14:00 Leopardstown

Thursday 6 August 2020

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Holden Plant Rentals Handicap (45-70)

Off time: 14:02 | Winning time: 1m 29.87s

(12)

Benedict Roezl¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: M A Enright| T: E Lynam| OR: 69

66/1

Lightly-raced five-year-old; Dundalk maiden winner over 6f in October but has failed to make any impact in trio of turf handicaps since returning to action. Up in trip and eased a further 3lb.

Form: 51-000

(6)

Caesar's Comet^b¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: J M Sheridan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 69| CD

3/1

C&D winner last month (front pair well clear) and since run pleasing fourth over shorter at the Curragh from this 9lb higher mark; leading player back here with Joey Sheridan taking 5lb off.

Form: 7-60414

(4)

Swiss Army Officer^p1⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-1| J: Ben Kennedy⁽¹⁰⁾| T: Kevin Coleman| OR: 68

16/1

Beaten a short-head when second to Caesar's Comet over C&D last month (front two clear) but raised 7lb and disappointing effort last week at Galway. Re-opposing rival can probably hold sway again.

Form: 72-7020

(16)

Bay Of Skaill^h³³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 67| D

12/1

Mare with a poor strike-rate (1-26); placed at Gowran (7f, good) and Limerick (6½f) in June but well-held latest at Navan over 6f and others preferred for win purposes now.

Form: 0-00326

(9)

Highly Approved^v1¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Wayne Lordan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 67| D

25/1

Mare with one win in 23 starts; headed late on in narrow C&D second on seasonal bow early last month but hasn't matched that in two further starts here and needs first-time visor to have a positive effect.

Form: 080200

(7)

Qaabil¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: O J Orr| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 66

9/1

French import is 0-11 now, some promise when 4L sixth of 16 behind Atlas over C&D last month but well held since at the Galway Festival on soft ground in first-time cheekpieces. Eased 2lb.

Form: 4-30860

(20)

Tyrconnell^v¹³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: G M Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: S Lynam| OR: 64| D

11/1

Yet to win on turf; ran some pleasing races in defeat around Dundalk through the winter and returns to action potentially on a good mark with Gavin Ryan also taking 5lb off; watch betting.

Form: 674362

(11)

Intervention^h¹⁶⁰

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Brien| OR: 69

50/1

All four runs in Dundalk maidens came over 5f/6f; returns from 160-absence for turf/handicap bow with improvement to find up in trip but excellent claiming rider on board.

Form: 4-888

(13)

Starlight Red³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-10| J: C J Orr⁽⁵⁾| T: L Breen| OR: 63

66/1

Won a Classified Stakes at Chepstow in June 2019 for Charlie Hills; well held in trio of runs for this trainer so far including when 80-1 over C&D last time. More demanded.

Form: 19-0V70

(19)

Myrcella^p¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-8| J: Ben Coen⁽³⁾| T: P F McEnery| OR: 67

12/1

Maiden of 12 races but starting to knock on the door with regularity; including recent starts at Sligo and Naas over slightly shorter; likely to go well again back up in distance.

Form: 24-3623

(8)

Rosiewood^t1¹⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 9-6| J: R Coakley| T: J P Fahey| OR: 65

80/1

Ivawood filly beaten 13L on turf/handicap bow at Naas over 6f recently. Tongue-tie is added here and has to improve dramatically.

Form: 50-40

(3)

Lady Alcazar³

Age: 3| Weight: 9-5| J: Rory Cleary| T: T Cleary| OR: 64

6/1

Maiden, creditable efforts in trio of sprints at Navan and Sligo this summer but arrives here having been well held sixth of 18 at Naas (6f, yielding; 17-2) on Sunday and must bounce back.

Form: 443246

(21)

Take My Hand⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: S M Crosse| T: M Mulvany| OR: 63| CD

4/1

C&D winner last month and boasts runner-up finishes at Gowran Park and Galway from three runs since; due to up another 3lb in ratings after this and has to be considered a player in current mood.

Form: 331422

(18)

Scream^t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁷⁾| T: D P Nagle| OR: 57| D

50/1

Reserve; 150-1 chance and offered little encouragement over C&D a fortnight ago; others preferred again.

Form: 04-0000

(5)

Kerry Blue⁵²

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: Chris Hayes| T: L Comer| OR: 57

40/1

Reserve; Camacho colt is unplaced in six starts so far and needs a big leap forward to be in the mix here.

Form: 076-509

(10)

Stellaire Enfant¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: M P Sheehy⁽⁷⁾| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 56

11/1

Reserve; winner of Limerick apprentice race last month over a mile and not discredited over 1m here from higher mark next time (fourth).

Form: 0/207-14

Rule 4

Rule 4 applies to all bets - deduction 10p in the pound

Non-Runners

(2)

Cracking Name¹⁴

Weight: 10-0| Age: 6

T: D Marnane J: W J Lee

(14)

Dance Emperor⁹

Weight: 9-12| Age: 5

T: Peter Fahey J: Ronan Whelan

(15)

Breaking News²⁷

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: J S Bolger J: K J Manning

(1)

Tai Sing Yeh¹⁴

Weight: 9-9| Age: 6

T: J F Levins J: D W O'Connor

(17)

Time Stands Still¹¹

Weight: 9-9| Age: 6

T: W J Martin J: W T Byrne

Forecasts

Caesar's Comet (3/1), Take My Hand (4/1), Lady Alcazar (6/1), Tai Sing Yeh (8/1), Dance Emperor (8/1), Qaabil (9/1), Tyrconnell (11/1), Stellaire Enfant (11/1), Myrcella (12/1), Bay Of Skaill (12/1), Cracking Name (14/1), Swiss Army Officer (16/1), Breaking News (16/1), Time Stands Still (20/1), Highly Approved (25/1), Kerry Blue (40/1), Intervention (50/1), Scream (50/1), Starlight Red (66/1), Benedict Roezl (66/1), Rosiewood (80/1)

Last month's C&D winner Take My Hand should be in the mix once more after good efforts at Gowran and Galway since while Tai Sing Yeh offered hope a return to the winners' circle is looming with a good run over track and trip a fortnight ago. Caesar's Comet is another with recent C&D winning form and, with Joey Sheridan now taking off weight again, he's shortlisted but perhaps QAABIL can secure a first win. He's hinted that he can bag a race with his efforts here last month and probably wasn't in love with soft ground at Galway since. He drops in the ratings now and can go well under Oisin Orr.