20:30 Dundalk

Wednesday 30 October 2019

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Crowne Plaza Hotel Dundalk Handicap (45-65)

3YO plus | 1m 4f | 14 Runners | Polytrack | Weighed In

Off time: 20:30 | Winning time: 2m 33.88s

(2)

Cache Queen⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Colin Keane| T: A McGuinness| OR: 64| BF| C

13/8

Winner over 1m2½f here last month off a short break and two solid placed efforts since; workable mark and stays this far so no reason not to be in the mix.

Form: 076132

(17)

Comporta²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: M P Sheehy⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 60

33/1

Winner over 1m2½f here last month off a short break and two solid placed efforts since; workable mark and stays this far so no reason not to be in the mix.

Form: 33033-7

(4)

Watchman^b,t¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 57| BF

7/2

Winner over 1m2½f here last month off a short break and two solid placed efforts since; workable mark and stays this far so no reason not to be in the mix.

Form: 877333

(12)

Mademoiselle Penny²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: Ben Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Flynn| OR: 55| BF| C| D

8/1

Experienced mare, won here in 2015, most recent Flat form isn't convincing and failed to building on promising hurdles bow in August with two lesser efforts since.

Form: 48-0534

(7)

National Identity^t⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-2| J: K J Manning| T: J S Bolger| OR: 58

10/1

Nine-race maiden on turf, runner-up over 1m2f at Naas in August but that essentially a standout showing amid some poor form. Makes Polytrack debut now with yard in form.

Form: 027970

(13)

Sharjah^v¹⁰⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 9-2| J: A J Slattery⁽⁵⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 52| CD

10/1

Nine-race maiden on turf, runner-up over 1m2f at Naas in August but that essentially a standout showing amid some poor form. Makes Polytrack debut now with yard in form.

Form: 626359

(15)

Tracing^b²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-13| J: J A Heffernan| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 55

12/1

Galileo filly, regressive on turf after nine runs and now makes switch to Polytrack with improvement to find. Respected connections.

Form: 063700

(10)

Flying¹³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: P B Beggy| T: A P O'Brien| OR: 54

20/1

Galileo filly, regressive on turf after nine runs and now makes switch to Polytrack with improvement to find. Respected connections.

Form: 0-08

(11)

Ally Cay²¹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: C D Maxwell⁽³⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 53

25/1

Only win so far came over 1m at Bellewstown in July, has to prove stamina for this trip before becoming of interest.

Form: 107730

(16)

Cliara^h,t¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 8-10| J: Rory Cleary| T: J C McConnell| OR: 52

16/1

Maiden, stayed on from the rear over 1m2½f here earlier in the month, an improved effort. Will have to dig out some more upped in trip but could be possible.

Form: 449775

(8)

Brokopondo³³

Age: 7| Weight: 8-9| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁹⁾| T: C Cannon| OR: 45| CD

25/1

C&D winner with plenty miles on the clock and no success since 2017. Slowly away over C&D last month on return from a break, will need to be sharper.

Form: 750706

(1)

Caronda⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 8-9| J: Nathan Crosse⁽⁵⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 45

25/1

Aussie Rules filly with patchy record in 12 starts; she did run her best race over C&D but remains a tough one to trust and 5lb wrong on these terms.

Form: 860900

(6)

Easy Boy^p,t⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 8-9| J: C P Hoban| T: P Martin| OR: 45| CD

12/1

Aussie Rules filly with patchy record in 12 starts; she did run her best race over C&D but remains a tough one to trust and 5lb wrong on these terms.

Form: 66-7094

(9)

Jess's Corner⁵³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-4| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 46

33/1

Lightly-raced turf maiden will almost certainly need to improve to get in the frame on Polytrack debut.

Form: 60700

Non-Runners

(5)

Dayereh⁴⁰

Weight: 8-9| Age: 5

T: M M McNiff J: Reserve 1

(14)

Paistiul¹⁹

Weight: 8-9| Age: 3

T: J S Bolger J: Reserve 2

(3)

Spelga¹⁹

Weight: 8-7| Age: 3

T: M Halford J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Cache Queen (13/8), Watchman (7/2), Mademoiselle Penny (8/1), Sharjah (10/1), National Identity (10/1), Paistiul (10/1), Spelga (10/1), Tracing (12/1), Easy Boy (12/1), Cliara (16/1), Flying (20/1), Ally Cay (25/1), Caronda (25/1), Brokopondo (25/1), Dayereh (25/1), Comporta (33/1), Jess's Corner (33/1)

Aidan O'Brien doesn't tend to have a lot of 54-rated handicappers but the Ballydoyle supremo scored with something similar here recently and so it would be unwise to overlook FLYING. The Galileo filly hasn't done much in maidens but, on breeding, she should have plenty to offer now handicapping in this company. Cache Queen and Watchman arrive here in good form while Comporta has some British AW form that makes him interesting switched to this venue having been brought down on stable bow for Shark Hanlon on Monday.