15:20 Cork

Sunday 16 August 2020

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Cork Handicap (45-70)

Off time: 15:20 | Winning time: 1m 24.96s

(4)

Improving¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-2| J: Robbie Colgan| T: A Leahy| OR: 68

7/1

13/2, good second of 16 in handicap at Naas (6f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Player.

Form: 403-662

(8)

Pixel Power^p³^{(ex 6)}

Age: 3| Weight: 10-2| J: Shane Foley| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 65

11/2

Form: 27-7591

(1)

Bay Of Skaill^h¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Gary Carroll| T: J G Murphy| OR: 67

10/1

One win from 27 Flat runs. Fourteen runs since last win in 2018. Creditable seventh of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (7f, good to firm, 12/1) 10 days ago.

Form: 003267

(6)

Calonne²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: D W O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: J F Levins| OR: 67

14/1

Eleventh of 15 in handicap at Leopardstown (7f, good to soft, 12/1) 24 days ago.

Form: 305-050

(10)

Glow Worm^v⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 10-1| J: Vanessa Maye⁽⁷⁾| T: J Davison| OR: 70

16/1

Visored for 1st time, good second of 17 in handicap at the Curragh (5f, good to soft, 18/1) 7 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 826302

(3)

Sunset Nova⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-1| J: Andrew Slattery⁽³⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 67| D

22/1

One win from 22 Flat runs. 18/1, thirteenth of 17 in handicap at the Curragh (5f, good to soft) 7 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 00-4060

(15)

Drumquina²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁷⁾| T: J A Stack| OR: 66| BF| D

11/2

9/2, creditable fifth of 15 in handicap at Leopardstown (7f, good to soft) 24 days ago.

Form: 1540-35

(2)

Fugacious⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Nathan Crosse⁽⁵⁾| T: J Feane| OR: 65

13/2

Respectable fifth of 18 in handicap at this course (7f, good, 10/1) 8 days ago, not ideally placed.

Form: 982-035

(9)

Law Breaker³⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 9-12| J: Colin Keane| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 67| D

50/1

Lightly-raced winner. Blinkered for 1st time, eighth of 10 in handicap at Navan (5.8f, soft, 40/1) 38 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: 178-98

(7)

Noirvento^t²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-12| J: Ronan Whelan| T: T Collins| OR: 64| CD

7/2

C&D winner. 1 win from 2 runs this year. Latest win at Limerick in June. 10/1, good third of 18 in handicap at the Curragh (6.3f, good to soft) 21 days ago.

Form: 5634-13

(5)

Time Stands Still²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: W T Byrne⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Martin| OR: 62| C

12/1

Course winner. Thirteen runs since last win in 2019. Below form ninth of 18 in handicap (22/1) at the Curragh (6.3f, good to soft) 21 days ago.

Form: 080499

(14)

Count Of Carabass^p¹⁷⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 9-9| J: Chris Hayes| T: Miss H McLoughlin| OR: 61| CD

20/1

C&D winner. 25/1, tenth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (7f). Off 170 days. Must improve. RESERVE.

Form: 5116-80

Non-Runners

(13)

Earls⁹

Weight: 10-0| Age: 3

T: E Lynam J: Dylan Browne McMonagle

(12)

Tai Sing Yeh²⁴

Weight: 9-10| Age: 6

T: J F Levins J: Reserve 1

(11)

Navorrosse¹⁴

Weight: 9-1| Age: 3

T: P A Fahy J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Tai Sing Yeh (3/1), Noirvento (7/2), Earls (7/2), Drumquina (11/2), Pixel Power (11/2), Fugacious (13/2), Improving (7/1), Bay Of Skaill (10/1), Time Stands Still (12/1), Calonne (14/1), Glow Worm (16/1), Count Of Carabass (20/1), Sunset Nova (22/1), Law Breaker (50/1), Navorrosse (100/1)

EARLS showed improved form to get off the mark under this rider at Sligo 9 days ago and a 7 lb rise looks fair given the margins involved. Pixel Power and Improving head the dangers.