonmel earlier this month.

Form: P5/P7-

Michael's Pick¹¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr T J Love⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D A Love

50/1

Showed some promise on his debut at Roscommon in May but seemed to have regressed by the time he saw the racecourse again in July at the same track; hard to see him being good enough.

Form: 5PP-F50

Rathnure Ranger¹⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr T Hamilton⁽³⁾| T: R P Rath

20/1

Has only managed to complete one of his four point-to-point starts; difficult to assess and market may be the best guide.

Form: U4R-F

Snowpiercer²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D E Phelan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Queally

8/1

Placed twice in maiden point-to-point contests earlier this year; showed up for a long way on both his bumper starts to date; can improve on those eforts and looks one of the more likely types.

Form: P33-44

Stormy Watar⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: R A Berry⁽⁷⁾| T: J A Berry

66/1

Well held on all three bumper starts so far and is hard to recommend on current evidence.

Form: PP8-075

Forecasts

Battling Warrior (5/4), Fortune Street (9/4), Axiomatic (7/2), Snowpiercer (8/1), Rathnure Ranger (20/1), Michael's Pick (50/1), Stormy Watar (66/1), Fuzzbuster (66/1)

No obvious winner but a slight preference is given to FORTUNE STREET who has shown enough promise on his two latest runs to suggest he is up to winning a bumper sooner rather than later. He finished third last time out and should be able to progress. Axiomatic does not look the most obvious contender on paper but can be expected to have improved over the summer and hails from a top yard. Snowpiercer is slowly getting the hang of things and would not have to improve too much to get involved in this weak contest.