16:35 Fairyhouse

Monday 15 June 2020

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Meath Handicap (45-65) (Div 2)

Off time: 16:43 | Winning time: 2m 36.03s

(10)

Place Des Vosges⁴²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Gavin Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: M Fahey| OR: 60

22/1

Fair effort over 1m4f on her reappearance run at Doncaster in March but ran as though something amiss last time at Southwell in April; chance on best of form for new connections.

Form: 5079/90-

(18)

Tronador^p1⁹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Declan McDonogh| T: G Elliott| OR: 60| BF

5/2

Showed enough promise over hurdles to be sent to the Cheltenham Festival; not up to task there but not disgraced; lightly-raced on Flat with just one placed effort from five starts.

Form: 96834-

(14)

Glory^p¹²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: N G McCullagh| T: T G McCourt| OR: 59

20/1

Not disgraced in a couple of starts for new connections since December; best effort came in first-time cheekpieces last time at Dundalk (retained); fair chance on best of form.

Form: 7877-74

(5)

Carol's Return⁴³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: R P Downey| T: W Durkan| OR: 58| D

28/1

Lightly raced both on the Flat and over hurdles of late; won over this trip at Galway in October 2018 off a mark of 53; probably too high in the weights to get competitive.

Form: 65251/6-

(13)

Sharjah^b⁹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 9-12| J: Andrew Slattery⁽⁵⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 56| CD

7/1

Has been front-running or racing close up. No win since July 2018 but busy in 2020 and in three of his last four starts (1m4f/2m) he's been beaten a head once and a nose (off today's mark) the last twice. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 362622

(7)

Razoul²³³

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Colin Keane| T: R P Cody| OR: 54

9/4

Had been in very consistent form over hurdles before a below par run on his latest start at Galway in October; very lightly raced on the Flat and difficult to assess; market check may assist.

Form: 26/600-

(11)

Ragtime Red^t⁹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: C J McGovern⁽³⁾| T: A McCann| OR: 53

12/1

Holds his form well and was in good nick opver slightly shorter at Dundalk on his latest outings; consistency should stand him in good stead and one of the more interesting contenders.

Form: 1-83643

(15)

Millford Sound^b1¹²²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Rory Cleary| T: A Mullins| OR: 50

14/1

No more than average dual purpose performer; has won on the level but consistency is not his strong point and others preferred on balance of form.

Form: 15907-0

(4)

Allora Yeats^b⁸⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: M A Gallagher| T: Miss K Brown| OR: 46

40/1

Has shown very little on any Flat or hurdles starts and tailed off on yard debut last time.

Form: 35/0-08V

(6)

Red Vermillion¹⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-2| J: Sean Davis| T: Kevin Coleman| OR: 46

40/1

Lightly raced mare who did put in her best performance last time out at Dundalk over this trip on handicap debut; certainly worth a look in the betting to gauge stable confidence.

Form: 990-6

(9)

Cocoroco¹²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Shane Kelly⁽³⁾| T: John F O'Neill| OR: 45

66/1

Difficult to make a strong case for based on all known form on the Flat and over hurdles; last seen finishing third in a point-to-point race in February.

Form: 00/080-

(2)

Miraculum²⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-1| J: Chris Hayes| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 45

14/1

Showed precious little in her Flat career before struggling over hurdles; difficult to make a coherent argument for.

Form: 40297/0-

(3)

Oromo^t¹⁸⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-1| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: K Thornton| OR: 45

28/1

Not disgraced in a number of starts in 2019 on the Flat, the AW and over hurdles; rarely looks like winning a race and similar story expected here.

Form: 592537-

(12)

Mithmaar^t⁸⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: James J Doyle| T: D Hogan| OR: 57

14/1

Has been showing improved form on his last two starts but yet to convince he truly stays this trip.

Form: 5-046

Non-Runners

(17)

Ballydrislane²⁰⁸

Weight: 10-1| Age: 4

T: R K Watson J: Killian Leonard

(16)

Cherryville⁹⁴

Weight: 9-9| Age: 4

T: J C McConnell J: Seamie Heffernan

(8)

Loudest Whisper¹¹³

Weight: 9-2| Age: 5

T: E D Delany J: D E Sheehy

(1)

Lizard Point³⁰⁶

Weight: 9-7| Age: 7

T: P J Flynn J: Reserve 2

(19)

Chico One¹⁰⁸

Weight: 10-7| Age: 5

T: L Comer J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Razoul (9/4), Tronador (5/2), Sharjah (7/1), Ragtime Red (12/1), Millford Sound (14/1), Miraculum (14/1), Mithmaar (14/1), Loudest Whisper (16/1), Glory (20/1), Cherryville (20/1), Ballydrislane (20/1), Place Des Vosges (22/1), Oromo (28/1), Carol's Return (28/1), Chico One (33/1), Allora Yeats (40/1), Red Vermillion (40/1), Cocoroco (66/1), Lizard Point (150/1)

Another hard race to find the winner and players may want to take a look at the recent form of SHARJAH who has been running well over a variety of trips on the AW and if translating that to turf then the 10-year-old can get back to winning ways especially if allowed to dominate from the front. Razoul is a much better hurdler but the gelding has shown ability on turf in the past and now with a bit more confidence he could go very well. Ragtime Red has a nice consistency about him and should be in the firing line if producing another of his solid performances.