16:30 Gowran Park

Thursday 11 June 2020

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Kilkenny's Medieval Mile Handicap (45-65)

Off time: 16:32 | Winning time: 1m 42.94s

(16)

Absolute One Right¹¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: R Coakley| T: V C Ward| OR: 59

5/1

Requinto gelding gradually beginning to improve around the turn of the year in three starts on the AW at Dundalk, running between 6f and 1m. Still has a bit to prove.

Form: 886-456

(12)

Christines Angel¹¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 59

18/1

Daughter of Gutaifan out of a Iffraaj mare. Well beaten in a trio of maidens and looks up against it on handicap debut from what she's shown to date.

Form: 90-8

(15)

Jan Wellens²²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Colin Keane| T: G M Lyons| OR: 59

10/3

Sent off a big prices in three career starts in October last year before running accordingly on each occasion. Race at Leopardstown has produced a couple of winners, Nobel Prize/San Pedro, so could be of interest on handicap debut.

Form: 008-

(1)

Tommy The Hat⁹⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Robbie Colgan| T: D Broad| OR: 58

12/1

Colt by Camacho out of a Pivitol mare. Beaten a long way in each of his three starts. Showed improved form on handicap debut in February but poor in a claimer on latest start.

Form: 00-636

(2)

Sky God^t1²⁴⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: J A Heffernan| T: A J Martin| OR: 57

10/1

Tamayuz colt, cost €70,000 as a yearling. Tailed off in a trio of maidens. Drops back in trip on debut for new yard and can only be watched. Wears first-time tongue-tie.

Form: 098-

(13)

Dashing Diamond²⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: K K Hennessy⁽⁷⁾| T: M Hassett| OR: 55

40/1

Sent off at big prices on all five career starts between June and October last year before running accordingly on each occasion including a 27L defeat on latest start at this venue over 7f. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 70490-

(8)

Sweet Justice²³³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: N G McCullagh| T: T G McCourt| OR: 55

14/1

Yet to hit the fame in six career starts since the filly made her debut at Limerick 12 months ago, but the filly is better than a number of those runs suggest. Not one to put a line through.

Form: 569500-

(14)

Romann⁸³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-7| J: C P Hoban| T: P J Flynn| OR: 54

66/1

Holy Roman Emperor gelding out of a Grand Lodge mare. Yet to get within 10L of the winner on each of his three career starts so far running between 1m and 1m2½f. Needs to bounce back in a big way on turf debut.

Form: 908

(17)

Overtake^t1²¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 50| BF

11/1

Down the field, beaten over 10L on each of his three career turf starts so far. Well held on latest start on the AW at Dundalk when last seen in November. Needs a sizable amount of improvement to play a role here.

Form: 0009-

(11)

Shona Mea²³⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-3| J: S Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 50

9/2

Three-race maiden, well held on latest start at Naas over 6f in October.s in for consideration stepping up in trip on handicap debut. Yard have a 22% win and place strike rate in the last four years with their career and seasonal debutantes in June.

Form: 700-

(10)

Philly's Hope⁹⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-0| J: L F Roche| T: A McGuinness| OR: 47

20/1

Daughter of Camacho, well held on all five career starts on the AW at Dundalk when sent off at big prices - 50/1 latest. Plenty to prove on turf introduction based on polytrack exploits.

Form: 00009

(6)

Divine Celt²³⁶

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: K J Leonard| T: J J Murphy| OR: 45

20/1

Filly by Lawman. Yet to finish within 16L of the winner on each of her three career starts when in the hands of trainer Michael O'Callaghan. Plenty of questions to answer on handicap and stable debut.

Form: 000-

(3)

Impetuous²⁶²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: A J Slattery⁽⁵⁾| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 45

14/1

Daughter of Mayson out of a Mt. Livermore mare. Struggling in three career starts to date on turf and difficult to fancy on this occasion.

Form: 007-

(9)

Bo's Beech²⁹³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Rory Cleary| T: J M Barrett| OR: 45

28/1

First Reserve: By Power is a half-brother to 6f and 7f winner Lake George and 1m3f winner She's An Art. Well beaten over 20L on each of her three career starts to date and unlikely to improve dramatically on handicap debut.

Form: 000-

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 5p in the pound

Non-Runners

(18)

Golden Days⁹⁰

Weight: 10-0| Age: 3

T: T Collins J: Sean Davis

(4)

Miss Adventurous¹⁹⁵

Weight: 9-6| Age: 3

T: T Cooper J: Chris Hayes

(5)

Miss Dancealot²³⁵

Weight: 8-12| Age: 3

T: J P Fahey J: Reserve 2

(7)

Toughari²³³

Weight: 10-0| Age: 3

T: T Mullins J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Jan Wellens (10/3), Shona Mea (9/2), Toughari (9/2), Absolute One Right (5/1), Sky God (10/1), Overtake (11/1), Tommy The Hat (12/1), Sweet Justice (14/1), Impetuous (14/1), Golden Days (16/1), Miss Adventurous (16/1), Christines Angel (18/1), Divine Celt (20/1), Philly's Hope (20/1), Bo's Beech (28/1), Miss Dancealot (33/1), Dashing Diamond (40/1), Romann (66/1)

Trainer Tom McCourt was among the winners at Leopardstown on Tuesday - also saddled a runner up - and can land the spoils in a competitive finale with SWEET JUSTICE. The daughter of Lawman is 10lb lower than her initial handicap mark and can take advantage of her slipping mark at the expense of the Ger Lyons-trained Jan Wellens who appears on a handy mark for his handicap debut. The Jessica Harrington-trained Shona Mea and Overtake for trainer Mick Halford can compete for remaining prize money.