17:55 Killarney

Wednesday 15 July 2020

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Killarney Lakes Handicap (45-65)

Off time: 17:56 | Winning time: 2m 28.01s

(10)

Mutanaqel^t¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Killian Leonard| T: J C McConnell| OR: 63

100/1

Returned from long absence ten days ago at Fairyhouse to finish last of ten; that completed a hat-trick of last place finishes spread out over two years; hard to see him getting competitive.

Form: 37430/0

(2)

Day Dreamin'¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-12| J: Colin Keane| T: A J Martin| OR: 59

10/1

Showed a glimmer of promise in a Tipperary fillies' maiden last August, but has shown little in three subsequent runs since including on seasonal reappearance at Navan earlier this month.

Form: 0600-8

(14)

King Christophe²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-11| J: O J Orr| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 58| C| D

8/1

Triple winner at similar trips to this; made some progress but was a never nearer seventh on reappearance at Gowran (1m1f) last month; tends to come on for efforts though so cannot be entirely discounted.

Form: 73454-7

(7)

Reddiac²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Chris Hayes| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 58| BF

5/1

Lowly handicapper in Britain for Ed Dunlop and arguably regressed from stable debut when 5L ninth in 1m Limerick handicap in June. Tried at this trip for the first time.

Form: 2395-59

(3)

Rafiah^h¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: T E Whelan| T: D Queally| OR: 54

40/1

Off the track for a long time before running a fair race on reappearance at Gowran Park last month; failed to follow through earlier this month at Cork; less exposed than most and difficult to write off totally.

Form: 0/80

(6)

Amlad^p,t¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Shane Foley| T: A McNamara| OR: 52

3/1

Possibly found 1m2f on the short side last time at Navan when finishing a good runner-up; step up here will undoubtedly suit though has been raised a couple of pounds for that effort.

Form: 7000-72

(17)

Drummer^p¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 51

4/1

Had failed to really offer much in 12 starts for this yard but improved markedly when 2L fourth in Navan handicap (1m2f) earlier this month; step up will help and stable has an excellent record in this race over the years.

Form: 526064

(1)

Nicola's Fancy⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: Mikey Sheehy⁽⁷⁾| T: I Madden| OR: 49

80/1

Struggled in maiden company in first three starts and showed little improvement when switched to handicap level at Ballinrobe (beaten 11L) in July 2019; inexperienced showed last time at Gowran Park seeing her finish last of 12 over a mile.

Form: 8008-0

(5)

Anfaass^t,v²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Wayne Lordan| T: T J O'Mara| OR: 45

11/1

Fairly consistent at this level on turf and on the AW; has been raised a couple of pounds for recent effort at Gowran Park; should be in the mix but last win came over three years ago.

Form: 69-7254

(16)

Harvey Specter¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 8-12| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽⁷⁾| T: R Donohoe| OR: 45

8/1

Winner of two of his 30 starts on turf, the gelding had been running with credit in a couple of starts on the AW at Dundalk over winter and returned with fair effort at Navan earlier this month; not to be taken lightly.

Form: 45327-5

(13)

Lucia's Bob^h¹³²

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: D E Sheehy⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 45

50/1

Has not raced on the Flat since April 2019 and only made five starts in total; has been showing bits and pieces of form in hurdles but not enough to suggest she is capable of landing this.

Form: 5887/6-

(12)

Still Alive²³

Age: 6| Weight: 8-12| J: Alan Persse⁽⁷⁾| T: A J McNamara| OR: 45

14/1

Generally a consistent hurdler (though unseated rider last time out); not seen on the Flat since finishing runner-up in testing conditions over 1m4f last October; chance if rain keeps falling.

Form: 00/4053-

(15)

Caronda⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 8-12| J: T P Madden| T: T Doyle| OR: 45

11/1

Reserve 2 Without a win in 21 career starts but has been showing a little better form of late suggesting she is no forlorn hope if making the line-up.

Form: 7-72947

Non-Runners

(8)

Andratx²²

Weight: 10-2| Age: 7

T: M M McNiff J: C P Hoban

(9)

Karashala²⁸

Weight: 9-3| Age: 4

T: J C McConnell J: Rory Cleary

(4)

Ben Alexander⁷

Weight: 8-13| Age: 4

T: H Rogers J: Reserve 1

(11)

Dream Point³

Weight: 9-8| Age: 5

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Amlad (3/1), Drummer (4/1), Reddiac (5/1), Harvey Specter (8/1), King Christophe (8/1), Day Dreamin' (10/1), Dream Point (10/1), Caronda (11/1), Anfaass (11/1), Andratx (12/1), Still Alive (14/1), Karashala (20/1), Ben Alexander (33/1), Rafiah (40/1), Lucia's Bob (50/1), Nicola's Fancy (80/1), Mutanaqel (100/1)

DRUMMER is not without his limitations but looks to have a reasonable chance in this contest won by the stable three times in the past decade. The five-year-old showed his well being with a fair run last time at Navan and given the lack of quality opponent he could go very close. Anfaass is a consistent handicapper at this level and while it has been a long time since his last win he looks a very viable place prospect in this line-up. Still Alive has been in reasonable form over hurdles and connections will hope the ground will continue to ease for their six-year-old. Dream Point looks the best of the reserves.